The Frustrating Fours and the Fascinating Fives

195321 min 30 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Judith Crawley

Script: Polly Mackay-Smith

Produced for the NFB by Crawley Films Ltd. for the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare.

This title is an acquisition.

A study of the behaviour of four-and-five-year-old children at home and at nursery school. At four the vacillation between infantile helplessness and vigorous self-assertion is seen, and at five the development of independence and the beginning of cooperation. Parents observe that, unpredictable as their behaviour may be, it's fun to help in the development of the fours and fives.

Subject categories


  • Children and Youth > Child Rearing and Development
  • Families > Child Rearing and Development
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Children
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Child DevelopmentRelationships

Credits


director
Judith Crawley
script
Polly Mackay-Smith
camera
Irving Dooh
Frank Stokes
editing
Wanda Nowakowski