Four-Year Olds Pre-School Age
Social Emotional:
Has extended attention span, prefers playing with peers rather then alone, plays cooperatively with peers for extended periods, involves others in pretend play, spontaneously takes turns and shares, Shows concern for others' feelings, talks about own feelings, uses appropriate social responses (thank you, please etc), responds appropriately to small-group instruction, shows interest in own body.
Physical:
Gross Motor:
Walks up and down stairs, walks on tiptoe for up to ten feet, walks on a balance beam without falling, hops on one foot, skips, alternating feet, gallops, catches a thrown ball, kicks rolling ball toward target, pumps legs while swinging.
Fine Motor:
Uses a mature grasp on pencil, copies simple shapes, draws stick figures, uses irregular strokes to copy letters/numbers, creases paper, puts paper clip on paper, cuts out circle and other simple shapes, performs simple sewing on lacing card, uses key to open small padlock, puts small pegs in pegboard, buttons small buttons, uses fork/spoon skillfully.
Cognitive:
Groups by two characteristics, classifies objects into categories (food, toys), knows and names up to six colors, understands one-to-one correspondence, count sets up to ten, completes up to 20 piece puzzle, matches identifies simple shapes, sequences three pictures to tell a story, has expanded knowledge of time concepts, understands directional concepts (top/bottom), imitates simple patterns, repeats four digit and four word sequences, understands comparatives (big, bigger), predicts outcome, draws a person with up to six parts.
Communication/Language/Speech:
Plays with words (rhymes, repetitions, nonsense word, asks/gives meanings of new words, sings songs/rhymes of 30 or more words, uses up to eight-word sentences, retells stories, asks lots of questions, describes past events, describes objects by shape, size and color, describes activities, Has a vocabulary of over 1,500 words.
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Has extended attention span, prefers playing with peers rather then alone, plays cooperatively with peers for extended periods, involves others in pretend play, spontaneously takes turns and shares, Shows concern for others' feelings, talks about own feelings, uses appropriate social responses (thank you, please etc), responds appropriately to small-group instruction, shows interest in own body.
Physical:
Gross Motor:
Walks up and down stairs, walks on tiptoe for up to ten feet, walks on a balance beam without falling, hops on one foot, skips, alternating feet, gallops, catches a thrown ball, kicks rolling ball toward target, pumps legs while swinging.
Fine Motor:
Uses a mature grasp on pencil, copies simple shapes, draws stick figures, uses irregular strokes to copy letters/numbers, creases paper, puts paper clip on paper, cuts out circle and other simple shapes, performs simple sewing on lacing card, uses key to open small padlock, puts small pegs in pegboard, buttons small buttons, uses fork/spoon skillfully.
Cognitive:
Groups by two characteristics, classifies objects into categories (food, toys), knows and names up to six colors, understands one-to-one correspondence, count sets up to ten, completes up to 20 piece puzzle, matches identifies simple shapes, sequences three pictures to tell a story, has expanded knowledge of time concepts, understands directional concepts (top/bottom), imitates simple patterns, repeats four digit and four word sequences, understands comparatives (big, bigger), predicts outcome, draws a person with up to six parts.
Communication/Language/Speech:
Plays with words (rhymes, repetitions, nonsense word, asks/gives meanings of new words, sings songs/rhymes of 30 or more words, uses up to eight-word sentences, retells stories, asks lots of questions, describes past events, describes objects by shape, size and color, describes activities, Has a vocabulary of over 1,500 words.
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Continue to talk, sing, read, and write with your child. Anywhere you go, to the supermarket, museum, ballgame, or driving in the car, talk about something. Carry on conversations, and make sure they are pronouncing words correctly, and they are speaking in complete sentences.