4 years to 5 years

Physical

• Very active and instantly responds to activities going around.
• More control and balance on movements produced.
• Is now comfortable and confident with up and down, jumping and running activities.
• Is curious like to know new things and is also very inquisitive..

Social / Emotional

• Enjoys doing new things
• Sociability increases and makes more friends. • Likes to stay and play in a group and around other children.
• Emotional skills like attachment with parents, brothers, sisters and love increases.
• Enjoys the companionship of other children; plays cooperatively
• Boastful, dogmatic, bossy & feels independence

Intellectual

• Names some colors and some numbers
• Improves on drawing and writing skills
• Concentration, observation, imagination and learning skills develop tremendously.
• Holds and uses a pencil with good control. Can copy a cross, circle and possibly a square.
• Runs topics into the ground.
• Rationalizes own behavior.

Language

• Use five to six word sentences
• Knows some basic rules of grammar, such as correctly using “he” and “she”
• Can tell a lengthy story mixing fact & fancy.
• Can retain more than 1000 words.
• Begins to read and write alphabet and numbers
• Try’s to speak a grammatically correct speech.

Suggested toys and games :

• Toys involving jumping, running, catching and throwing activities.
• Catch or throw ball and football.
• Toys/Games involving music and entertainment.
• Simple board games.
• Form, Jigsaw and Activity puzzles up to 25 pieces.
• Constructive toys.
• Toys and games which develop vocabulary and awareness in child.
• Toys and games which impart basic skills of learning.
• Toys and games which enhances the children’s exploration and searching skills.
• Toys dealing with drawing and coloring like pencil color, crayons and markers.
• Story books, pictorial and narrative books.
• Games enhancing sequential skills.