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Nine-year-old children are really starting to come into their own. If you look at the basics of child development in nine-year-olds there are several generalizations of typical behaviors accessible through growth patterns, in the classroom behavior and curriculum they are following. At this age children start to have a better understanding of the world around them and enjoy learning about social issues. They worry about world events, health of loved ones and their social relationships with peers. Fourth grade is the first year of intermediate level, at this level children may start standardized benchmark testing. Tests at this age may be devastating as nine-year-olds can experience problematic anxiety causing a known decline in test scores. Physical changes begin to occur causing children to complain of their aches and pains or hurt feelings. It’s important for Education Assistants to understand that developmental milestones act as checkpoints in a child’s development to determine what the average child can do at each age. This will support Education Assistants in understanding typical child development, and will aid in identifying potential problems with …show more content…
Vison and fine motor skills improve at the age of nine enabling them to produce a higher standard of work. They enjoy collaborating with peers of their choice; however, they may spend more time arguing about the task rather than getting work done. They may resolve this problem by negotiating with their peers to make an agreement. Often uneasy or anxious nine-year-olds require clarity when obtaining instructions and may demand explanations of why things are the way they are. This can cause frustration from educators, which only leads to more complaining or sulkiness from the
Nine-year-old children are really starting to come into their own. If you look at the basics of child development in nine-year-olds there are several generalizations of typical behaviors accessible through growth patterns, in the classroom behavior and curriculum they are following. At this age children start to have a better understanding of the world around them and enjoy learning about social issues. They worry about world events, health of loved ones and their social relationships with peers. Fourth grade is the first year of intermediate level, at this level children may start standardized benchmark testing. Tests at this age may be devastating as nine-year-olds can experience problematic anxiety causing a known decline in test scores. Physical changes begin to occur causing children to complain of their aches and pains or hurt feelings. It’s important for Education Assistants to understand that developmental milestones act as checkpoints in a child’s development to determine what the average child can do at each age. This will support Education Assistants in understanding typical child development, and will aid in identifying potential problems with …show more content…
Vison and fine motor skills improve at the age of nine enabling them to produce a higher standard of work. They enjoy collaborating with peers of their choice; however, they may spend more time arguing about the task rather than getting work done. They may resolve this problem by negotiating with their peers to make an agreement. Often uneasy or anxious nine-year-olds require clarity when obtaining instructions and may demand explanations of why things are the way they are. This can cause frustration from educators, which only leads to more complaining or sulkiness from the