During this time, a child goes through many physical, cognitive and social changes . Body fat declines during preschool years.
Boys have more muscle while girls have more fat.
Gross and fine motor skills progress rapidly. Gross motor skills include running, skipping and jumping. Fine motor skills include turning pages of a book and learning to write and draw. The most important physical development during early childhood is the brain and nervous system growth. The average preschool child requires 1700 calories per day.