Mary Clark

Period 3

Toddler and Preschool Development

We have learned about physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development. Practice what you have
learned by watching the Toddler and Preschool DVDs as a class. You are awesome!

Toddler DVD Notes

Physical development Fine motor skills
Getting around. Mastering movements with the small muscles.

Language Development Mental (Cognitive Development)

Playing helps with speech. They learn speech by Object permanence, symbolic representation.
hearing their parents speak words.

Personality Social Development

Easy-going, active, slow to warm up, difficult. They will play alongside others instead of
interacting with them.

Preschool DVD Notes

Area of development 3-year-old s 4-year-old

Social emotional Separation anxiety, solitary play, They interact with other
development egocentric, parallel play, associative children, cooperative play,
play, cooperative play. egocentric, sociodramatic
play.

Cognitive Development
Physical Development
Speak & concentrate, symbolic
play, manipulative play, creative
play, sensory play.
They have good appetites, use their
large motor skills and fine motor
skills, hand-eye coordination, self-
help skills encourage independence.
They use more words,
concentration improves, use
toys to extend their creative
play, repetition, solving
problems, sensory play, self-
help skills, dress themselves.
They use their large and fine
motor skills, active play,
walk easily.
Mary Clark
Period 3

Write a paragraph discussing how toddlers and preschoolers differ socially, cognitively, and
physically.
Toddlers like to play by themselves. Preschoolers interact and play with others. Preschoolers can
use more words than a toddler. Preschoolers are more active at play than toddlers. A preschooler
has more developed fine motor skills and large motor skills than a toddler.