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Parents call these years the ____ or _____ age as well as the toy age.

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troublesome/problem

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are guidelines that enable individuals to know what society expects of them at given ages.

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developmental tasks

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theorized that development is continuous throughout the entire lifespan where the individual moves from one stage to the next by means of the successful resolution of problems or performance of developmental tasks.

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robert havighurst

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refers to the point at which body weight is evenly distributed.

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center of gravity

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are also known as baby teeth, milk
teeth, or deciduous teeth.

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primary teeth

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-refers to acquiring skills that involve large muscles.
-are those that involve going from one place to
another, like walking, running, climbing, skipping, hopping, creeping, galloping, and
dodging.
-are those where the child stays in place, like bending,
stretching, turning, and swaying.
-are those that involve projecting
and receiving objects, like throwing, striking, bouncing, catching, and dribbling.

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gross motor development

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refers to acquiring the ability to use the smaller
muscles in the arm, hands, and fingers purposefully.
It also involves self-help skills like using the spoon and fork when eating,
buttoning, zipping, combing, and brushing.

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fine motor development

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the preference of the use for one hand over the other is usually established by age 4. Earlier than this, preschoolers can be observed to do tasks using their hands interchangeably. We can observe a preschooler shifting the crayon from left to right and back again while working on a coloring activity.

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ambidexterity

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Children are able to perform hand skills which are of a self-help nature.

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hand skills

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Children learn to jump from an elevated position usually by movements resembling walking.

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leg skills