Childhood Map

Discover the amazing things 5-year-olds are learning — from climbing and jumping to friendships, feelings, and first words on a page. Each skill comes with fun activities you can try together.

Physical & Motor 8 › Sensory 8 › Executive 7 › Cognitive 6 › Language 5 › Communication 5 › Emotional 5 › Social 6 › Self-Care 7 › Literacy 4 › Math 5 › Creative & Artistic 5 › World & Science 5 ›
by Robert Pankowecki
Cognitive & Intellectual Development

Thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and concept formation abilities that underpin academic learning and understanding of the world.

Sources (7)
  • CDC/AAP Milestones
  • ASQ-3 (Problem Solving)
  • Piaget (Preoperational Stage)
  • Montessori (Mathematics, Cultural)
  • HighScope
  • Gardner (Logical-Mathematical, Spatial Intelligence)
  • Teaching Strategies GOLD (Cognitive Domain)
6 Subdomains
Problem-Solving & Reasoning › Symbolic & Representational Thinking › Classification & Concept Development › Memory & Recall › Attention & Focus › Curiosity & Approaches to Learning ›
Memory & Recall

Encoding, storing, and retrieving information across short-term and long-term timeframes.

Examples & Achievements

  • Remembers events from yesterday and describes them
  • Recalls the names of classmates and teachers
  • Remembers the sequence of a familiar routine
  • Recites familiar songs, poems, or stories from memory
  • Recalls where they left a toy or object

How to Measure

  • Retells 3+ key events from a story read earlier that day
  • Recalls 4+ items from a list of 6 after a brief delay
  • Recites a 4-line poem or song from memory
  • Can describe what they did yesterday with 3+ accurate details
Sources (3)
  • CDC/AAP
  • ASQ-3
  • Teaching Strategies GOLD

Childhood Map › Cognitive & Intellectual Development

Memory & Recall

Encoding, storing, and retrieving information across short-term and long-term timeframes.

Examples & Achievements

How to Measure

Sources