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Milestones: Age 5-6 years |
- Wants to please friends
- Wants to be like friends
- More likely to agree to rules
- Likes to sing, dance and act
- Shows more independence and may even visit a next-door neighbor by self
- Apologizes
- Uses please and thank you
- Begins to use word play
- Differentiates 80% of the time between polite vs. impolite
- Uses tactics in agreements such as threats- “I’m gonna tell, “ bribes- “If you…I will give you…,” insults-“you stupidhead”
- Uses praise
- Answers phone appropriately
- engages in team activities, cooperative play, and group decisions
- understands that there are “bad words” and “potty language”
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