Early Childhood

Physical developmental
Large motor skills: Children can climb, swing and jump using one or two feet, balance in one or
two feet and begins to ride and move legs when riding a tricycle. Starts to dress and take a bath
by him or herself, catching a ball with two hands, begins to skip and pushes and pulls large
objects. Fine motor skills: starts to initiate using scissors by opening and shutting. Can use glue
by pasting objects and squeezing glue out from the bottle. Buttons and buttons clothing, uses
crayons, pencils and starts to draw a picture with lines, and circles. Can also start to write the
name.
Cognitive developmental
Start to understand basic concepts, such as right from wrong choices. Can remember past tense
experiences and can repeat them as a full story. It's able to memorize certain events, such school
experiences, peers names and teachers. Focusing, planning, analyzing and reasoning are few of
first memory functions. The article Non-Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: The
Influence of Maternal Employment and the Mediating Role of Childcare explains cognitive
skills are correlated with measures of intelligence and are at least as important as cognitive skills
for personal development( MCDONNELL, T. 2016).
Language developmental
Children can answer the who, what. Where questions. Understand nearly everything or
direction children are being told. Can tell a short story providing details such color, objects and
places. Understands concepts such as numbers, sizes and shapes
One sign that may signal atypical development during this period of development.
Hearing can be difficult during this age. Children suffer for misunderstanding commands
because of hearing difficulties. Start to stay behind academically, gets frustrated when unable to
listen, and tends to speak louder. The hearing test must be conducted to identify hearing loss.
Describes at least one strategy that families can use to influence their childrens learning
Active interaction effects help nurture the child potential of growing healthier by providing
parental effects such love, caring and communication. Parents and the child's first teacher,
children enjoy creating and exploring new environments such parks, zoos and libraries. A simple
game of playdough can help the child imagination to new stories, and re-enforcements and to
improve socialization skills.