FIVE YEARS

At around five years you can expect your child to be able to do the following:

 

Physical

• Can balance and stand on one foot for about 10 seconds
• Hops
• Dances
• Swings and climbs
• Slides down a slide

 

Cognitive

• More detailed drawings
• Can count fingers
• Colours carefully
• Knows more colours
• Can write some letters

 

Social and emotional

• May have best friend
• Sense of humour increasing
• Uses more imagination
• Shows more independence
• Can now get dressed and undressed by self
• Uses knife and fork well

 

Speech and language

• Speech very clear
• Knows name, address and age
• Likes listening and telling stories