Milestones: Age 4-5 years

    Social Skills: 4-5 years

  •  Engages in fantasy play
  •  Shows Interest in new experiences
  •  Cooperates with other children
  •  Plays “Mom” or “Dad”
  •  Increasingly inventive in fantasy play
  •  Negotiates solutions to conflicts
  •  Is more independent
  •  Tells on friends; reports wrong behaviors to parent
  •  Takes turns in play with other children
  •  Understands and laughs at simple jokes
  •  Makes up jokes that do not always make sense
  •  Uses speech pleasantries: “I think it goes there” instead of “Put it    there”
  •  Uses direct requests: “Stop it”