Increased muscular, mental and language abilities set the stage for more activities and questions. There is a great curiosity and openness to learning. The favourite word of pre-schoolers is "why." Parents who take time to answer their preschoolers' questions reinforce their intellectual initiative....
The development of courage and independence are what set preschoolers, ages three to six years of age, apart from other age groups. Young children in this category face the challenge of initiative versus guilt. As described in Bee and Boyd (2004), the child during this stage faces the comple...
is learning to master the world around him or her, learning basic skills and principles of physics; things fall to the ground, not up; round things roll, how to zip and tie, count and speak with ease. At this stage the child wants to begin and complete his or her own actions for a...
countandspeakwithease.Atthisstagethechildwantstobeginandcompletehisorherownactionsforapurpose.Guiltisanewemotionandisconfusingtothechild;heorshewillfeelguiltwhenhisorherinitiativedoesnotproducethedesiredresults.Thedevelopmentofcourageandindependencearewhatsetpreschoolers,agesthreetosixyearsofage,apart from other ...