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Children can tell a simple story using complete sentences and understand three step instructions. They are engaging in complex and imaginative play. Children at this age still struggle with plurals. Five year olds can use pronouns (I, me, you, he, she, him, her, we, us, they, them). They are beginning to use more letter-like forms then scribbles. This video highlights the literacy development of a five year old.

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5 Year Olds Speech and Language Developmental Milestone

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Children this age maintain the ability to count ten objects and understand more complex topics including, shapes, colors, and complex sentences. They are able to follow more complex instructions that require two or more steps. Cognitively they also know more information such as their last name, address, and phone number.

They can start problem-solving more issues on their own at this age. They gain more of a need for independence and they want to make decisions for themselves.

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Age 5 Social & Emotional Milestones | Child Development

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Children at this age are showing

more emotion and are expressing themselves.  They are also more likely to want to make their friends happy and be more like their friends at this age. They are also likely to understand what is fantasy and what is not. They are very expressive of their emotions and like to show what they are feeling. They also like to be acknowledged on what they have learned. Children are concerned with rules and making sure everyone agrees. They also are able to distinguish what is real and what is make believe.

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Gardner believed that the traditional idea of intelligence was incomplete and that humans have multiple intelligences not just one.  He suggested the idea of 8 intelligences and each relate to a certain brain region.  Every normal person has some of all eight intelligences, each individual excels in a particular one.

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Much like other children - kids this age are still learning through play and observation. They can hop with their peers and do somersaults, as well as begin to ride a tricycle. Their fine motor skills are enhanced through more complex drawings as well as usage of a fork and spoon. Their personal needs are beginning to be easier to take care of themselves such as brushing teeth and getting dressed.

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Erikson's eight stages of development are what shapes children into who they become in life. The first stage is the trust vs mistrust. This is during the first year or so of a child's life. I am focusing on five-year-old development. This stage for Erikson is highlighted in the Initiative vs guilt stage. This is where five-year-olds become more assertive about their likes and dislikes. They are also learning more social/emotional development as their temperaments and emotions continue to increase. Five-year-old's physical development is also increasing by the use of play. Children are involved in activities, make-up games, and explore opportunities that further help their physical development. Erikson's goal in developing his stages was to create an impact on every child and to see how their personalities shine through throughout adulthood. Erikson believed that five year olds are at the stage of initiative vs guilt. Children must be aware of their surroundings and be able to explore it as well. Since the child is taking the initiative in exploring, caretakers should encourage this action in order to decrease dependency.

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Piaget described the growth process in children as a process of adaptation - at this age accommodation is taking place as five year olds use existing knowledge to dissect new situations. 5 year olds are in Piaget's pre-operational stage where young children can think about things symbolically. They are in the latter half of this stage however and have began to shed their ego-centric views.

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Bandura believed that humans sometimes learn without personal reinforcements. Every child learns through observation and imitation of other people which is called modeling. Children pay attention to their models than copy the behavior they observed even if it is not appropriate.

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Children are learning to be more independent, and creative. They are also learning to better understand the concept of time and day. Children will play with a common goal in mind and understand jokes. Children at this age love to make their own decision such as what to eat or what to wear.
At this age children are creating their own personalities. They are starting to build their independence and finding their likes and dislikes.

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Five year olds have more self-control with how to communicate. They begin to create friendships and value the importance of friendship. Children develop habits or traditions that can be traumatic to break or change. One can see that five-year-olds will understand instruction that needs to be followed. Up until this age, children have a very ego-centric mentality, at this point they are beginning to view situations from others perspectives. Conflicts should be easier to work through, as well as emotion control.

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Physical -  The children in my kindergarten classroom can indeed ride a tricycle and run and stop at desired paces but have trouble however lacing their own shoes. Their fine motor skills allow them to cut swirls out of paper with accuracy and paste images with ease
Social/Emotional - I observed the fact that the children are less ego-centric at this age through many of the students ability to understand the instructors perspective and view situations from their peers point of view.
Cognitive - The children are learning many topics that challenge their cognitive abilities as well as participate in activities that helps progress their knowledge in topics such as weather, math and spelling.

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At this age children further develop their hand-eye coordination. They may be playing a sport or activity at this time. Children may be involved in chores to do around the house or at school such as wiping down countertops or putting items away.
At five years old children are starting to learn how to balance and stabilize things. They are also into running and controlling themselves when to come to a stop.

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Five Year Old Development Stages & Milestones 

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Five Year Old Development Stages & Milestones | Help Me Grow MN