PRE-SCHOOL (3-6 Years)
Ages 3-6 years are considered the pre-school years or the early childhood. The child has now reached their preschool age! Between the age of three to six years old, the little one will become more confident and will move out into the wider world. They are probably now happy playing with other children, with role games and make-believe scenarios popular because of their active imaginations. By this stage, on my observation they should have grown out of any ‘terrible twos’ behaviour, but they will have a heightened sense of what they feel is fair and unfair and may still have the odd tantrum if they perceive an injustice, such as an unequal allocation of toys or sharing of sweets. Although they can appear confident …show more content…
Because children are so vulnerable, they can be easily affected by things many parents and adults take for granted.
1. Improper Speech and Language Development
There are several factors that can have a direct effect on a child’s speech and language development, A few of the many factors that may have an effect on speech development in children, include: lack of stimulation, delayed motor skills, inadequate awareness of communication, reduced hearing, frequent moving or changes in environment, exposure to many different languages and high anxiety
( http://www.livestrong.com/article/217996-factors-affecting-early-child-development/)
2. Parental …show more content…
They should be taught common hygiene principles such as handwashing, covering the nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing and using tissues (Polan, E.&Taylor, D.,2011p.126)
Maintain the child’s bedtime and naptime routines. Routines and rituals are usually very important to child, as they provide comfort. Supervise playtime. Encourage active activities. Encourage family should eat together as often as possible. The meal table should be viewed as a positive conflict free zone. Introduce new foods to a young child’s diet. May need to present a new or different foods as many as 15 times or more before a child will be comfortably trying it. The key is to offer the new food in a relaxed manner without pressuring the child (Mosby’s 2013
Ages 3-6 years are considered the pre-school years or the early childhood. The child has now reached their preschool age! Between the age of three to six years old, the little one will become more confident and will move out into the wider world. They are probably now happy playing with other children, with role games and make-believe scenarios popular because of their active imaginations. By this stage, on my observation they should have grown out of any ‘terrible twos’ behaviour, but they will have a heightened sense of what they feel is fair and unfair and may still have the odd tantrum if they perceive an injustice, such as an unequal allocation of toys or sharing of sweets. Although they can appear confident …show more content…
Because children are so vulnerable, they can be easily affected by things many parents and adults take for granted.
1. Improper Speech and Language Development
There are several factors that can have a direct effect on a child’s speech and language development, A few of the many factors that may have an effect on speech development in children, include: lack of stimulation, delayed motor skills, inadequate awareness of communication, reduced hearing, frequent moving or changes in environment, exposure to many different languages and high anxiety
( http://www.livestrong.com/article/217996-factors-affecting-early-child-development/)
2. Parental …show more content…
They should be taught common hygiene principles such as handwashing, covering the nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing and using tissues (Polan, E.&Taylor, D.,2011p.126)
Maintain the child’s bedtime and naptime routines. Routines and rituals are usually very important to child, as they provide comfort. Supervise playtime. Encourage active activities. Encourage family should eat together as often as possible. The meal table should be viewed as a positive conflict free zone. Introduce new foods to a young child’s diet. May need to present a new or different foods as many as 15 times or more before a child will be comfortably trying it. The key is to offer the new food in a relaxed manner without pressuring the child (Mosby’s 2013