Cognitive Changes
- Ambitious and motivated to learn; enjoy asking questions and trying out new ideas.
- Enjoy the process more than the product; proudly produce a great quantity of work but are less
concerned about the quality.
- Develop an understanding of the past and present, and the how and why things happen when it is
connected to the here and now.
- Enjoy the process more than the product; proudly produce a great quantity of work but are less
concerned about the quality.
- Develop an understanding of the past and present, and the how and why things happen when it is
connected to the here and now.
Social Emotional Changes
- Competitive; want to be first; invent rules in games to enable themselves to win.
- Anxious to do well; thrive on encouragement; very sensitive to criticism.
- Use tantrums, bossing, complaining, and tattling to try out relationships with authority figures;
they learn best when adults understand but do not excessively tolerate this behavior.
- Care about their friends, develop a "best friend"
- Anxious to do well; thrive on encouragement; very sensitive to criticism.
- Use tantrums, bossing, complaining, and tattling to try out relationships with authority figures;
they learn best when adults understand but do not excessively tolerate this behavior.
- Care about their friends, develop a "best friend"