Características del desarrollo adaptativo en ni？os de 3 a 7 a？os de la ciudad de Barranquilla

since its conception, the human being faces a number of biological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral changes. the sequence of these changes leads to a bigger development and adaptation towards its needs and its external needs. based on the above, the need for this research project is created, considering as its main objective the description of the characteristics of the adaptive development with regards to the self-help skills and the tasks required by these skills in children aged 3 to 7 who attend kindergarten and 1st grade in some public institutions in barranquilla. in order to measure the study variables, the battelle developmental inventory was used. the results obtained revealed that the girls and boys can or cannot perform certain tasks effectively on their own initiative and independently consequently if a child is much more autonomous in his dress sense, in his self-care and his food, he will be autonomous in the learning process, in the relationship with other children and in the solution of problems arising in his environment as well.