Children can jump, ride tricycles, kick a ball, thread beads. Children are able to pour liquids and hold markers with hands, not fists. Children have the ability to walk without watching their feet, climb stairs with alternating feet and stand unsteadily on one foot. They continue to learn how to act appropriately around both friends and animals. They also learn how they are different from one another in their physical characteristics and how they are alike.
Children learn to negotiate, and their ability to share increases.
Children have opportunities to foster these skills by interacting with the seniors and learning to act appropriately with the farm animals. Children are learning to walk with the group. Children put name tags away, put snack refuse into the trash and help with farm chores. Children are continuing to learn more responsibilities and increase understanding of why they are important. To further develop fine and gross motor skills and to be responsible for classroom care, the children put their lunches, backpacks and materials away.