Child Care Topics

Child Care Considerations - Stages of Development

Two years nine months to five years

  • May still nap during the day (for shorter periods of time)

  • Gains much more body control; becomes fully toilet-trained

  • Better able to express himself through words

  • Able to play cooperatively with other children

  • Starts to have more self-control over behavior

  • Develops close attachments or “best friends”

  • Still not able to differentiate between fantasy and reality

  • Acts out fears and anxieties; nightmares may occur

  • Still needs control, may have set ideas of what to wear or eat

  • Transitions may still be hard

  • May experiement with lying or telling tales

  • Develops awareness of death

  • Loves to engage in dramatic or fantasy play

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