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Have an insatiable curiosity and ask innumerable questions.
(Explore the library in search of answers, choose topics that are varied & exciting)
Learn to enter into play activities with others.
(Encourage her to join a group of girls already playing together, model cooperation)
Have a strong interest in language, especially silly words and sounds.
(Make up rhymes and songs together, & use different voices when reading aloud)
Begin to understand their own emotions (and those of others).
(Read stories together about emotions, encourage emotional-talking)
Want to learn about writing and drawing.
(Encourage exploration without "pushing" academics. Play is learning!)
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Youth 
Between the ages of four and five, a child will...
