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chefranden Physical
- Losing baby fat (3 years)
- Can ride a tricycle (3 years)
- Hops and skips (4 years)
- Draws stick figures (4 years)
- Ties bow knot (5 years)
- Rides a bicycle (5 years)
Cognitive
- "Why" questions common (3 years)
- Names basic colors (3 years)
- Understands concept of three (4 years)
- Curious about how things work (4 years)
- Calendar has meaning (5 years)
- Sorts by color, shape (5 years)
Social-Emotional
- Often imitates adults in play (3 years)
- Sex-role stereotypes form (3 years)
- Can work in groups of two or three (4 years)
- Has special friends (4 years)
- Feelings can easily be hurt by others (5 years)
- Likes group games (5 years)
Language
- Three- to four-word sentences (3 years)
- Correctly uses past tense (3 years)
- Plays with words (4 years)
- Uses talk to solve some conflicts (4 years)
- Knows up to 5,000 words (5 years)
- Dictates stories (5 years)
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Excerpt from Teaching Young Children: An Introduction, by M.L. Henninger, 2009 edition, p. 107.
© ______ 2009, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The reproduction, duplication, or distribution of this material by any means including but not limited to email and blogs is strictly prohibited without the explicit permission of the publisher.
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