Physical and Motor Development
Children tend to grow about 2 to 3 inches per year.
Parents have to feed their kids very well and healthy, because kids
who are obesity have high chances to get diabetes, cardiovascular,
and serious health problems.
Nutrition is incredibly important for kids’ bodies. It develops their
muscles, brains, and etc.
Vision is developing to see near and far, and interpret. Same thing
goes to hearing.
Parents should encourage their kids to play sports or join activities
to build strong bones, muscles, self-esteems, and more.
Stages
3 YEARS
Run well, stand on one foot, ride
a bike, feed himself
4 YEARS
Skip on one foot, cut with
scissors, dress himself, grow
some independence
5 YEARS
Hop and skip, good balance,
print and write simple letters
7 YEARS
Stand on one foot with eyes
closed for few seconds, jump
rope, tie shoelaces
9 YEARS
Play sports, strengths will
continue developing with
practice
12
Some kids’ puberty starts
• Girls’ motor skill development
tends to be a year ahead of boys
Memory and Thinking Ability
Kids from 3 to 6 ages are able to make thoughtful
decisions about their behavior and observe their
environment.
Their brains develop form mental images to
remember the objects, people, and events.
Children tend to express their feelings/reactions
by gestures and limited vocabularies.
Cont…
Preoperational
1 ½ - 7 years
Uses symbols to
solve problems or to
talk about things.
Concrete Operations
7 – 11 years
Still have trouble with
abstract ideas
Formal Operations
11 years - onward
Understands
abstract ideas and
situations.
Language Abilities
3 YEARS
4 YEARS
5 YEARS
More grammatical
knowledge
(400 words)
More grammatical
rules and future
tenses, asks
questions in adult
form
(+1,000 words)
More complex
clauses, joins two or
more ideas in one
sentence.
I eating.
Don’t go.
Will Jenny go?
Why is Jenny crying?
I see what you did.
Social Development
Children have to learn what’s acceptable and unacceptable.
Both girls and boys have different “rules” such as boys; aggression
but not fear. Girls; show the emotions.
Some kids like to play with others.
Some kids are selfish and won’t share with their toys with others.
Most 3-4 years old kids have imaginary playmates. It makes kids less
aggressive and more cooperative than other kids.
Rich vocabulary, advanced for their age.
Having imaginary playmates help those kids who are the only child or
don’t have friends.
Emotional Development
Show pleasure when adults are nearby as they has
developed connections with parents and others.
Know their own names with pride.
Observe others’ emotional reactions such as
parents’ facial expressions.
Can get upset or emotions easily, but need parents to
calm them down to feel better.
Parenting Styles
Authoritarian Families - “Bosses” their beliefs are they
don’t have to explain the reasons of their
actions/demands. So, children don’t have rights to
question their decisions.
Democratic or Authoritative Families Discussions/negotiations. Parents will listen to their
children; they have rights to make decisions. Of course,
parents have rights to disapprove and they WILL explain
why.
Permissive or Laissez Faire Families - No rules for children
and ignore them. Basically, children will have to make
decisions for themselves.
Uninvolved Parents - Those parents who are self-centered
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