Table 5

Cognitive Development of the selected children

Percentage of children

Criteria

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

1. Knows full name and sex

60

62

59

100

50

89

53

85

2. Uses short sentences (3-4 words)

61

65

62

100

61

85

60

79

3. Recognizes some shapes and colours

59

61

58

100

60

83

62

88

4. Arranges 3 cubes

60

64

62

98

62

80

59

72

5. Follows a short series of direction

50

52

59

92

55

82

52

75

6. Reproduces a circle

50

51

60

90

59

81

58

70

7. Sting heads of large holes with no effort

19

21

20

48

21

40

18

35

8. Understands in, on under

54

58

56

98

55

75

52

72

9. Loves to listen to stories

59

68

48

92

50

88

51

80

10. Develops speech using 'I' and 'Me'

58

60

50

90

51

75

50

72

11. Imitates animal sounds

55

61

51

92

52

90

54

84

12. Identifies objects as same

50

57

55

94

54

88

52

85

13. Folds a paper horizontally

10

12

15

42

11

20

13

29

B-Before supplementation

A-After supplementation

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