The preschool years can be a delightful time for families. The children are now beyond the age when their physical care was a wearisome chore. And they have not yet reached the age when they will be...
Health and safety
For information on growth in height and weight during these years, see in For Special Consideration. Dental care During the preschool period, your child should visit the dentist. Arrange with your...
Common concerns
The preschool period can be a happy time in family life, free from overwhelming problems. One reason for this is that preschool children can do so much more for themselves. They can be independent...
The preschooler’s education
Preschoolers' constant questions reflect another side of development in these years--- their intense curiosity and their thirst for knowledge. One of the most outstanding characteristics of...
Portrait of the preschooler
The way children use tricycles says a lot about how their motor skills are developing during this age span. When children are 3, they are almost surely beginners on trikes. At first, they may be...
The Preschooler: 3 to 5 years
At about 3, youngsters enter the preschool years--- truly formative years, marked by intellectual growth, rapidly developing motor skills, much greater social maturity, and emotional richness. Most...