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=** Child Development - Kindergarten **=

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 * Kindergarten Social Changes: What to Expect
 * Kindergarten Academics: What to Expect
 * Kindergarten Social Changes: What to Expect
 * Grade-by-Grade Learning: Kindergarten
 * How a Kinder Thinks

Physically:

 * small
 * low co-ordination
 * little or no spacial awareness

Cognitively:

 * recognizes symbols
 * uses concrete evidence to learn
 * visual learners
 * egocentric
 * don't completely understand cause and effect
 * cannot reverse thinking, cannot reverse the chain of thought
 * short attention spans
 * ask alot of questions, very curious
 * love to count
 * can handle 3 step instructions

Socially:

 * sees everyone as their friend, but doesn't like when their friends play with others
 * innocent
 * no boundaries
 * very sensitive
 * compassionate