Question

Describe changes in height and weight as well as brain development during the preschool years.

Describe brain development during early childhood.

Describe the influence brain development has on visual skills.

What are the functions of the right and left hemisphere of the brain?

Compare and contrast the neurological function of plasticity during preschool to adulthood.

What are gross motor skills and how do they develop?

Explain how preschoolers acquire gross motor skills.

Describe rough-and-tumble play as well as its role in social skill development.

Compare and contrast physically active parent’s children’s activity level to those children whose parents are inactive. Would you chose to be an active or inactive parent?

Explain the role of drawing and its relationship to the development of motor and cognitive skills.  What are the 4 stages of drawing a picture?

Explain the nutritional needs of the preschool-age child.  Should schools do a better job of providing appropriate nutrition?

Compare and contrast major and minor health issues and illness risks for preschool children.

Explain the sleep needs of preschool children.

Explain sleep patterns during early childhood.

What if any are potential sleep disorders common to early childhood?

Answer 1

Describe changes in height and weight as well as brain development during the preschool years.

During the pre school years, the following developments take place. The skills involved during pre school years are:

• Gross motor skills: these skills include the climbing up in the staircase, they learn to put one step at a time, along with climbing and skipping, peddling bicycle, and jumping over the lower obstacles.
• They become inquisitive about different things along with asking many questions.
• Cognitively, they begin to learn problems as well as participate with reasoning and thinking.
• They learn to identify which object is heavier along with identifying the names of the days.
• Socially, they learn to interact with others, and help others.
• Development, on a physical front, would be slower than infancy, though important changes would be observed. There would be changes in the motor skills, both gross as well as fine. Children would start to lose the baby fat. They begin learner and obtaining a more athletic look. Legs grow longer, there is formation of abdominal muscles as well as tightening of the stomach. Head is still larger.