Language Development
Can listen critically
Appreciate the values and feelings expresed through music poetry etc.
Ability to argue and another point of view
Sentences and speech is improoved
Much more aware of choosing words to share feelings
Motor/Physical Development
Tremendous energy consumed
Body growth slows down
Girls are 12-15 months ahead in development
Right/left dominance established and manipulative
skills increase
Hand/eye coordination well-developed
Late in phase boys and girls may be very
fidgety, squirmy
Generally very healthy
Cognitive Development
Private and public life differences
Shows understanding
Ability to argue increases
Able to sort and organize ideas
Can conduct more complex
Makes and carries out plans
Can use models, graphs, and sybmols to solve problems
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