Pre-schoolers

• Pre-schoolers

  Age: 3-6 years old
• Pre-schoolers

  • explorative principle due to high level of curiosity
  • questions: "why" and "how"
  • 300-400 questions per day
  • (+) imaginary friends or playmate due to high level of fantasy
  • (+) sibling rivalry - jealousy is normal
  • intervention: make him open the gifts
  • body type: slim
  • sense of initiative vs. guilt
  • significant person: family
• Pre-schooler (3 to 6 years old)

  Considered as the most imaginative age

  Erikson: initiative vs. guilt

  Freud: Phallic stage (development of complexes - masturbation is normal here)

  • oedipus complex - baby boy > mother
  • elektra complex - baby girl > father)

  Piaget: Pre-operational

  Kohlberg: Pre-conventional

  Play: Associative or cooperative

  Fear: Body mutilation - manage using therapeutic play