CMN 571 Exam 2 - Developmental Milestones Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

Age 5-6 activities to be observed - - Can catch ball - Skips smoothly - Copies a + already drawn - Tells age - Concept of 10 (eg, counts 10 tongue depressors). - May recite to higher number by rote - Knows right and left hand - Draws recognizable person with at least 8 details - Can describe favorite television program in some Age 5-6 activities related by parent - - Does simple chores at home (taking out garbage, drying silverware) - Goes to school unattended or meets school bus - Good motor ability but little awareness of dangers Age 5 (Kindergarten) milestones - - Separation-individuation of theme initiated in preschool years - Ready to relate to peers in an interactive manner - Brain has reached 90% of its adult weight - Sensorimotor coordination has matured (facilitates pencil/paper tasks ) - Cognitive abilities: at preoperational stage (focus on one variable in a problem at a time)Age 5 1/2 milestones - Mastered conservations of mass/weight Age 6 (1st grade) milestones - - Recognizes numbers, letters, words - Learns to write - Beginning of concrete operations (perform mental operations concerning concrete objects that involve more than one variable) - Can order, number, classify (relate to concrete objects in the environment) - Magical thinking diminishes - Reality of cause-effect relationships is better understood - Fantasy & imagination are still reflected in themes of play Age 6-7 activities to be observed - - Copies a Δ - Defines words by use ("What is an orange?" "To eat.") - Knows if morning or afternoon - Draws a person with 12 details - Reads several 1-syllable printed words (My, dog, see, boy)