Social & Emotional Movement Hand & Finger Skills Cognitive Hearing Vision Language

By the end of 5 years (60 months)

Social

Wants to please friends
Wants to be like her friends
More likely to agree to rules
Likes to sing, dance, and act
Shows more independence and may even visit a next-door neighbor by herself

Emotional

Aware of gender
Able to distinguish fantasy from reality
Sometimes demanding, sometimes eagerly cooperative

Image of a five year old boy
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