AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gross motor development in the 3-to 6-year-old should include: Becoming more skilled at running, jumping, early throwing, and kicking. Catching a bounced ball. Pedaling a tricycle (at 3 years); becoming able to steer well at around age 4.

Detailed explanation-2: -Physical development milestones: Children can walk backwards easily. They can climb up and down stairs interchanging their feet without help. Their gross motor skills advance; they can tumble, skip changing their feet, and easily catch a ball.

Detailed explanation-3: -4. Preschool. Between the ages of three and five years, children refine their motor skills.

Detailed explanation-4: -Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years tend to grow about 3 inches in height each year and gain about 4 to 5 pounds in weight each year. The average 6 year old weighs about 46 pounds and is about 46 inches in height. The 3 year old is very similar to a toddler with a large head, large stomach, short arms and legs.

Detailed explanation-5: -From kicking and squirming, to holding objects, crawling and standing, the development of fine and gross motor skills starts in the early years. Fine motor refers to small muscles groups, including hands, wrists, fingers, feet and toes.