health

2. The stage from 2 to 6
years old. Happiness in
early childhood
depends more on what
happens to children in
the home than outside
the home

3. Early childhood is labeled
by parents as the “toy or
troublesome stage,” the
educators as the “pre-
school age,” psychologist
as the “pre-gang,
exploratory or questioning
age.”

5. 1. Enjoy the repetition
essential to learning
2. Adventuresome to try
new things

6. 3. Rapid speech
development
4. Learns how to climb,
push and pull

7. 5. Learns to obey rules
6. Loves to be with
companions

11. The childhood period
extends from six years
until children become
sexually developed at
approximately age 11
for girls and 13 for boys.

12. Parents, educators,
and psychologists
apply various
names to this
period.

13. Parents consider this
period as “sloppy age”
– the time when children
tend to be careless and
slovenly about their
appearance.

14. Educators call this stage
the “elementary school
age,” the time when the
child is expected to
acquire the rudiments of
knowledge that are
essential for successful
adjustment to adult life.

15. Psychologist regard this
age as the “gang age” and
the “age of conformity”
since children are willing
to conform the group-
approved standards in
terms of appearance,
speech and behavior