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Social Development Example From Observation

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Social Development Example From Observation

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One five year old girl in the kindergarten program at McNear Elementary showed a video she made to the class. One part of the video was very silly and made the entire class laugh. She started to cry because she though that they were laughing at her. After the teacher explained to her what was happening, she was ok. She had a hard time realizing that her classmates were laughing at something funny that she did, rather than laughing at her a person.

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Developmental Milestones

"Descriptions of typical age-related growth, skills and behavior"

The idea that not all children develop skills at the same rate but all children meet the same stages of development at a specific time in their lives in the same sequence.This means that a child may not be able to develop a new skill until the pervious skills have been accomplished.

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Chart with Average Weight and Height of A 5 Year Old By Gender.

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Chart with Average Weight and Height of A 5 Year Old By Gender.

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Begin to lose pervious fat and begin gaining muscle

Start to lose baby teeth, permeant teeth begin

Only gain about 2 inches in height and 4 pounds of weight every year

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Milestones in Hand and Finger Skills: Can Print Letters and Numbers

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Milestones in Hand and Finger Skills: Can Print Letters and Numbers

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A 5 year old uses a blue white board marker to write letters and numbers on a white board.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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5 Year Milestone: Can print some letters or numbers

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During this age Erik Erikson believes children are at the end of their Initiative vs Guilt stage.  During this stage, children begin to assert their power and control over the world and ask the major question:  "Am I good or bad?”. They do this through play and other social interaction. During this stage it is important to allow exploration and guide children toward appropriate choices. If caregivers are to discouraging, children may feel ashamed and become very dependent on others out of fear .

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Milestone in Hands and Fingers: Can Use a Fork, Spoon and Sometimes A Table Knife

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Milestone in Hands and Fingers: Can Use a Fork, Spoon and Sometimes A Table Knife

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The 5 year old girl uses a plastic fork and table knife to cut her food.

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Can now climb trees with ease

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Milestone in Hands and Fingers: Draws Person with Body

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Milestone in Hands and Fingers: Draws Person with Body

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Picture of a girl holding up her drawing of people

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Movement Milestone: Can Stand on one foot for 10 Seconds

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Movement Milestone: Can Stand on one foot for 10 Seconds

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Video of a 5 year old standing on one foot

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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5 Year Milestone: Stands on one foot for 10 seconds or longer

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Picture of a child doing a somersault successfully

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Milestones in Hand and Fingers (Fine Motor Skills)

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Milestones in Hand and Fingers (Fine Motor Skills)

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Copies triangle and other geometric patterns

Draws person with body

Prints some letters

Confidently can dress and undress without adult assistance

Uses eating utensils such as a fork, spoon, and sometimes a table knife

Usually uses the toilet on their own, occasionally wetting the bed still

Can throw, catch and bounce a ball

Brush own teeth

Can Zip up and down zipper

Handle buttons

Learn to tie shoes

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Can stand on one foot for ten seconds or longer

Hopping, which can be unstabe

Swinging

May be able to skip

Somersaults

Climbing

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The developed physical coordination and control over ones body and muscles.

Walking confidently, one foot on each step, up and down stairs

Climbing trees and ladders with ease

Can start running at speed

Jumping with two feet over objects becomes easier

Walking for a short distance along a line

Pedaling improves, can potentially be learning to ride a two-wheeler with training wheels or tricycle

Learning how to swing on a swing

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Social and Emotional milestones

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Age 5 Social & Emotional Milestones | Child Development

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With their newly acquired physical and cognitive skills, they will have increased self-esteem and autonomy.

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A five year olds linguistic skills will also be developing rapidly. Most of the time five year-olds will use mostly proper grammar, pronounce words clearly, speak in complete sentences and will use verb tenses correctly. Though they still might say things like "I goed to the doctor yesterday." Children this age will also be expanding their vocabulary very quickly and can pick up many new words each day.

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Typically developing five year olds will be able to use mostly proper grammar and can communicate well. While he might not know that Siri isn't real, he is still attempting to converse with the phone.

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5 year old tries to have a conversation with Siri

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An example of constructive and symbolic play, these are four connected thrones that five year-olds built in a Reggio inspired classroom in Petaluma.

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Five year old's tutorial on how to draw a person, with more than 6 body parts.

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What's a five year-olds brain up to?

According to Jean Piaget's theory of Cognitive development, five year olds are in the pre-occupational stage of cognition. In this stage, children have already grasped the concept of object permanence and are beginning to think symbolically.  An example of a child thinking symbolically is when a child picks up a pen and says that it is a magic wand. They will also engage in dramatic and constructive play regularly (for example playing dress up and building with legos)At this point in a child's life they will start to want to make people happy, though they still do think egocentrically, and cannot quite think logically.

Typically developing five year-olds also have the mental capacity to:

Count to 10

Draw a picture of a person with at least six body parts

Print some letters and numbers

Recognize at least five colors

Draw at least five shapes

Know how money is used

According to the CDC, if a five year-old exhibits any of the following behaviors, parents may want to consult their child's physician:

Extreme behavior

Does not display multiple emotions

Cannot do basic self-help skills (brushing teeth, getting undresses by themselves, washing their hands by themselves, ect. )

Gets distracted easily or cannot pay attention to one task for more than five minutes

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Social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition. Vygotsky states: "Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention, to logical memory, and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals."

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Five year olds want to establish and maintain close relationships with other children.

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

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Emotional Development                                                   

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- Continues to expand his or her circle of trusted adults but maintains a closeness to a few special people (Example: "I love my teacher, Ms. Hanson!").                          - Gains self-esteem from feeling capable and demonstrating new skills (Example: "I know how to read this!") but does not take well to criticism            - Is increasingly aware of his or her own characteristics and skills.
- Uses more complex language to express his or her understanding of feelings and what causes them (Example: "I want to try riding that horse, but I'm sort of scared.").
- Begins control the expression of emotion; however, he or she continues to need adult guidance in this area.
- Feels empathy naturally and will attempt to help friends in need.                      - Wants to be more independent (Example: choosing their own clothes).
- Is much more patient and open to reasoning during disagreements.
- Now that they understand more about the world, they develop more fears.
- Is better at seeing other people’s points of view.

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-Enjoys interacting with other children and adults.                             -Engages in more complex and sustained cooperative play, including pretend play and simple games with rules (example:"How about if we play 'Candyland.' I'll give out the pieces.").                          -Continues to establish and maintain friendships with other children. Seeks others' acceptance and friendship (example: "We're buddies, right?").
-May join a group to exclude others.Uses a wider array of words or actions to demonstrate awareness, understanding, and concern for what others are feeling (example: goes over to a child whose block building has fallen down and says, "Don't worry, Manuel. I'll help you build it up again.").                                                                                        -Uses a broader repertoire of strategies, including negotiation and compromise, to resolve conflicts before seeking adult help (examples:"I have a great idea, Henry! You be the bear, and I will be the lion. Then we can switch!").