Child+Development+-+Gr.+6

=** Child Development - Grade Six **=

Web resources:

 * Stages of Development
 * 6th Grade Academics: What to Expect
 * 6th Grade Social Changes: What to Expect
 * Sixth Grade: A Time of Change>

Physically:

 * Restless - lots of energy makes keeping the students attention difficult.
 * Puberty - growth spurts, body beginning to change.

Cognitively:

 * Less motivation towards school/learning, beginning to branch out into interests and may hold them in higher value.
 * Easily persuaded, others can easily mould/shape their decisions and choices.

Socially:

 * Peer perception is the "only" perception that matters at this age.
 * Socially unstable - varied responses to similar situations.
 * Pressure to define themselves as individuals.