Growth and Development of Four and Five Year Olds

Question 1

Which is not a math skill at this age?

Accepted Answer

Start to understand money and can identify coins., Recognizing simple shapes., Understand more terms related to size and shape-short, fat.

Question 2

Which is not a typical self help skill at this age?

Accepted Answer

Making eggs over easy.

Question 3

Examples of challenges with expressive language are

Accepted Answer

Stuttering, Articulation struggles.

Question 4

Typical fears that 4's and 5's might develop are...

Accepted Answer

fear of the dark., fear of dentists or doctors., fear of the ocean when they find out sharks live there.

Question 5

Over a third of 4 year old play is solitary, but by 5, play is much more cooperative.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Children cannot yet retell a story in the right order with detail.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

A significant cognitive gain is.....

Accepted Answer

more sophisticated understanding of symbols.

Question 8

Children can understand verbal jokes, but do not laugh at them yet.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

They may imitate phrases in the correct context, but not know what the individual words mean.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Because of the physical growth in height, preschoolers find movement easier due to...

Accepted Answer

their legs being more proportional, (half of body length).

Question 11

Why do 4 and 5 year olds ask so many questions?

Accepted Answer

They are working on theri logical thinking skills.

Question 12

Children at this age do not fully understand the concept of death.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

4 and 5 year olds have very strong imaginations and can create imaginary friends.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

When angry, 4/5 year olds more likely to kick or hit rather than use words.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Because a child can rote count,does not mean that they understand that 3 =three = xxx

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

4 and 5 year old kids cannot use irregular verbs correctly such as ate, ran, went.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Vocabulary ranges from

Accepted Answer

1500-2000 words

Question 18

Why is calcium and vitamin D so important at this age?

Accepted Answer

Bones and teeth are still forming and growing stronger.

Question 19

An example of reading skills at this age is....

Accepted Answer

That a group of letters on paper symbolizes an object., Understanding beginning letter sounds., Recognizing letters of the alphabet.

Question 20

Which of the following is not characteristic of the motor development in this age group?

Accepted Answer

Can walk downstairs, but only one at a time.

Question 21

Because the motor and visual systems are now more coordinated, children can....

Accepted Answer

catch a ball that is thrown to them.

Question 22

An example of increased language comprehension is........

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 23

Which best represents typical fine motor skills?

Accepted Answer

Tracing letters of name and building straight block towers., Copy shapes, Printing first name.

Question 24

Children at this age enjoy working on self created projects. Average attention is 20 minutes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

If a new sibling is born, this emotion can be expressed by feeling ill or regressive behavior.

Accepted Answer

Jealousy

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