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6 years old

IMPORTANT: each child has his/her own development pacing

Most children by age 6:

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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL

  • start to worry about friends' opinions;

  • boys prefer to play with boys and girls with girls;

  • need support related to their self-esteem;

  • become aware of their own emotions and other people's emotions and feelings;

  • want do to things by themselves like dressing, choosing their outfits, etc;

  • love to show their talents;

  • show more control over themselves;

  • show more abilities in controlling their emotions;

  • fight and make up in a short period of time;

  • get more interested in real things than in imaginary things;

  • want to show what they can do;

  • can do dangerous things;

  • are learning how to cooperate and share;

  • start to understand teamwork to play organized sports;

  • start to develop skills and attention spam;

  • get better at describing feelings, emotions and opinions;

  • can lie and cheat at some point at this age because they are learning where they fit and what's acceptable.

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LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

  • start to understand that the same word has more than one meaning;

  • start to understand jokes and puns;

  • start to express verbally their sense of humor;

  • describe clearly what happened, what they feel and think;

  • talk a lot because they are adjusting socially;

  • can retell part of a story;

  • speak about school elements and expresses his/her opinion about characters;

  • speak in simple, but complete sentences;

  • follow a series of three commands in a row;

  • start to show fast growth in mental ability;

  • begin to read books that are appropriated  for their age;

  • sound or decodes familiar words;

  • focus on a task at school for fifteen minutes;

  • understand the concept of numbers;

  • distinguish day from night and right from left;

  • tell time;

  • are able to say three numbers backwards.

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COGNITIVE

  • are living a very important year related to literacy at school;

  • develop very fast not only physically but also cognitively;

  • start to understand that to work in groups is important;

  • start to develop more complex reasoning;

  • increase the curiosity related to the world;

  • are literal about what they speak and hear;

  • have difficulties to be flexible related to an idea or finding a balance way to it with the situations;

  • learn about sounds, distance and speed.

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MOVEMENT

  • like to show they are learning how to read and write;

  • baby teeth start to fall;

  • like to use markers, pencils, and different materials to write, draw and color;

  • are detailed about the final result of the tasks (feel frustated when they cannot finish or if the result in the end is not the expected one);

  • play, jump, run and are able to perform different movements;

  • develop a sense of body  image;

  • complain about tummy aches, leg pains, and such, because they are growing up and growing up fast;

  •  must be aware of streets, cannot be aware of how dangerous streets are.

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