Reference Desk
- Is My Child On Track?
- Kindergarten Readiness
- Learning To Read
- Types of Schools
- Learning Personalities
- Standards and Testing
- Gifted Children
- The Early Years (3-5)
- The Middle Years (6-12)
- The Teen Years (13-18)
- Parent-School Connection
- Your Parenting Style
- Keeping Your Kids Healthy
- Extracurricular Activities
- Life Skills
- Thinking About College
- Special Needs
Is My Child On Track? |
In the elementary and middle school years, academic tasks, physical growth, and social and emotional skills vary at every grade and age. Learn about your child’s development during these years and become involved in your child's experience of early adolescence.
Ages 5-8 Years
Overall Development
- Child Development Guide: Six to Seven Years
- Child Development Guide: Seven to Eight Years
- Middle Childhood: 6 - 8 Years Old
- Growth and Development, Ages Six to Eight: What Parents Need to Know
- Developmental Milestones and the Camp Experience: Middle Childhood — Ages 4 to 7
Academic/Cognitive Development - Age 5
- Child Development Tracker: Science From Age 5 to 6
- Child Development Tracker: Mathematics From Age 5 to 6
- Child Development Tracker: Literacy From Age 5 to 6
- Is It a Reading Disorder or Developmental Lag?
- Kindergartner: Listening Milestones
- Kindergartner: Talking Milestones
- Kindergartner: Reading Milestones
- Kindergartner: Writing Milestones
- Kindergarten: Discovering the Written Word
Academic/Cognitive Development - Age 6
- First Grader: Listening Milestones
- First Grader: Talking Milestones
- First Grader: Cracking the Code of Words
- Reading Milestones: First Graders
- Writing Milestones: First Graders
Academic/Cognitive Development - Ages 7 & 8
- Second and Third Grader: Talking and Reading to Learn
- Second and Third Grader: Listening Milestones
- Second and Third Grader: Talking Milestones
- Second and Third Grader: Reading Milestones
- Second and Third Grader: Writing Milestones
- How a 2nd Grader Thinks
- How a 3rd Grader Thinks
- Transition Points: Helping Students Start, Change, and Move Through the Grades
Physical Growth and Development
Social and Emotional Development
- Friends and Friendships
- Working with School-Age Children: Promoting Friendship
- How Emotional Issues Change as Kids Grow
- Learning Right From Wrong
- Your Second Graders's Social Life
- Social Graces: What to Expect from Your Second Grader
- Your Third Grader's Social Life
- Social Graces: What to Expect from Your Third Grader
Ages 9-10 Years
Overall Development
- Child Development Guide: Eight to Nine Years
- Child Development Guide: Nine to Ten Years
- Developmental Milestones and the Camp Experience: Middle Childhood — Ages 8 to 10
- The Challenges of Middle Childhood
Academic/Cognitive Development
- How a 4th Grader Thinks
- 4th Grade Reading: What Happens
- 4th Grade Writing: What Happens
- How a 5th Grader Thinks
- 5th Grade Language Arts: What Happens
Physical Growth and Development
Social and Emotional Development
- Friends and Friendships
- Working with School-Age Children: Promoting Friendship
- How Emotional Issues Change as Kids Grow
- Learning Right From Wrong
- Your Fourth Grader's Social Life
- Social Graces: What to Expect from you Fourth Grader
- Your Fifth Graders's Social Life
- Social Graces: What to Expect from your Fifth Grader
Ages 10-13 Years
Overall Development
- Middle Childhood: 9 - 11 Years Old
- Growth and Development, Ages Nine to Twelve: What Parents Need to Know
- Child Development Guide: Ten to Eleven Years
- Child Development Guide: Eleven to Twelve Years
- Gender Differences: Middle School
Academic/Cognitive Development
- How Your Middle Schooler Thinks
- 6th Grade Reading and Writing: What to Expect
- 7th and 8th Grade Writing: What to Expect
- 7th and 8th Grade Reading: What to Expect
Physical Growth and Development
- Healthy Diets Overview
- Puberty
- When Will Her Period Start?
- How to Talk About Puberty
- How Can I Reassure My Daughter That She'll Get Her Period?
- When Should Kids Start Using Deodorant?
- Precocious Puberty
- Understanding Early Sexual Development
Social and Emotional Development
- Friends and Friendships
- Working with School-Age Children: Promoting Friendship
- How Emotional Issues Change as Kids Grow
- Learning Right From Wrong
- Your Fifth Graders's Social Life
- Social Graces: What to Expect from your Fifth Grader
- Social Graces: What to Expect from your Middle Schooler
- Your Middle Schooler's Social Life
- Shy About Middle School
