Children do a LOT of growing during the preschool years. Here is a short list of a few things you can look for in your child's development---***Your preschooler will begin to have a longer attention span***Preschool children love to act silly and goofy***Preschoolers are loud. Have you been in our room during center time?*** Preschoolers also like to use language that isn't nice (often repeating words heard in conversation, television or movies and usually using them at an inappropriate time like in front of Grandma :-)***Preschoolers talk a lot and ask LOTS and LOTS AND LOTS of questions. Your child is not asking questions to drive you crazy, really. The average four year old asks about 437 questions per day! Remember this is an average-consider yourself lucky if your child only asks two or three hundred!***Preschool children desire real adult things. We have old cell phones, computer keyboards plus a wide variety of other items we incorporate into dramatic play.***As your child creates art work this school year, they will want to keep it***Preschoolers are developing a better concept of friends and friendship and will want to play with friends***Preschoolers are also starting to have a better understanding of how to take turns and what it means to share***For more information, go to the PBS parents site at http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopment/
My boys are four years apart and I thought they would fight less than siblings closer in age. Silly me! If you have more than one child there are bound to be conflicts. Summer vacation is almost over. Do you feel you need a referee shirt and a whistle to survive the day? Here is an article to help you keep your sanity these last few days before school starts-