PEDIATRICS

PRESHOOL
3-5 years old
 Developmental Milestones
Year Gross Motor Fine Motor Socialization Play
and Language
3 years old • Alternates • Undresses 900 words • Able to take
feet on self turns
stairs • Stacks tower • Imaginative
• Rides of blocks
tricycle • Draw cross
• Stands on 1
foot
 Year Gross Motor Fine Motor Socialization Play
and
Language
4 years old • Jump • Simple 1,500 words Pretending
• Skips buttons (ex: Doctor,
teacher)
 Year Gross Motor Fine Motor Socialization Play
and Language
5 years old • Throws • Draw 6-part 2100 words Games with
overhand man numbers and
• Lace shoes letters
• Handedness
obvious
 PLAY FEAR EXPLORE ENVIRONMENT
(Cooperative/Associative) (Dark)

• Imaginative simple • Monitor possible stimuli for such fear as

(TV shows, Adult discussions and
Curious: WHY? HOW?
• Imaginative playmates frightening stories)
• Burn a dim night-light
• Reassure the child he is safe, & say it
• Toys: was only a dream
 Dress up Dolls • If child continues to have nightmares
everyday, it maybe a reaction to undue
 Paints stress. Source of stress should be
 Paper, crayons investigated.
 Clay • Body mutilation (scrap knee or falling)
Avoid threatening your child about
mutilation in order to discipline him
• Separation and abandonment causes of
new school hospitalization.
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