Preschooler GD (Exam 1)

Question 1

Preschooler age

Answer 1

3-6 years old

Question 2

Preschooler weight

Answer 2

Avg gain 5 lbs / year

Question 3

Preschooler Height

Answer 3

Grows 2.5-3 inches per year

Question 4

Preschooler General Growth

Answer 4

Legs elongate rather than the trunk

Muscle dev and bone growth not mature, prone to injury from rigorous sports especially with older children

Question 5

Average size of 4 year old

Answer 5

weighs 40lbs

40 inches tall

Question 6

Why is the the preschool age more prone to bone breaks and fractures?

Answer 6

Because their muscle definition and bone growth is not mature

Older preschoolers start to participate in sports

Question 7

Motor Development: Age 3

Answer 7

Ride tricycle

Broad Jump

Balance on tiptoes

Balances on one foot for a few seconds

Question 8

Motor Development: Age 4

Answer 8

Skips and hops on one foot

Catches ball reliably

Question 9

At what age can preschooler skip and hop on one foot?

Answer 9

4

Question 10

Motor Development: Age 5

Answer 10

Throw and catch ball well

Balances on alternate feet

Begins to skate and swim

Increased strength and refinement of fine and gross motor abilities

Question 11

When should we start teaching child to swim?

Answer 11

5 years old

Question 12

3 year old fine motor skills

Answer 12

-Assembles simple puzzles

-Manipulates clay

-Finger painting

-Copies simple shapes

-Stack 9 blocks

Question 13

4 year old fine motor skils

Answer 13

-Copies crosses and squares

-Print some letters

-Use table utensils skillfully

-Cuts on a line

-Glueing / crafts

Question 14

5 year old Fine Motor Skills

Answer 14

-Hand preference is established

-Can lace (not tie) shoes

-Grasps pencil like adult

-Color within lines

-Cuts and pastes simple shapes

Question 15

At what age is hand preference?

Answer 15

5 years

Question 16

why is early hand preference a problem?

Answer 16

Could be a sign of muscle problems like cerebral pasly

Question 17

At what age do kids start holding pencil like adult?

Answer 17

Around 5

Question 18

Is starting sports important in this age?

Answer 18

Yes by age 5 kids should start playing sports to develop motor skills

Important to teach to swim (can be life saving)

Question 19

Drawing:
3
4
5-6

Answer 19

3 - Copies circles (simple shape)

4 - Can draw stick figure

5-6 - Draw several body parts (pictures)

Question 20

Is reversing letters normal?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Drawing is used to asess

Answer 21

Intelligence, personality development, and psychosocial adjustment

Question 22

What Stress a Preschooler out?

Answer 22

-Separation from parents

-Super natural beings

-Ghosts

-Monsters

-Noises

-Bad people

-Injury (do not having coping mechanism)

(imagination starts to take off around this age)

Question 23

Preschool: Sexuality

Answer 23

Sex typing starts to occur at this phase

Develops behavior, personality, attitudes, and beliefs appropriate for his or her culture and sex

“Boy’s shouldn’t, Girl’s shouldn’t”

These are boys toys. Or these are girl toys

Question 24

Preschooler: Type of Play

Answer 24

Associative play (start playing together)

Cooperative play

Question 25

Preschoolers: Associative Play

Answer 25

Group play in similar or identical activities but without rigid organization or rules

Question 26

Preschool Play should focus on

Answer 26

Stimulating imagination Gross and fine motor skills Language and social development

Question 27

Preschool: Cooperative Plays

Answer 27

Comes after associative play Imaginative and Imitative play dress up - dolls - brooms - guns - hammers

Question 28

Most characteristic play of preschoolers:

Answer 28

Imaginative (pretend) and Imitative (dress up and etc) -cooking -mowing -role playing (helps them express themselves) By the end of preschool, children actually like helping out

Question 29

Are imaginary playmates common for preschoolers?

Answer 29

Yes very common

Question 30

What has a strong pull during this time? How should we limit it?

Answer 30

TV we should limit to a max of 2 hours per day

Question 31

Preschool: Erikson

Answer 31

Initiative vs Guilt

Question 32

Preschool: Erikson Initiative vs Guilt stage

Answer 32

-Children at this age want to try everything (initiative). The guilt may come in when the child tries, then fails and feels internally that she may have overstepped her abilities -We should be careful about punishing their initiative because they might feel guilty -Wish very negative things (death of mother) and feel guilty for these thoughts -We need to explain that WISHES do not make things happen

Question 33

Preschool Punishment

Answer 33

-conscience is developing so verbal warning -time out for number of minutes that they are years old (3 year old / 3 min) -do not make them feel bad about it

Question 34

Preschool: Piaget Stages

Answer 34

Pre-Operational Period -Preconceptual: 2-4 -Intuitive thought: 4-7

Question 35

Preschool: Piaget Pre-Operational Period

Answer 35

-Preconceptual: 2-4 -Intuitive thought: 4-7 -Play, especially fantasy and imitative play very important -Child goes from being egocentric to early recognition of others points of view -Often appear to understand more than they actually do -Thinking is magical; do not understand causality

Question 36

Piaget: Preschoolers often appear to understand more conceptually than they do because of their ability to imitate

Answer 36

Do not understand numbers or time or rationals They are just imitating things that they see

Question 37

How many words should a child have by age 5?

Answer 37

2100 Should be understandable

Question 38

Preschool: Language 5 years

Answer 38

5: can use all parts of speech (likes to be read to and loves to read)

Question 39

Preschool: Personal Development

Answer 39

Needs little assistance with eating - dressing - toileting May be comparing themselves to peer code of conduct Aware of their own position in family

Question 40

Preschoolers have what kind of humor?

Answer 40

Very silly humor Interact and just be stupid

Question 41

Preschool: 3-4 year old play

Answer 41

Simple group games -duck duck goose -ring around the rosie -london bridge Crayons Markers Playdough Beads Jungle gym Kitchen - Cleaning - Immitating

Question 42

Preschool: 5-6 year old play

Answer 42

Clock in room Coloring books Markers Crafts Puzzles Music