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Growing Child
 
 
Emotions
Grade  
Kindergarten Adjusting: Feeling good makes doing good easier
Dreams: Good and bad dreams are frequent now
Grade 1 Seeing Eye to Eye: Anxiety, teachers, and safety
The Three Rs: Reading, Running, and Reacting
Boogeyman and Homework: Routines provide safety and structure
Attitude Adjustment: A new attitude
 
Grade 2 Growing Anxieties: Teachers, homework, and a sense of self
Self-Sufficiency: A growing awareness of self and others
Rehearsals for Life: Confidence and fears
Adjust the Focus: Ethics and attention span
Ready, Set, GO!: Doers and talkers (both need dental check ups)
Over-stimulated: A quiet place of one's own
Sense of Self: Modesty, fears and funerals
 
Grade 3 Responsiveness: Group relations, clothes care, and courage
Personal Poise: Grooming, good manners, and good balance
Dramatic Entrances: Living with a budding actor
Keeping Cool: Fears, foul language and dreams
Fired Up: Table games, outbursts, and fascination with fire
 
Grade 4 Rejection: Helping your child cope with rejection
Fear: Childhood fears - when the world becomes a scary place
Parent Tantrums: How parental anger affects children
 
Grade 5 Dentist: Does your child dislike going to the dentist?
Health: Preparing a child for a hospital stay
Friends: Fifth-grade friendships often are intense
 
Grade 6 Taking Tests: Keys and tips for the testing situation
Independence: Wanting to be alone
Grade Seven Emotional Changes: Helping seventh graders cope with emotional changes
Grade 8 Emotional Changes: Life changes create emotional roller coaster
Rejection: Understanding and coping with rejection
Frustration: Take the time to talk out frustration and conflicts
 
Grade 9 Emotional Changes: How to cope with emotions and fears
 
Grade 10 Fear: Facing, overcoming and controlling fears
Emotional Changes: How to understand, control, and enjoy your feelings
 
Grade 11 Emotions: Control your emotions... before they control you
Grade 12 Stress: How to handle stress and tension
Death: How to deal with death and dying