Typical 4 year old behaviour

[AutumnalPumpkin]

I'd like some short descriptions of your 4 year olds behaviour, personalities, interests please.

I have a 4 year old, she will be 5 mid November. She is my first child, & sometimes I wonder whether her behaviour is normal, below average expectation, above average expectation etc. So id just like to know a bit more about other people's children of the same age, to get a better insight.
We aren't able to get out too much, and the only interaction she's had with other children was at nursery which is now finished, so I don't have much to go by in regards to interactions with other children of the same age.
Thank you in advance! 😁

It's been a long while since mine were that age @AutumnalPumpkin. Is there something that you're particularly worried about?

If you can't get out much and it's due to finances, are there any free activities at the library or can you take her to the park each day?

There's nothing In particular that I'm really worried about necessarily, it's just that I don't really have much to go by in regards to knowing what other 4 year olds are like.
So in that respect, she could be way ahead of her age or way behind and I wouldn't really know!
Finances can be but aren't always the problem.. we live pretty much smack hang in the middle of a major city, yet there are virtually no activities for children during the holidays at all! We don't drive, so we see good activity's further out with no way really to get to them. (I am anxious to travel on public transport with her due to her travel sickness)

It's such a broad question, it's difficult to answer. Did nursery have any concerns? You could have a look at some of the school readiness lists to get a sense of what skills and behaviour are reasonably typical of the age.

Generally I think they're able to follow instructions reasonably well most of the time (but may well do so better at school/nursery than at home!), can sit to listen to story, can play cooperatively with others, but also still do their own thing a fair bit. They can take turns at a game or on the swings at the park (not always entirely gracefully) and have some sense of fairness in terms of sharing out biscuits or similar (although their maths may not cope with more complicated divisions than 'one each'). Full-on tantrums are getting rarer, and probably mostly reserved for mum/dad/other very close caregivers, but tears over (to us) minor matters or struggling to control frustration or anger are still pretty common.

Mine is very good at talking, he can read all the letters and with effort a few basic words. He can right his name. He's quite highly strung and he's really into Lego. He loves a laugh too, he recently got into jokes and pranks. He's pretty sociable with other kids, introduces himself and asks to play if we meet other kids at the park etc. He's recently been pushing boundaries quite a lot and testing limits, he still has quite bad meltdowns from time to time. He sleeps fairly well now. Sometimes needs support in the night.