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Preschoolers (3-5 years)

Promoting healthy development in preschoolers to optimise growth and learning. 

 

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Child development: Preschoolers (3-5 years)

Preschoolers undergo significant growth and development with 90% of their brain developed by age five. 

Supporting and nurturing their cognitive, emotional, social, and physical health is important for their overall growth and development.

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  • Premature babies
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    • Toilet training
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    • Starting school
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  • Children (5-12 years)
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  • Teenagers (13+)
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  • Sexual health
    • Understanding consent
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  • Risk-taking behaviours
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    • Conversations by age
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Last updated Tuesday 2 September 2025

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Aboriginal people believe these lands hold the ancestral spirits of those who have come and gone before them.

We acknowledge this is, was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.


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