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Preschoolers experience significant physical development between toddlerhood and the beginning of formal schooling. Their center of gravity lowers, and their "baby teeth" are fully developed by age 3. Gross motor skills like running and jumping emerge, along with developing fine motor abilities to hold a pencil and use scissors. Artistic development progresses from scribbling to recognizable drawings according to Viktor Lowenfeld's stages of drawing in early childhood. Preschoolers' nutrition and 10-12 hours per night of sleep are also important for healthy development during these years.

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Module 15 Profed03

Preschoolers experience significant physical development between toddlerhood and the beginning of formal schooling. Their center of gravity lowers, and their "baby teeth" are fully developed by age 3. Gross motor skills like running and jumping emerge, along with developing fine motor abilities to hold a pencil and use scissors. Artistic development progresses from scribbling to recognizable drawings according to Viktor Lowenfeld's stages of drawing in early childhood. Preschoolers' nutrition and 10-12 hours per night of sleep are also important for healthy development during these years.

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MODULE 15:

PRESCHOOLERS’ PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
PRESCHOOL YEARS
“the years before formal school begins.
It lays foundation to later development.
Significant Changes in Physical
Development
CENTER OF GRAVITY
Refers to the point at which body-weight is
evenly distributed.
TODDLERS  have their center of gravity at a
high level, about the chest level.
PRESCHOOLERS  have their center of gravity
at a lower level, right about near the belly button.
“BABY OR MILK” TEETH  are already in place
by the time the child reaches three years old
GROSS AND FINE MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
GROSS MOTOR  development refers to
acquiring skills that involve the large muscles.

3 CATEGORIES OF GROSS MOTOR:


1. Locomotor
2. Non - Locomotor
3. Manipulative Skills
Locomotor
Are those that
involve going
from one place
to another.
Non - Locomotor
are those where the child stays in
place.
Manipulative Skills
Are those
that involve
projecting
and receiving
objects.
FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

Refers to acquiring
the ability to use the
smaller muscles in
the arm, hands and
fingers purposefully.
FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

By the end of the preschool years most


children manage to hold a pencil with their
thumb and fingers, draw pictures write
letters, use scissors, do stringing and
threading activities,
We can observe a preschooler shifting
the crayon from left to right and back again
while working on a coloring activity.
PRESCHOOLERS’ ARTISTIC
DEVELOPMENT
VIKTOR LOWENFELD
Studied this and came up with the stages
of drawing in early childhood.
THE STAGES OF DRAWING IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD
Stage 1: SCRIBBLING STAGE
Stage 2: PRESCHEMATIC STAGE
Stage 3: SCHEMATIC STAGE
Stage 1: SCRIBBLING STAGE
 This stage stage begins with large zig-
zag lines which become circular markings.
Stage 2: PRESCHEMATIC STAGE

At this point adults may be able to


recognize the drawings.
Stage 3: SCHEMATIC STAGE
More elaborate scenes are depicted.
Children can usually draw from experience
and exposure.

Repetition is the hallmark of early drawing.


PRESCHOOLERS’ NUTRITION
AND SLEEP
The preschoolers’nutritional status is the result of
what nutrients he or she actually takes in
checked against the nutritional requirement for
his or her age. Obviously having too much and
too little of something both have negative effects.

 It is important for preschoolers’ to get sufficient


amount of rest and sleep. They benefit from about
10- 12 hours of sleep each day.

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