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Child Development Tracker: Science From Age 5 to 6
Five-year-olds really want to know more about how the world works. Hands-on experiences help them to form theories to explain "how" and "why" things happen.
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Child Development Tracker: Mathematics From Age 5 to 6
Five-year-olds know the characteristics of various shapes, have improved number sense, and can think more abstractly. They can count out a collection of up to "20" items and conduct simple addition and subtraction.
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