Three to five years Preschool

The preschool and early school years are also full of changes. From three to five your child's motor skills, language, thinking, and social development change dramatically.

Social and Emotional Development- follows simple directions; enjoys helping with household tasks, begins to recognize own limits — asks for help, likes to play alone, but near other children, does not cooperate or share well, able to make choices between two things, begins to notice other people's moods and feelings.

Three to five years Preschool

•Hand preference is established•Laces (but cannot tie) shoes•Grasps pencil like an adult•Colors within lines•Cuts and pastes simple shapes