Assignment: Age 5- Early Childhood
1) Physical:
a. Child's height and weight at age 5?
b. Motor skills/abilities
c. Favorite activities and toys?
d. Health (vaccinations?)
e. Regular physical activity?
2) Social/emotional
a. Relationship with Family members (how do they interact with parents and siblings?) Do they spend time with extended family members?
b. Identify/Describe the parenting styles of the parents.
c. (Bronfenbrenner) Where/when does the child spend time with other children? Does the child play well with others
d. Erikson: How does the child exhibit initiative or guilt?
e. How does the child describe himself/herself (self-concept)?
f. Describe the child's self-esteem at this age.
3) Cognitive
a. Age of learning to read first sight words
b. Describe the child's attention and memory abilities.
c. Piaget: How does the child exhibit preoperational skills?
d. How does the child exhibit limitations in thinking such as egocentrism?
e. Vygotsy: how has the child learned skills through interactions with others?
f. What is the child's level of moral development?
4) Apply Freud or other theory. In this section, you need to apply a theory other than the theories already addressed in this handout. For example, you could apply Freud, Behaviorism, attachment theory, etc. You will need to provide examples from your child's life or experiences that illustrate the stages or concepts of this theory. (Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsy and Bronfenbrenner are already required for this paper so can't be used for this section.).
5) Identify 2 challenges/problems the child has experienced during this developmental stage (2-5 years of age). The issues can be significant but don't have to be (parent conflict, mean child at school, health problem, etc)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.