Exam 6: Early Childhood: Three-, Four-, and Five-Year-Olds

During this developmental stage, you can expect most healthy children to ____.

Four-year-olds can be expected to build a tower with ____________________ or more blocks.

Five-year-olds should not be expected to climb stairs with alternating feet.

Match each term with the correct definition. -Stringing beads

Four-year-olds are usually able to rote count to ____________________.

Five-year-olds can be expected to ____.

It is developmentally ____________________ for four- and five-year-olds to brag, boast, or show off during this period.

Most four- and five-year-olds are now able to share, take turns, and play cooperatively with their peers.

The three-year-old's appetite is typically ____.

Silly talk and silly jokes (that is, silly to adults) seem to go hand in hand with the development of language skills at this age.

It is unusual for five-year-olds to experience bad dreams and nightmares.

As three-year-olds' cognitive abilities become increasingly complex, they are able to ____.

Most three-year-olds achieve complete bowel and bladder control although accidents may still occur.

It would be unrealistic to expect four-year-olds to ____.

Match each term with the correct definition. -Able to wait for a snack

Most _________________________ -year-olds are able to identify and label coins and count money.

Match each term with the correct definition. -Building a block tower with other children

Most ____-year-olds will have developed speech that can be understood by others most of the time.

A four-year-old's ____________________ can be informally assessed by listening carefully to the child's speech.

_____ are beginning to use past verb tenses correctly.