Psych140 Module 4 - Early Childhood -
Portage Learning
gross motor skills in early childhood - answer throwing a ball, hopping, catching a ball,
running, and kicking a ball
fine motor skills in early childhood - answer cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building
blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing, coloring
2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - answer gross: jump, throw/catch ball
fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon
3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - answer gross: walk upstairs alternating both feet,
walk downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball
fine: scissors, button
4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - answergross: walk upstairs and downstairs
alternating feet, catch ball with hands
fine: use a fork, cut on a line with scissors
5-6 years gross & fine motor skills - answergross: skip, ride a bike
fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words
brain development in early childhood - answerfurther development of neurons at
synapses, myelination, synaptic pruning
preoperational stage - answerin Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years
of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the
mental operations of concrete logic
substages of preoperational stage - answersymbolic function and intuitive thought
symbolic function substage - answer(ages 2-4( Child continues to develop the ability to
mentally represent an object that is not present, working towards abstract thought but
not there yet
At the beginning of the preoperational stage, how do children often play? -
answerparallel play (in same room as other children but play next to them rather than
with them)
What is the main function of a child's speech during the preoperational stage? -
answerto externalize the child's thinking rather than to communicate with others.
Portage Learning
gross motor skills in early childhood - answer throwing a ball, hopping, catching a ball,
running, and kicking a ball
fine motor skills in early childhood - answer cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building
blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing, coloring
2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - answer gross: jump, throw/catch ball
fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon
3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - answer gross: walk upstairs alternating both feet,
walk downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball
fine: scissors, button
4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - answergross: walk upstairs and downstairs
alternating feet, catch ball with hands
fine: use a fork, cut on a line with scissors
5-6 years gross & fine motor skills - answergross: skip, ride a bike
fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words
brain development in early childhood - answerfurther development of neurons at
synapses, myelination, synaptic pruning
preoperational stage - answerin Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years
of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the
mental operations of concrete logic
substages of preoperational stage - answersymbolic function and intuitive thought
symbolic function substage - answer(ages 2-4( Child continues to develop the ability to
mentally represent an object that is not present, working towards abstract thought but
not there yet
At the beginning of the preoperational stage, how do children often play? -
answerparallel play (in same room as other children but play next to them rather than
with them)
What is the main function of a child's speech during the preoperational stage? -
answerto externalize the child's thinking rather than to communicate with others.
