the stereotypical five year old..

i thought to gain a better knowledge of a typical five year old, i would pursue some research focusing on their behavior, routines, interests and character, on a website that focuses on child development.
from the website i gained slight understanding of the way a five year old would think.

from the interest section, i selected a few of their favourites that i could include in my show.

Dress-up clothes
Dolls and doll accessories
Stuffed animals and puppets
Pretend play toys for cooking and tea parties

the puppets of course i can include as my show is going to be based around the charcters of puppets, dress up clothes have also been a big part of a childhood, as it gives the children an opportunity to adopt another persona and have a go at being another person.

the character section of the article is the most important in my opinion as it allows me to undertand how a child of that age will think and what goes through their mind in different situations.

it is said that a five year old "doesn't comprehend the idea of long-term consequences" so does things in the spur of the moment, without thinking of the lasting effects that could occur. to make the child realise the consequences, tiger, the badly beahved puppet could adopt some of the stereotypical features of a 5 year olds behaviour, so they could see what could happen if they didnt think about what they do.

it also says that a child's over active imagination could manifest as lying, which obviously is not a good thing for a young child to start doing, so once again, if tiger lied about doing something, this would be a good way for the children to see the consequences of their actions.