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Stages of Child Development Three to Six years and Six to Eight Years

• Children in the age group of six to eight years describe themselves in terms
of their physical capacities, possessions and internal characteristics. They
are more realistic in their descriptions about themselves. Notes

• In middle childhood, children start thinking more logically than before but
they remain bound to the physical appearance of objects. They are not yet
capable of reversibility, conservation and abstract thinking.

• Six to eight year olds become skilled at the use of language. They make
rather creative sentences.
• Play contributes to overall development of children. They develop capacities
in all domains of development.

TERMINAL EXERCISE

1. What do you understand by play? Discuss the role of play in early childhood
development.
2. Explain the different aspects of cognitive development of preschoolers.

3. List the abilities of a seven year old child in the following domains:
(i) Cognitive

(ii) Language
(iii) Socio-emotional

4. Make a comparative milestone chart of three year old child and six year
old child.

5. Briefly explain the following :
(i) Symbolic thought

(ii) Spatial thinking
(i) Causality

(ii) Categorisation and Identities
(iii) Private speech

ANSWER TO INTEXT QUESTIONS

9.1

(a) animism

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