Feeding
As you grow, your taste buds
Decrease
Toddlers engage in what kind of play?
Parallel
At what stage of growth do children's heads become proportionate to their body?
Preschool
When do children begin to use more complex words for their emotions?
Preschool
At what age are children able to count 1-10? (specific)
3
Start introducing solid foods to infants at
6 months
Preschoolers engage in what kind of play?
Cooperative
Why do preschoolers gain weight?
Muscle tone
What is the ability to manage your emotions? (Preschool)
Self-regulation
At what age can children write their first name?
4
Healthy eating starts at this stage of growth
Infancy
Lifetime social skills are developed
In the toddler years
What shape can toddlers draw at age 3?
Circle
What is the best way to prevent a tantrum?
Redirection
How can you teach a child to memorize something easiest?
Put it in a song
Safe foods for toddlers to consume
Sliced fruit (no seeds), cooked vegetables, carbohydrates that dissolve in the mouth, eggs
Avoid saying these two words to children when you want them to stop doing something
"Stop" or "Don't"
2 types of motor skills
Large and Small
At what age can children become suddenly insecure?
3 or 3 1/2
At what age do children begin to recite their phone number and address?
5
Unsafe foods for toddlers to consume
Hard candies, nuts, sharp chips/crackers, uncut olives, raw vegetables
Why do preschoolers follow the rules?
So they do not get in trouble
What is one large motor skill milestone of a preschooler?
Tricycle, walking up and down steps switching feet, catch a ball, hop/skip, swing from monkey bars
What is the real reason for the terrible twos?
Toddlers seek independence
Kindergarten today is similar to ______ when we were young
1st grade