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Developmental Milestones:
The Seven-Year-Old
Here are some of the milestones you can expect of a seven-year-old:
Motor Development
Now more socially aware, your child thinks about the world around him.
This is a time of fragile self-esteem, so offer frequent encouragement and positive feedback.
Help ease the tendency for self-criticism by stressing what he's learned rather than how the final product looks.
Be patient and understanding of volatile emotions and moods.
Take advantage of his eagerness to learn by asking open-ended, thought-provoking questions, doing puzzles, and playing thinking games.
Initiate discussions about right vs. wrong.
Source: Joyce Destefanis, M.A., Nancy Firchow, M.L.S.
The Seven-Year-Old
Here are some of the milestones you can expect of a seven-year-old:
Motor Development
- hand-eye coordination is well developed
- has good balance
- can execute simple gymnastic movements, such as somersaults
- uses a vocabulary of several thousand words
- demonstrates a longer attention span
- uses serious, logical thinking; is thoughtful and reflective
- able to understand reasoning and make the right decisions
- can tell time; knows the days, months, and seasons
- can describe points of similarity between two objects
- begins to grasp that letters represent the sounds that form words
- able to solve more complex problems
- ndividual learning style becomes more clear-cut
- desires to be perfect and is quite self-critical
- worries more; may have low self-confidence
- tends to complain; has strong emotional reactions
- understands the difference between right and wrong
- takes direction well; needs punishment only rarely
- avoids and withdraws from adults
- is a better loser and less likely to place blame
- waits for her turn in activities
- starts to feel guilt and shame
Now more socially aware, your child thinks about the world around him.
This is a time of fragile self-esteem, so offer frequent encouragement and positive feedback.
Help ease the tendency for self-criticism by stressing what he's learned rather than how the final product looks.
Be patient and understanding of volatile emotions and moods.
Take advantage of his eagerness to learn by asking open-ended, thought-provoking questions, doing puzzles, and playing thinking games.
Initiate discussions about right vs. wrong.
Source: Joyce Destefanis, M.A., Nancy Firchow, M.L.S.
