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Growing Child
 
 
Growth and development
Grade  
Kindergarten New School Year: Kindergarten is a golden age
Dreams: Good and bad dreams are frequent now
Development: Children mature at different rates
Body Sense: Motor skills
Homework: More ways to develop good posture
 
Grade 1 Potpourri: Collecting, coordination, and birthday parties
Forming Good Habits: Routines, library cards, and proper visual distance
Spatial Relations: Navigating the black board and special places in town
Physically Speaking: Articulation, hyperactivity, and sexual abuse
Attitude Adjustment: Cheating, school fun, and bike riding
Applied Learning: Importance of sleep
Right! Left! Right!
 
Grade 2 Sensitive Second Graders: Settling into self
Returning to School: Anticipation and a good night's sleep
Introspection: Dealing with forgetfulness and resistance
Self-Sufficiency: A growing awareness of self and others
Calming Down: Bath time and dream adventures
New Developments: Eating, writing and playing
"Quiet Please": Outside voices, educational needs, and a collection of goodies
Growing Concerns: Physical health and motor development
 
Grade 3 Energetic: An overview of typical behaviors
Mature Responses: Physical control and establishing chore reminders
Feed Me!: Increased appetite and utensil skills liven-up mealtimes
Increasing Interests: Interest in school
Personal Poise: Grooming, good manners, and good balance
Thumb-sucking: Renewed thumb-sucking will go away on its own
Ritual Growth: Mental development, religion, and the art of collecting
 
Grade 4 Physical Development: Your child's physical development
Fear: Childhood fears - when the world becomes a scary place
 
Grade 6 Individuality: Your child's unique learning and living styles
Babysitters: Is it time to say goodbye to the babysitter?
Grade 7 Intellectual Development: Learning styles are personal and individual
Values: Changing values are part of growing up
Emotional Changes: Helping seventh graders cope with emotional changes
Grade 8 Verbal Skills: Developing good verbal skills is an important part of growing up
Grade 9 Intellectual Development: Intellectual development begins with you
Self-discipline: Develop self-control one step at a time