Physical Characteristics and Growth
The ability to achieve and maintain a state of balance while performing an activity.
What is postural control?
As the brain continues to develop, there are ___________________, or time frames for optimizing the development of critical skills.
What is windows of opportunity?
Independence that includes personal responsibility and decision-making that parents, caregivers, and teachers can help children learn to make decisions themselves.
What is autonomy?
Able to throw a ball overhand as hand-eye coordination increases.
What is a 3 year old?
The ability to move the hands precisely in response to what the eyes see.
What is hand-eye coordination.
When children think about what they remember.
What is metamemory?
Age-appropriate activities and teaching methods that consider each child’s strengths, interests, and culture.
What is developmentally appropriate practices (DAPs)?
Uses child scissors and follows cutting patterns.
What is a 4 year old.
Because young children are so physically active, good ___________, or fuel, is essential.
What is nutrition?
______________ refers to sounds that make up words.
What is phonology?
Activities that focus on preschool children as a group without considering developmentally appropriate activities or individual preferences.
What are developmentally inappropriate practices (DIPs)?
May tell “tall tales” to protect self from consequences
What is a 4 year old?
On average, preschoolers need between _____ and _____ hours of sleep each night.
What is 11 and 13?
As young children enter the preoperational stage of thinking, they gradually move from using _________, primitive reasoning based on feelings, to more rational and logical thinking.
What is intuition?
Denotes help, assistance, leadership, and regulation.
What is guidance?
Engages in pretend play.
What is a 5 year old?
By age three, preschoolers significantly improve their ability to control ________habits.
What is bathroom?
The tendency to focus on just one aspect of something an individual sees
What is centration?
Repetitive motions such as moving toy cars around or rocking a doll.
What is functional play?
Is increasingly self-aware of body, thoughts, and emotions.
What is a 4 year old?