The 5-year-old is cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic. Fives enjoy planning and discussing who will do what. A “best friend “is very important. but hard to keep as social skills are not well developed yet.

 Physical Development 
     ·       Weight  : 15 kg – 25kg
     ·       Height : 93-48 inches
     ·       Sleeps 10 -11 hours at night
     ·       May begins to lose baby teeth
     ·       Able to dress self with little assistance
     ·       Learn to skip
     ·       Throws ball overhead
     ·        Catches bounce ball
     ·       Uses a fork and knife well
     ·       Cut on a line with scissor
     ·       Hand dominance is established
     ·       Jump over low objects
·       Rides a tricycle skillfully, may show interest in riding a bicycle with                        training wheels

Mental Development
     ·       Know basic color like red, yellow, blue, green, orange
     ·       Able to memorize address and phone number
     ·       Understand that stories have a beginning, middle and end
     ·       Enjoys telling his or her own stories
     ·       Understands that books are read from left to right, top to bottom
     ·       Enjoys riddle and jokes
     ·       Draws pictures that represent animals, people and objects
     ·       Enjoys tracing or copying letters
     ·       Sorts objects by size
     ·       Identifies some letters the alphabets and few numbers
     ·       Understand more, less, and same
     ·       Count up to 10 objects easily
     ·       Understand before and after, above and below
     ·       Is project minded -plan buildings, play scenarios and drawings
     ·       Interested in cause and effects

Social and Emotional Development
       ·       Invents game with simple rules
       ·       Organize other children and toys for pretend play
       ·       Still confuse fantasy with realty sometimes
       ·       Can take turns and share but doesn’t always want to
       ·       Often exclude other children in play – best friend only
       ·       Uses swear words or bathroom words to get attention
       ·       Can be very bossy sometimes
       ·       Likes to try new things and take risks
       ·       Likes to make own decision  
       ·       Like to feel grow up ; boasts about self to younger less capable children
       ·       Has very basic understanding of right and wrong
       ·       Understand and respects rules – often asks permission
       ·       Understand and enjoys both giving and receiving
       ·       Enjoys collecting things
       ·       Sometimes needs to get away and be alone
  ·       Notices when another child is angry or sad- more sensitive to feelings of               others

Parenting Tips
         ·       Encourage physical development by playing follow the leader with                        skipping, galloping and hoping
    ·       Help your child learn to use a pair of scissors by asking him or her to                   help you cut out coupons
    ·       Stop before the end of a familiar story and ask your child to add his or her           own  ending
    ·       Ask your child to tell you story ,write it down and post it on the wall or                  refrigerator
    ·       Ask “what if” questions. What if there were five little pigs instead of                     three? What if  Goldilocks stayed home?
    ·       Involve children in writing “thank you” notes, holidays greeting cards and           letters. If your child likes to copy letters, let him or her dictate a short                   message and copy it from your writing
    ·       Give your child opportunities to sort, group, match, count and the                         number of  turns and sorting out socks.
    ·       Help children understand and cope with strong feelings by giving them               words to  use when they are angry. “I can see you are sad about going                   home, angry at your  friend….”
    ·       Observe how your child plays with other children. Teach him or her to                  request,bargain, negotiate and apologize.
    ·       Specific praise helps your child understand true value of his or her                       actions. Say “I like the way you stacked the toy neatly on the shelf” rather           than  “you did a good job”
    ·       Provide a comfortable place to be alone. A large cardboard box makes a                wonderful hideaway.