From ages 3 to 6 the most rapid brain growth occurs here.
What are the frontal areas of the brain?
100
Climbing the staircase is an example of this skill.
What is gross motor?
100
As growth slows, preschoolers need fewer ________ in proportion to their weight than they did when younger to speed process of growth.
What are calories?
100
Sleep disturbances may be caused by this.
What is accidental activation of the brain's motor control system?
100
Enuresis is the medical term for this
What is bed-wetting?
200
From ages 3 to 6, rapid brain growth occurs in areas that primarily regulate this.
What is planning actions?
200
Alysha can dress herself with help, cut along a line, draw a fairly complete person, and fold paper into a double triangle. Given your knowledge of average fine-motor skill development in early childhood, Alysha is this age.
What is 4 years old?
200
Children over age 2 should obtain about 30% of their total calories from this.
What is fat?
200
A child who experiences a _____ appears to awaken abruptly from a deep sleep early in the night in a state of agitation.
What are night terrors?
200
By this age are all the primary teeth are in place.
What is 3 years?
300
Myelination of pathways for hearing is complete around this age.
What is 4 years?
300
Gains in fine motor skills allow young children to take more responsibility for this.
What is personal care?
300
Children are more likely to do poorly on tests if they are ____________.
What is malnourished?
300
Jack's parents noticed that when he woke up on Sunday morning, he was looking upset and restless. He told his parents that he had dreamt that he was being chased by the large dog that lives down the street. Jack had experienced this.
What is nightmare?
300
A child will begin to show a preference for using either the right or left hand between the age of ...
What is 3 to 6 years?
400
This links the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
What is Corpus callosum
400
Most 3-year-olds can do this.
What is walk in a straight line and jump a short distance?
400
The specific effects of malnutrition are hard to determine because of this.
What are undernourished children usually live in extremely deprived circumstances?
400
Nightmares during early childhood are serious only if .....
What is they occur frequently?
400
During early childhood, children grow this much per year.
What is 2 to 3 inches?
500
The corpus callosum permits more rapid transmission of information and better integration between the hemispheres it is known as this.
What is progressive myelination of fibers
500
Fine motor skills allow young children to take more responsibility for this.
What is personal care?
500
Insisting that the child cleans his or her plate is ....
What is NOT recommended when trying to encourage healthy eating habits in early childhood?
500
Shirley has a daughter who sleepwalks. Shirley should
What is never wake the child during sleepwalking and night terrors?
500
Compared with infants, children in the early childhood stage
What is require fewer calories in proportion to their weight?