Motor Development: Gross Motor Skills
- running is more controlled; can start, stop, and turn
- turns somersaults; hops on one foot; gallops
- can easily catch, throw, and bounce a ball
- can brush teeth, comb hair, wash, and dress with little assistance
Motor Development: Fine Motor Skills
- copies crosses and squares
- prints some letters
- uses table utensils skillfully
- cuts on a line
Language and Thinking Development
- uses a 1,500-word vocabulary; speaks in relatively complex sentences ("Mommy opened the door and the dog ran out.") I am pretty sure that Leah's vocabulary is about twice this in English and half this in Spanish.
- understands words that relate one idea to another — if, why, when
- continues to learn through experience and the senses
- understands, mostly, the difference between fantasy and reality Except when related to trolls, fairies and anything involving Princess Annelisse & her best friend Molly.
- understands number and space concepts — more, less, bigger, in, under, behind
- thinks literally; starting to develop logical thinking
- begins to grasp that pictures and symbols can represent real objects
- starts to recognize patterns among objects — round things, soft things, animals
- grasps the concepts of past, present, and future but does not understand the duration of time She is starting to ask us about yesterday, tomorrow, last week, last year. Used to be everything was last year but lately she has been realizing when yesterday and tomorrow actually were/are.
Social and Emotional Development
- takes turns, shares, and cooperates
- expresses anger verbally rather than physically
- can feel jealousy
- may sometimes lie to protect herself, but understands the concept of lying
- enjoys pretending and has a vivid imagination
In addition to all of this she is beginning to read. Her teachers tell me everyday how much farther along she is coming. I suspect that by age 5 she will be more than ready for Kindergarten. Very proud of our little girl.
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