Psych140 Module 4 - Early Childhood -
Portage Learning
Gross motor skills in early childhood - ANS throwing a ball, hopping, catching a ball, running,
and kicking a ball
fine motor skills in early childhood - ANS cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building blocks, lacing,
cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing, coloring
2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - ANS gross: jump, throw/catch ball
fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon
3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - ANS gross: walk upstairs alternating both feet, walk
downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball
fine: scissors, button
4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - ANS 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 - ANS gross: skip, ride a bike
fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words
brain development in early childhood - ANS further development of neurons at synapses,
myelination, synaptic pruning
preoperational stage - ANS 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 - ANS symbolic function and intuitive thought
symbolic function substage - ANS (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? - ANS parallel play (in
same room as other children but play next to them rather than with them)
Portage Learning
Gross motor skills in early childhood - ANS throwing a ball, hopping, catching a ball, running,
and kicking a ball
fine motor skills in early childhood - ANS cutting paper, pasting, pouring, building blocks, lacing,
cutting along a line, writing a name, tracing, coloring
2-3 years gross & fine motor skills - ANS gross: jump, throw/catch ball
fine: zip/unzip, use a spoon
3-4 years gross & fine motor skills - ANS gross: walk upstairs alternating both feet, walk
downstairs one foot leading, throw/catch ball
fine: scissors, button
4-5 years gross & fine motor skills - ANS 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 - ANS gross: skip, ride a bike
fine: tie shoes, write numbers & basic words
brain development in early childhood - ANS further development of neurons at synapses,
myelination, synaptic pruning
preoperational stage - ANS 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 - ANS symbolic function and intuitive thought
symbolic function substage - ANS (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? - ANS parallel play (in
same room as other children but play next to them rather than with them)
