Jul 12, 2023
A child
in the Preschool Youth age range generally has the attention span,
physical and cognitive and emotional growth, and motivation
developed to start introducing fitness and wellness-specific
activities.
The Preschool Youth age is when kids start to learn how to take
turns… but they generally want to be first and focus mostly on
themselves and their little world. As they move through these
preschool years, they become more willing and excited to try new
tasks, are more motivated by playing with their peers, and begin to
notice the world around them. Imitation and copying becomes more
prevalent, mainly in movement patterns, behaviors, and play. By the
end of the preschool age, they want to please friends and adults or
coaches and be liked, can follow more simple rules to games, seek
independence, can coordinate but also be equally as demanding. They
start to understand first and last and turn-taking (and the
preferences that go with this), and they know the difference
between pretend and real, are beginning to understand time, and so
much more.