What are the skills of a 5-year-old child?

During the preschool years, your child develops rapidly in terms of thinking, socialization, independence, communication, and movement. The pace of change is so rapid that we, as parents, are surprised at how open, cooperative, and independent our little one has become! The world opens up to him like an explosion, and he is constantly in a state of flux, exploring, and learning. 

What can a 5 year old child do?

He can now share his games with his peers, helping, caring, and cooperating, while increasingly recognizing and regulating his emotions. Board games that can be played according to the rules are a real help in this, by getting to know randomness and accepting losing. In card games, you can also pay attention to each other's emotions. This develops focusing on your peers.

The 5-year-old child loves role-playing games . He likes to wear adult clothes, creating cute and unique collections from mom and dad's wardrobe. The world of fairy tales and music accompanies him throughout his childhood, this experience must be provided for him continuously. 

The preschooler in the large group is already very independent . He brushes his teeth, washes his toothbrush, buttons and zips his clothes, puts them away, and follows the hygiene rules of the bathroom. He can perform a whole series of actions that he plans in advance. We can help him learn the rules by drawing his attention to something in a kind, sweet tone, for example: “if you put your dolls back on the shelf, they will feel much better there than here on the floor.”

How can we support our child's independence?

Independence includes the ability to make decisions, take action, and solve problems. It is important that this area is given space in childhood because by practicing it, children will be able to cope with life full of challenges and problems as adults. They need to feel capable and useful . It is a great joy for them when they create, solve, or invent something. Every child has a different personality, some are always in the forefront, and some prefer to move in the background. So how can we help our child develop their independence?

The solution is a middle ground where we let him experiment and make mistakes, but we protect him from trouble that could be dangerous for him. This requires patience and consistency. We have brought you some helpful tips to get you started!

• Let's encourage him!
• Involve them in things that affect them.
• Give him small tasks appropriate to his maturity.
• Let's practice and experiment!
• Don't expect maximum performance from it
• Let's praise him!
• Let's be patient and flexible.
• We need to be able to decide when we need help and when we can act independently.

A decline in independence can occur if a change occurs in the child's life - a divorce of parents, a move, the birth of a sibling, a death - which makes them want more care. At such times, they may be afraid to fall asleep alone or not want to dress themselves. With understanding love, we can help them get through this difficult time for them.

Source: Children's Path - Family-Friendly Hungary Center

Kindergarten plays an important role in socialization

Every child has a different pace of development, different interests, personalities, and temperaments. In a safe community like kindergarten, they learn to express their emotions, develop habits, communicate, and resolve conflicts. In kindergarten, your child gains experiences about the world according to their age, for which they try to provide the tools. It's a special feeling with peers, an experience lived in community! 

What skills does kindergarten help develop?

• Accept new knowledge with appropriate openness and ease
• Be flexible and be able to invoke internal control in a given situation
• Decide and act independently
• Be able to adapt to peers and community rules
• Boldly implement your ideas by being able to express them and plan the path to achieving them.
• Wants and is able to form his own opinion
• Have a kind of internal discipline
• Feel solidarity , the inner urge to help the weak, think without prejudice

Source: Colorful School Foundation

What does the “social why” era mean?

A period typical of 4-5 years of age. It is easily recognizable by the seemingly endless questions, which often do not build on each other. Their main purpose is to maintain continuous communication with the adult whom the child wants to keep by his side. If his questions are answered and he receives attention mainly by maintaining the adult's presence, he experiences a sense of security. However, if he is usually rejected, this will have a negative impact on the parent-child relationship, and the child will stop asking questions.

Source: University of Pécs

Connected speech appears 

The pace of speech development can vary. Every child must go through the stages of speech development. Around the age of 5, a specialist deals with speech defects , which are of many types. Physiological speech defects can be a natural part of development. Speech therapy plays a major role in their correction, and children's pronunciation is assessed by a specialist. This is also important because the corrected speech sounds will be able to be correctly associated with letters in school. 

The little preschooler's vocabulary is developing at a rapid pace. He learns new expressions and creates interesting words himself, often by pairing one word with another. His speech becomes continuous , forming varied sentences. 

Source: Heidi German Nationality Kindergarten

The spatial relationships appear

While drawing, he can display the figures in front of, after, above, below, behind each other. He tries to create all this in his vision as well. Similarly, in speech, he uses locative endings (-ban, -ben), pronouns (above, below, next to, behind, in front of, etc.). He can estimate the size of objects from different distances, even though the more distant ones seem smaller.

His movements are well-coordinated, skillful, and agile.

He can do so many things now: he hops with alternating legs, stands on one leg for a few seconds, and even rises on his toes. He does somersaults, rides a swing. He can even walk down stairs without holding on. He is capable of more complex movement combinations, and we see that his stamina is increasing. 

He is almost always climbing, and he does so with his own safety in mind. There are many outdoor games that he can use to practice jumping: skipping rope, long jump, skipping, jumping school. He enjoys gymnastics, games of skill, and follows the rules. 

Observe your child's movements outdoors! Discover how fast he runs, how suddenly he can stop and turn. He confidently climbs on climbing frames, and can move forward by jumping. 

Modern playgrounds are almost obstacle courses, with so many things to discover that develop their vision, hearing and touch. Some are a real test of courage, and concentration is needed to complete the task. They can create a very good environment for playing in a team, for role-playing, and for testing their skills. Here, friendships are already formed at the age of 5: the little ones immediately call their best friend the companion they have just met and with whom they have been playing together.

Source: MAMATA Program