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GROSS MOTOR SKILLS.
BODY GROWTH AND CHANGE
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→ 3 years old:
HEIGHT & WEIGHT.
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→ 4 years old:
➢ → 5 years old:
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Growth Hormone Deficiency
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→
→
FINE MOTOR SKILLS.
THE BRAIN.
→ 3 years old:
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→ 4 years old:
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→ Myelination → 5 years old:
PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT.
→
→ 4-5 years old
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→ Preschoolers
, → 1st grade NUTRITION & EXERCISE
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→ Rubbing the eyes OVERWEIGHT YOUNG CHILDREN
→ Blinking or squinting excessively
→ Appearing irritable when playing games that
require good distance vision
→ Shutting or covering one eye
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→ Tilting the head or thrusting it forward when
looking at something
→ Their eating behavior improves when caregivers
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eat with children on a predictable schedule, model
choosing nutritious food, make mealtimes
→ E.g., When young children see the ball dropped pleasant occasions, and engage in certain feeding
into the tube, many of them will search for it styles.
immediately below the dropping point.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
→ For them, gravity ruled and they had failed to
perceive the end location of the curved tube.
→ However, they can overcome the gravity bias and
→ Obese
their impulsive tendencies when they were given
verbal instructions from a knowledgeable adult. → Overweight
→ Risk of being overweight
SLEEP ➢
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➢ Prevention
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➢ MALNUTRITION
➢ →
Failure
→
narcolepsy insomnia nightmares → →
➢ EXERCISE
→ Making sure that the bedroom is cool, dark, and
comfortable →
→ Maintaining consistent bedtimes and wake times
building
→ Positive family relationships
→ Helping the child slow down before bedtime often ILLNESS AND DEATH
contributes to less resistance to going to bed ➢
→ Reading the child a story
→ Playing quietly with the child in the bath
→ Letting the child sit on the caregiver’s lap while
listening to music