When conflicts arise, some fours are quick to express anger, while others may need to work all year long with a responsive teacher to find their own voice. Many fours have a lively sense of humor and love to giggle. Others may have a strong sense of fantasy and express lively interest in super-heroes, monsters, dinosaurs and dramatic play. Cognitive Development Fours are curious about their world. The like to learn new information.
Some fours are so full of questions that they seem to never stop to breathe.
Others may be more observant, but they too are building meaning out of their experiences. As the language skills of fours grow, you can see them integrate new ideas and experiment with ways to express their thoughts and feelings. Language play is important to many four year olds. From the roaring sounds of a truck in the block area to the cries of a doll in dramatic play, fours extend their exploration of language to match their exploration of the world through play. While we examine these domains of development individually, it is important to put them all back together, so that we can begin to have an integrated, holistic view of four year olds.