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Pre-School Stage Overall
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ages 3-6 years
physical growth slows psychosocial important cognitive development curiosity communication |
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Pre-School Stage
Physical Growth |
Average weight gain + 5 lbs per year
Average weight at age 3 - 32 lbs Height increases 2 1/2 to 3 inch per year Double birth length around 4 years Elongation of the legs teeth shedding |
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Pre-School Stage
Gross and fine motor skills |
Large and fine muscle coordination improves
Runs well, walk up and down stairs, throw a ball Learn how to hop and skip - 5 years Learn to skate, swim, ride a bike Fine motor drawing and can copy at 5 years a square, triangle, and print name |
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Pre-school Stage
Psychosocial Freud's Phallic Stage |
sexual organ becomes prominence
Exploration Resolution of this stage development of super-ego and conscience Oedipal conflict and Electra conflict I want to marry my mommy Fixation at this stage, bashfulness, brashness |
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Pre-school Stage
Psychosocial Eriskson's Initiative versus Guilt |
Children can make plans, set goals, based on wants
When conflict arises the child needs to learn to work it out Guilt may occur if caregiver's response to the crisis are too punitive teaching cooperative behaviors they learn through play |
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Kolberg's moral Development
Pre-School Stage |
Preconventional stage
- still egocentric - tries to win at all cost - a conscience begins to develop - child fears wrongdoing - child seeks parental approval - parent should teach child basic values, ideally be role modeling - provide consistent praise and acceptance of child |
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Animism
Preschool Stage |
Imagination
Magical World Fear of bodily harm Thunderstorms Medical personnel Medical Play |
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Piaget's Cognitive Stage
Preschool stage |
Preconceptual stage -
Improved ability to reason and logic Increased curiousity leads to a lot of why? questions Play becomes more reality based Increased ability to communicate - greater socialization with peers |
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Preschool Stage
Language Development |
Vocabulary continues to rapidly increase
5 years old - more than 2000 words Identify colors 3-4 years of age - 75% understandable Able to tell stories |
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Nursing Implications
Preschool Stage |
Safety considerations
- accidents are leading cause of death - eagerness to explore environment, but still immature cognitive ability - Children are impulsive - Role modeling is important - If parent wears his/her seat belt - child will - Smoking also role model (possibly imprited during this stage even if parent stops later) - Burns, falls, drowning, animal bites, poison ingestion, preventable accidents |
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Preschool Stage
Developmental Considerations |
Play is a tool that should be used still at this age to decrease anxiety
Thru play the child learns about his/her environment and social skills Preparation for school readiness assessed Immunizations prior to school |
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School Age (6 to 12 years)
Overall |
world expands greatly
longer hours away from home Participation in sports, groups, drama Equal peer pressure from parents and peer Learn about improving self-concept DARE program education |