Growth and Development in Preschoolers
The fastest-growing organ.
What is the brain?
Supplying the body with energy, but not with nutrients.
What is empty calories?
The most important cognitive advance.
What is symbolic thought?
Most lessons involve rote memorization; these are among the last concepts to develop.
What is noting time concepts?
Games, stories, leading questions, directions, photos, and frequent repetition.
What is memory activities?
Development of special abilities in different regions of the brain.
What is functional specialization?
Caregivers can use a website guide.
What is MyPlate?
Symbols that are stored in the mind.
What is mental images?
Children’s senses become more coordinated; they focus on some attributes more than others.
What is noting physical attributes?
Inviting children to analyze attributes through their senses.
What is noting physical attributes?
Balance maintained while moving.
What is dynamic balance?
Large openings, easy-to-recognize fronts and backs of garments, elastic in waistbands and sleeves, Easy-to-work fasteners, shoes with self-adhesive straps.
What is self dressing features?
The memory of personal experiences and events.
What is episodic memory?
Arranging objects in order by an attribute.
What is seriation?
Conversing about natural events and illogical reasons.
What is understanding physical knowledge?
The tendency to use one hand more skillfully than the other.
What is hand preference?
After three years of age, involuntary urination two or more times a week for at least three months.
What is enuresis?
Symbol realism, context, roles, number of actions, involvement of others.
What is changes in pretend play?
“The baby is small, yes?"
What is a tag question?
Three illogical ideas that preschoolers have about the physical world.
What is animism, artificialism, finalism?
Balance maintained while standing still.
What is static balance?
Younger preschoolers often need more than older preschoolers.
What is sleep?
What a person does with memory.
What is memory capacity?
The last sounds to be mastered by preschoolers.
What is y, ng, and d?
Two areas do preschoolers most easily grasp symbolic learning.
What is pretend play and art?