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Let's look at the main developmental milestones for 5 to 6 year olds.  Developmental Milestones: 5 - 6 year olds This is the year many kids start kindergarten. It's a real transitional year for your child as they learn to adjust to new routines and expectations, as well as navigate new relationships and situations.  Between the ages of 5-6 years old, these are the milestones you should expect to see: Many five-year-olds love to sing, dance, and act! They love attention and aim to please. They can tell what's make-believe and what's real and have active imaginations. By this age, they will have developed a...

Did you know that your child’s brain will develop more and faster in the first five years of their life, than at any other time? It’s pretty amazing to think about how many important developmental milestones children achieve in their formative years. Developmental milestones are a set of developmental goals that a child will hit within a certain timeframe across the 5 main areas of early childhood development. They are the skills or abilities that children acquire, which generally build upon one another. Think of them as a checklist that represents what the average child can do by a certain...

  Let's look at the main developmental milestones for 3 to 4 years old.  Developmental Milestones: 3 - 4 years This is a wonderful age for you and your preschooler as you can kiss goodbye to the "terrible twos" and hello to the adorable 3s! Your chatterboxes will become more social, and more inquisitive. Buckle up, this is the age of the "why" questions!   Between the ages of 3-4 years, these are the milestones you should expect to see: By 3, your preschoolers are usually able to take turns in games and show affection to their friends.  They have a better understanding of what is “his”...

Areas of Child Development: Gross Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills refer to the physical skills needed to make large body movements i.e. the large muscles, specifically the head, neck, arms, and legs. It's the movement of your arms, legs or torso in a coordinated and controlled way.   The first example of a child developing his gross motor skills is at around 3-4 months when he raises his head when pulled into a sitting position, followed by him rolling over. Each stage of gross motor skill development leads to the next, as they strengthen the necessary muscles and bones to help them progress from rolling over...

Areas of Child Development: Fine Motor Skills This refers to the physical skills needed to make small movements i.e. the small muscles, specifically their hands and fingers. Fine motor skills start developing almost at birth as they grasp reflexively, followed a few months later when they place their fingers in their mouth, and by 6 months old, when they begin to grasp at objects. Fine motor skills involve more precision to perform than gross motor skills (don’t tell a soccer player we said that though!) and requires a number of independent skills (like hand-eye coordination, hand control, body awareness, and patience) to work...