![]() Teach your children to use words when they are angry, sad.Increased capacity to use imagination can imagine terrible things can happen to them and can lead to fear nightmares can happen.By age 4, begin to have a sense of their ethnic identity and of the ways their social group is perceived in the society.Begin to understand the difference of doing things “on purpose” and “by accident ” focus more on the damage than on the intentions of the perpetrator.Understand that praise or blame happens because of what they do.Are eager to carry out some responsibilities offer to help.Understand social rules and can act in accordance to them.Use more frequent verbal aggression like insults, threats, teasing to hurt other children bullying appears: they understand the power of rejection.Use less physical aggression than when younger.How they play: At age 3, they typically play near a friend, find it difficult to take turns and to share things at age 4, they may begin cooperative play, still difficult to share but begin to understand turn-taking, begin to offer things to others at age 5, enjoy playing with other children, often cooperate well, have special friends.May develop first true relationship because friends become very important.Use different ways to control their own emotions: close their eyes and ears remove themselves from the situation sometimes can resist temptation to respond to whatever is disturbing them.Can’t understand abstract emotions like pity, greed, gratitude.Can read and interpret emotions of others can tell when someone is angry or upset.Can’t play or do something for too long or become bored and tired unless there is adult guidance. ![]() Beginning to understand before/after up/down over/under today, yesterday and tomorrow.Understand that breakfast is before lunch lunch is before dinner, etc.Learn by imitation, observation and by exploring, creating and doing things.Starting to see the relationship of cause and effect (If I do this, then that will happen).Starting to see the difference between things they see and what they really are (a stuffed dog is not a dog).Begin to think ahead and plan their actions often can anticipate physical consequences of actions that are not too complicated.Can think of events in the past or those yet to happen.Talk to themselves out loud as a way to control their behaviors.More able to use words to express thoughts and feelings and to share experiences.Although less than before, still think they are the center of the world and have trouble seeing things from someone else’s perspective.Can think about objects, people and events without seeing them.
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