Ages and Stages

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[...] Furthermore, they start buttoning dress and tying their shoes. This time, children could identify what is right or wrong and they start to care about doing good things. School-Aged Children School-aged children are from 6 to 12 years old, the stage when they have fairly strong motor skills particularly their eye-hand coordination, physical tolerance, and endurance. Their fine motor skills are significant for them to dress correctly, write neatly, and perform some chores carefully. Children of this stage have significant changes in their weight, height, and physical activities. [...]

[...] Indeed, a toddler has the ability to learn critical thinking skills through simple hide-and-seek games. It shows that these activities help them to follow simple directions. In terms of physical development, it is obvious that the body parts of infants like their forearms are too small in size. Based on the study, the head of infants grows faster than any part of their body. However, through proper nutritional supplements infants could physically grow and develop faster. Indeed, infants could have intellectual growth when they reached their fourth month. [...]

[...] Ages and Stages Introduction Generally, parents love to watch their children grow from infancy until adulthood. These stages are often termed as child development milestones referring to the process of growth. Basically, all parents get so excited with these stages and hoping that their experiences will stay beautiful and exciting. Thus, the most obvious milestone that will occur to children is their physical development. This paper aims to explore milestones on child development particularly with infants, preschoolers, kindergartens, and school-aged children. [...]

[...] Toddlers aged two to three have sharper minds as they can recognize colors and names. At this stage, children could make connections and categorize things along with the development of their vocabulary skills. Preschooler This stage starts from 3 to 4 years old, the time when children learn to say his or her age and name. At this stage, they could start answering simple questions and speak from 250 to 500 words. In fact, children on this stage could tell stories and speak clearly. [...]

[...] During this stage, many children began to attend school. Parents are concerned with the transitions and social relationships of their children who have already been exposed to school and other children. For 5-year-old children, attending school and going along with various activities can be considered as their biggest accomplishment. On this stage, children have increased stamina and coordination as they could jump, throw a ball, climb, and skip without so much effort (Lee, 2011). Most of the children at this stage lose their milk teeth and at their 6 years of age it will be replaced by permanent. [...]