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physical development
As they refine their motor skills, 6-year-olds may be able to participate in activities like jumping rope and playing catch -
emotional development
Your child is able to use their words to express dissatisfaction, anger, or sadness. -
intellectual development
Vocabulary increasing to 2,000 words, sentences of five or more words. -
cognitive milestone/characteristic
Can tell you their name, count up to 20, say the ABC's -
Period: to
6 years old
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physical development
7-year-olds can perform more difficult movements such as twisting, turning or spinning while standing in one place. -
cognitive milestone/characteristic
Have a solid sense of time. -
emotional development
They understand and find it easier to express complex emotions such as pride, guilt, and shame. -
intellectual development
developing their oral language skills, acquiring new vocabulary and sentence structures. -
Period: to
7 years old
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physical development
Increase in small-muscle coordination, allowing them to learn complex craft skills -
emotional development
children are advancing toward adolescence, and peer friendships start to become very important in their life -
cognitive milestone/characteristic
Know how to count by 2's and 5's -
intellectual development
understand multiple complex instructions, will ask several questions and will continue to learn new vocabulary and use it appropriately. -
Period: to
8 years old
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cognitive milestone/characteristic
Know that objects have uses and can be grouped into different categories, Can read and understand longer sentences up to 12 words -
physical development
Enjoy active play, such as bike-riding, swimming, and running games -
emotional development
Start to form stronger, more complex friendships and peer relationships -
intellectual development
Can add and subtract 2-digit numbers, can understand fractions, and are learning how to borrow and carry values. Like organization and planning, such as making plans ahead of time -
Period: to
9 years old
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physical development
Increase in small-muscle coordination, allowing them to learn complex craft skills -
intellectual development
Know the complete date (day of the week, day of the month, month, and year) -
emotional development
Start to form stronger, more complex friendships and peer relationships -
cognitive milestone/characteristic
Can read and understand a paragraph of complex sentences. Are reading books with chapters. Are skilled in addition and subtraction. They are building skills in multiplication, division, and fractions. -
Period: to
10 years old
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physical development
Pubic hair grows. In females, breasts begin to develop and periods start. Males grow facial hair. -
intellectual development
Start to see that issues aren't just clear-cut and that information can be interpreted in different ways. -
emotional development
Independence, individuality, identity, and self-esteem. -
cognitive milestone/characteristic
Typically think in concrete ways. But they are gradually starting to grasp abstract and symbolic concepts -
Period: to
11 years old
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emotional development
Focus on themselves; going back and forth between high expectations and lack of confidence. Experience more moodiness. -
cognitive milestone/characteristic
improvement in reasoning and information processing as they continue to mature, and the ability to think systematically about all logical relationships within a problem -
physical development
Hormones change as puberty begins.Show more concern about body image, looks, and clothes -
intellectual development
Most children are reliably able to see things from another's perspective and, because of this, can show genuine empathy for another's experiences and feelings -
Period: to
12 years old