Developmental Milestones - 4 Years Old

 
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At 4 years, old most children

 

Fine and Gross Motor Skills

  • Can hop or stand on one foot for 2 seconds.

  • Able to catch a bounced ball most of the time.

  • Mashes their own food.

  • Pours and cuts with supervision.

Language and Communication

  • Knows basic grammar rules, such as correctly using ‘he’ and ‘she’ or ‘me’ and ‘you’.

  • Can sing a song, such as Incy Wincy Spider, or poem by heart.

  • Tells stories.

  • Knows their first and last name.

 
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Intellectual

  • Can name some colours and numbers, and understands why we count.

  • Can recall some parts of a story and predict what might happen next.

  • Uses scissors.

  • Draws a person with 2-4 body parts.

  • Understands time, and the concept of ‘same’ and ‘different.’

  • Copies some capital letters.

  • Will play board or card games.

Social and Emotional

  • Enjoys more creative games of make-believe, including ‘mums and dads.’

  • Sometimes cannot differentiate between real and make-believe.

  • Likes doing new things.

  • Prefers playing with other children rather than by themselves, and are more cooperative with them.

  • Can talk about what they like or are interested in.

 

Remember this is meant as a rough guide to where your child should be with their development, but if you are at all worried that they may be lagging behind in any area, or they lose a skill they previously had, you should always seek the advice of a health professional.

 

Source:

(Taken from book sample online)

Savory, L., Bulman, K., 25 August, 2006, BTEC First Children’s Care, Learning and Development - Understanding Children’s Development, 1st edition, Heinemann, accessed on: 21 August 2020, available at: (sample found at:) https://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/FEAndVocational/Childcare/BTEC/BTECFirstChildrensCareLearningandDevelop/Samples/SampleMaterial/UCD%20Unit%201.pdf

CDC – Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 9 June, 2020, CDC – Centre for Disease Control and Prevention - Milestones, accessed on: 21 August, 2020, available at:

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html

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