Preschoolers: Learn Some Positive Parenting Tips
Discover (or rediscover) positive ways that you can help your preschooler learn and develop.This is the second in a series of articles about positive parenting tips.
Proper nutrition, exercise, and rest are very important for children's health and development. Providing a safe and loving home and spending time with your child – playing, singing, reading, and even just talking – can also make a big difference in his or her development. Discover positive ways to help the development of your preschooler.
As your child grows into early childhood, his world will begin to open up. She will become more independent and begin to focus more on adults and children outside of the family. He will want to explore and ask about his surroundings even more.
Her interactions with family and those around her will help to shape her personality and individual ways of thinking and moving. During this stage your child will be able to ride a tricycle, use safety scissors, show awareness of gender identity, help to dress and undress himself, play with other children, recall part of a story, and sing a song.
Positive Parenting Tips — Preschoolers (3–5 years old)
- Continue to read to your child. Nurture her love for books by taking her to the library or bookstore.
- Let your child help with simple chores.
- Encourage your child to play with other children. This helps him to learn the value of sharing and friendship.
- Help your child's language by speaking to her in complete sentences and in "adult" language. Help her to use the correct words and phrases.
- Be clear and consistent when disciplining your child. Model the behavior that you expect from him.
More Information
- Read more information on preschoolers in English or en Español.
- Learn more about child development.
- Listen to a podcast, Positive Parenting Tips: Preschoolers. (
2:06 minutes) - Learn about developmental milestones and warning signs of possible developmental delays from CDC's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." campaign.
- Check out CDC's information on Safe and Healthy Kids and Teens.
- Learn about preventing child maltreatment
- Explore additional CDC features on positive parenting tips: Infants & Toddlers, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence.
