Psych140 Module 4 - Early Childhood - Portage Learning | Questions and Answers with complete solution

gross motor skills in early childhood - throwing a ball, hopping, catching a ball, running, and kicking a ball fine motor skills in early childhood - cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building blocks, lacing, cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing, coloring 2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - gross: jump, throw/catch ball fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon 3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - gross: walk upstairs alternating both feet, walk downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball fine: scissors, button 4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - gross: 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 - gross: skip, ride a bike fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words brain development in early childhood - further development of neurons at synapses, myelination, synaptic pruning preoperational stage - in 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 - symbolic function and intuitive thought