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6 years old
Physical: Ability to draw and write.
Emotional: Can dress him or herself.
Intellectual: Independent reading.
Cognitive: Increase in attention span. -
7 years old
Physical: Rides a bike
Emotional: Able to handle changes
Intellectual: Learns better ways to describe different things
Cognitive: Often asks questions -
8 years old
Physical: Increases in body strength
Emotional: spends time talking to his or her peers
Intellectual: able to read sentences
Cognitive: most 8 year olds learn to apply logic and reason -
9 years old
Physical: loses baby teeth
Emotional: able to control anger
Intellectual: can read and understand sentences up to 12 words
Cognitive:knows when objects are classified into different categories -
10 year olds
Physical: height and weight begins to increase
Emotional: start to build friendships
Intellectual: learn to transform actions
Cognitive: start to mature thinking wise -
11 year olds
Physical: underarm hair growth
Emotional: began to cope with hormonal changes
Intellectual: become very competent
Cognitive: able to demonstrate abstract thinking -
12 year olds
Physical: pubic hair growth
Emotional: can sometimes lack confidence
Intellectual: able to express and talk about feelings
Cognitive: brain stops growing in size but doesn't stop developing