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21. Is Your Preschooler Overweight?
(Nutrition & Fitness)
You child’s body has undergone significant changes since the day you brought her home from the hospital. By now, as she moves through her preschool years, your child’s body fat has been replaced by increases ...
22. Increasing Physical Activity During Preschool Years
(Nutrition & Fitness)
Your preschool-aged child may seem like she has an endless supply of energy, enough to keep her active for most of the day and night. Too often, that energy never gets used. Because preschoolers frequently ...
23. Feeding and Nutrition: Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
(Nutrition & Fitness)
Good nutrition is an important part of your child’s healthy lifestyle. During the preschool years, your child should be eating the same foods as the rest of the family, with an emphasis on those with nutritional ...
24. A Vitamin a Day
(Nutrition & Fitness)
... with a good book on the subject of food fights? If so, you are not alone. It has been estimated that just over half of all preschoolers are given multivitamins. We’re pretty sure that’s a good bit more ...
25. Your Preschooler's Physical Appearance and Growth
(Preschool)
... or that anything is wrong; such children fill out gradually as their muscles develop. In general, a preschooler’s growth gradually will begin to slow this year and in the subsequent ones—from about a ...
26. Using Their Words: Helping Preschoolers Get a Good Start in Reading and Learning
(Preschool)
It’s easy for a parent to become overwhelmed with emotions and expectations as a child grows up and gets ready for that first day of school. As the day nears for the beginning of preschool or kindergarten, ...
27. Talking to Your Young Child About Sex
(Preschool)
... he should know at each stage: Preschool Children "How did I get in your tummy?" "Where was I before I got in your tummy?" "How did I get out?" "Where do babies come from?" "How come girls don't have ...
28. Social Development in Preschoolers
(Preschool)
... already seen, your preschooler and her playmates enjoy assigning different roles to one another and then launching into an elaborate game of make-believe using imaginary or household objects. This type ...
29. Preparing Twins for Preschool
(Preschool)
... spent time in a child care setting, the transition may not be as dramatic as for those who have been cared for at home or in a smaller group setting. Our generation may or may not have attended preschool ...
30. Nightmares and Night Terrors
(Preschool)
... terrors. Occasionally your preschooler will be in bed, appearing to be awake and upset, perhaps screaming and thrashing, eyes wide open and terrified, but he won’t respond to you. In this case, he’s neither ...
31. Movement Milestones in Preschoolers
(Preschool)
Your Child at Three Years At age three, your preschooler no longer has to concentrate on the mechanics of standing, running, jumping, or walking. Her movements are now quite agile, whether she’s going ...
32. Is Your Child Ready to Read?
(Preschool)
... time? If the answer is yes, he may be ready to learn some of the basics of reading. If not, he’s like most preschoolers, and will take another year or two to develop the language skills, visual perception, ...
33. Is Your Child Ready for School?
(Preschool)
... with your child's pediatrician, preschool teacher, and/or childcare provider can provide some useful, objec­tive observations and information. Some schools may conduct their own tests to evaluate your ...
34. Hand and Finger Skills of Your Preschooler
(Preschool)
Your Three-Year-Old Child At age three, your child is developing both the muscular control and the concentration she needs to master many precision finger and hand movements. You’ll notice that now she ...
35. Emotional Development in Preschoolers
(Preschool)
... reply, “To say hello to me.” From time to time, expect your preschooler to introduce you to one of her imaginary friends. Some children have a single make-believe companion for as long as six months; ...
36. Developmental Milestones: 4 to 5 Year Olds
(Preschool)
... demanding, sometimes eagerly cooperative Developmental health watch Because each child develops in her own particular manner, it’s impossible to predict exactly when or how your own preschooler ...
37. Cognitive Development In Preschool Children
(Preschool)
... a preschool art class. Also, if you know an artist, take him for a visit so he can see what a studio is like. If he’s most interested in machines and dinosaurs, take him to the natural history museum, ...
38. Why Accidents Happen
(Toilet Training)
... four, our toddlers or preschoolers have come so far in terms of verbal skills and general comprehension that it’s easy to overestimate their ability to focus, prioritize, and remember. Research has shown, ...
39. Using the Potty on Their Own
(Toilet Training)
...  Preschoolers love to hear stories about their parents. Talking to your child in a personal way about bathroom use is a good way to support her both cognitively and emotionally. By reassuring her that ...
40. Toilet Training Setbacks
(Toilet Training)
... and attending preschool, however, a new challenge presented itself. Lindy had started “leaking” small amounts of urine once or twice a day. Her parents frequently found that her underwear was slightly ...
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