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Early Childhood Begins (Age 3)
Infancy and Early Childhood helps students become better aware of all of the natural physical stages of growth children experience in the first five years of life. -
aminism
signing emotions to obejects, start to realize that other things like have feelings. -
age 4
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runnning (physical)
should be able to run with no problems. -
develope balance
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start School
This is a period of great transition for your child. As children begin school, many opportunities open up for them to learn, grow and make new friends. -
age 5
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Problem Solve
Five-year-olds are creative and enthusiastic problem solvers. They offer progressively more imaginative ideas for how to do a task, make something or solve longer-term or more abstract challenges -
age 6
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Attention Span
Six-year-olds have longer attention spans and continue to prefer structured activities to more open-ended experiences. They enjoy taking on new roles and responsibilities, but still require much direction from adults and frequently ask questions to ensure that they are completing tasks the right way -
age 7
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Social and Emotional
In terms of social and emotional development, seven-year-olds enjoy having and making friends and take pleasure in imitating the actions of friends and peers at school. While they typically prefer structure and routines, they may also choose to work or play independently when frustrated. Children this age often choose to develop games with rules and are likely to treat peers with respect during play. In addition, they start to experiment more with handling their emotional and social lives indepe -
language skills
The language skills of seven-year-olds reflect the increasing impact of language and literacy instruction. The two areas interact in that literacy activities enhance children's recognition of language's dimensions, such as its sounds, patterns, meanings and uses. In turn, improving literacy skills (reading and writing) offer experiences that dramatically expand a child's experiences with words. The interaction of language, literacy and cognition form the basis for a child's academic development. -
age 8 (Early Childhood ends)
