Height and weight.
preschoolers typically grow per year?
Typically 2.5-3 inches
Preschoolers improve this skill which helps them with activities such as standing on one foot or jumping
Postural control
According to Piaget, preschoolers are in which stage of cognitive development?
Preoperational
How many hours of sleep to preschoolers need?
11-13 hours
Preschoolers learn best through this activity, often considered their "main job."
Play
A factor like having a shorter father might affect the child’s height how?
Because of genetics
Hereditary
Three-year-olds start drawing shapes such as?
Circles
Squares
Triangles
Rectangles
Crosses
The term used to describe focusing on just one aspect of something is?
Centration
This common nighttime issue involves difficulty staying dry in bed.
Bedwetting
Erickson’s psychosocial stage for preschoolers is called this.
Initiative vs. Guilt
By the end of this stage, body proportions begin to look like which age group?
Adults
At what age to children begin to use child-friendly scissors and draw people?
Four years of age
Preschoolers struggle to understand that quantity stays the same even if shape changes.
Conservation
What’s an item that can help kids with nightmares
Stuffie
Children often create these imaginary companions.
Invisible friends
Imaginary friends
As children grow, these two parts of the body become longer
Arms and legs
When fine motor skills develop, it includes this type of coordination
Hand-eye coordination
By age 3, children have this many times more brain connections than adults.
Twice as many
At what age is Toilet learning well underway?
By the age of three years old
Adults can support self-esteem by giving children these responsibilities such as?
Picking up toys
This environmental factor can slow growth during preschool years
Poor nutrition
Lack of healthcare
What is the term for the preferred hand a child uses?
Handedness
According to Vygotsky, this type of play helps children learn abstract thinking.
Imaginative or fantasy play
Creating this type of sleep schedule is essential for healthy sleep.
Routine
This skill helps preschoolers identify emotions in themselves and others.
Emotional regulation