Understanding the Developments of Children

Short Essay: School Nursing
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Short Essay: School Nursing
Question One
           For teachers, understanding the various developmental milestones among children is essential. It ensures that teachers promote positive actions and prevent children from adopting negative behaviors such as fighting with others and selfishness. It also ensures that teachers support children and identify developmental problems early on to help young children with developmental issues. In addition, teachers can use these developmental milestones as the basis for screening children suspected of delay in development. For each age, children show different changes. For instance, at the ages of four and five, a child can speak and walk. However, children aged 4 to 5 years are preschoolers, and while their development at this age differs, most of them achieve some common milestones. These include: 
At age 4 
           The child can walk downstairs without assistance, skip on one foot, sing, catch and throw a ball, differentiate between reality and fantasy, show three separate body parts when drawing a person, and build a ten-blocked block tower (John Hopkins Medicine, n.d.). In addition, the child often asks questions, tells stories, and may pick out one color or more. Kids aged four years may use about four words in a sentence and may also use bad words if they hear others use the same words frequently. At this age, they also understand various concepts such as time. They may not understand right and wrong, but at this age, they are obedient to rules. They are also more cognizant of people around them and believe that they can make things happen through their thoughts. At this age, their interaction with others can be quite challenging. They are aggressive and may fight with their siblings or peers. They are also moody, which explains the aggression. They may also have imaginary friends and may have difficulties sharing with others. However, they are quite independent. Children at this age need support to help improve their interactions with others. 
At age 5
           At this age, children become more responsible and cooperative. They can dress, master their address and phone number, learn how to tie their shoes, and recognize the alphabet. In addition, they can jump ropes, balance on one foot while closing their eyes, and walk backward. Also, while drawing, they can copy shapes. Further, the child knows more things at this age. They may know at least four colors, uses at least six words in a sentence, and identify days of the week. They talk more often and may be able to name money and coins. The child also understands the concept of time better than four years old and is curious about factual things in the world. They also understand rules better than a four-year-old and may compare the rules given to them with those given to friends. The interaction with others also changes. As the child starts school life, they may get more attached to their parent. They also interact well with their parents and are more cooperative. They also develop good manners and are more willing to make other people happy.