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SOCIAL
- Same gender play
- Engages in cooperative activities
- More sharing
- Takes turns independently
- Strong sense of friendship
- Longer attention span
- Decreased aggression
- Early acquisition of culturally valued skills, such as chores
- Asks adult for help with tasks
- Some perspective taking ability
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EMOTIONAL
- More cooperation with adults
- More prosocial behavior
- Exhibits early moral behavior
- Better self-regulation
- New understanding of social and moral rules
- Greater sense of fairness
- Better sense of reality
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COGNITIVE
- Still some solitary play
- Early memory strategies
- Classifies objects into categories
- Improving sense of time
- Tells time on analog clock
- Tests predictions
- Interest in fantasy and role play continues, but declining
- Makes detailed 2-D drawings
- Success at taking another’s point of view
- Ability to think with concrete objects
- More even performance on tasks
- Questions are more meaningful
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LANGUAGE
- Improved writing and reading
- Enjoys word games
- Attempts to read most words
- Enjoys simple chapter books
- Learning to read
- May show some interest in a second language
- Knows phone number
- Understands 13,000+ words
- Normal articulation
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FINE MOTOR
- Prints well
- Types
- Uses a mouse with ease
- Ties shoes
- Sews
- Intricate painting
- Simple woodworking
- Complex scissors work
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GROSS MOTOR
- Enjoys simple games with rules
- Rides scooter
- Headstands
- More rough and tumble play (peer-based)
- Increased coordination
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