2. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Name of the Child
Age:
Birth weight:
Present weight:
Age Weight
3 yrs 14.5 kg
4 yrs 16.8 kg
5yrs 18.6 kg
3. FORMULAS FOR CALCULATING WEIGHT
For Infants < 12 months: Weight (kg) = (age in months + 9)/2
For Children aged 1-5 years: Weight (kg) = (age in years x2) +8
For Children aged 5-14 years: Weight (kg) = 4 x age in years or age in years
x3
4. Height 90 to 110 cm
Taller and thinner
Denition-20 teeth present
5. PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
PARAMETER
3 yrs 4 yrs •5 yrs
Gross
motor
• Walks a straight line
•Walks backward
•Walks on tiptoes
•Runs without looking at feet
•Catches a ball with extended
arms
•Kicks a ball
•Jumps from height
•Rides tricycle
Runs on tip toes
Balances on one foot for 3 -5 sec
Jumps from greater height
Pedals a tricycle quickly
Hopes on prefered foot
Climbs ladder
• Skips
•Jumps over objects
•Imitates dance steps
•Catches a ball smoothly
6. •3 yrs •4 yrs •5yrs
•Builds a tower of 9- 10
blocks
•Copies a circle
•Uses blunt scissors
with one hand
•Puts beads on string
•Shows preferences for
handedness
•Can helps with simple
households tasks
•Copies a square
•Draw a simple face
•Cuts pictures
•Copies a triangle
•Crosses vertical lines
•Copies letters
•Draws a three part man
Fine motor
7. 3 yrs 4 yrs 5 yrs
Dressing skills
Can put on coat
without assistance
Toileting and grooming
Can pull pants up and
down
Can go to toilet alone
Brushes teeth with help
Dressing skills
Buttons small buttons
Can put socks with
help
Puts on shoes without
help
Knows back and front
of cloths
Toileting and grooming
May bathe self or with
assistance
Washes and dries
hands without
supervision
Dressing skills
Manages zippers
Laces the shoes
Toileting and grooming
Flushes toilet after
each use
Bathes self
Combs hair with help
Can blow nose when
asked for
Self Care
8. FEEDING HABITS
3 yrs 4 yrs 5 yrs
•Dependent on
caregivers
•Manages spoon with
little spilling
•Eats with fork held in
fingers
•Selects forks over
spoon when
appropriate
9. LANGUAGE
Receptive language
Can obey two prepositional commands
Expressive language
Uses 4 words sentences-asks why, uses plurals
Gives sex and full name
Names figures in picture
Vocabulary of 800 to 1000 words
10. PSYCHOSOCIAL
Sense of initiative
Negative counterpart :guilt ,egocentric in thought and
behaviour
Alternates between reality and imagination
Able to share but expresses idea of “mine”
Less dependent on parents
Tolerates short separation
Fears the dark
May have dreams and nightmares
Knows own sex
12. Play
Likes things that squish,move talk,make noice
Books about known things
Crayons paints
Climbing apparatus
Transportation toys:tricycle,wagons,dump trucks
Puzzles
Cooperative play
Exercise