The age of 6 is considered the beginning of middle childhood, and after the age of 5 you leave behind, it is considered a difficult period. A rapidly growing and developing 6-year-old child is now more aware of everything. The most important feature of this age is that children behave indecisively.
WHEN WE EVALUATE THEM IN TERMS OF THEIR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
*Their ideas can change very quickly.
*They want to make their own decisions.
*Values begin to change for the 6-year-old child, who gradually leaves his family and turns to his friends.
*While friendship gains importance, family now becomes secondary.
*Adverse behavior towards his family. can be observed.
*Friendships established at this age are short-lived
*They generally choose friends of the same sex.
*In this period when friendship is at the forefront, do not be like them, There are efforts to imitate them.
*In this period when selfishness may appear again, the child wants everything to be the way he wants, and he even determines the rules of the game.
*The child of this age is very sensitive to criticism. and is emotional, can cry very easily.
*6-year-old children's emotions are variable, as are their decisions. They can suddenly become unhappy while being happy, and suddenly act angry while being cheerful.
*They like to have their emotional needs met by those around them.
*They like to be the center of attention, they want to feel loved and valued.
*They want to do everything themselves and they want to do it properly.
*In this period when they take their parents as a model and try to act like them, their efforts to please their elders and be appreciated are intense, so they cannot tolerate failure. p>
*While they like to be appreciated and rewarded, they may react to punishments.
*They also feel guilty about their mistakes.
*They do not like to be mocked by someone.
WHEN WE EVALUATE THEM IN TERMS OF THEIR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
*At the age of 6, they begin to understand abstract expressions more easily, but they are not yet ready for abstract thinking.
*Their fears begin to decrease and disappear.
*They can joke, their sense of humor begins to develop
*They can narrate events in the order in which they occurred.
*Attention span is gradually increasing.
*They are aware of the concepts of right and wrong.
*They can distinguish the concepts of right and left.
*They can match, sort and group.
*They can recognize objects by touch.
WHEN WE EVALUATE THEM IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
*Language development is quite advanced at the age of 6.
*Their vocabulary is gradually increasing.
*They can now know not only their and their family's names and surnames, but also their telephone numbers and addresses.
* They can chat with you fluently like an adult.
*Children in this age group love memorizing poems and songs, nursery rhymes and riddles.
PSYCHO-MOTOR DEVELOPMENT. WHEN WE ARE EVALUATED IN PERSPECTIVES
*The age of 6 can be considered as the most active period of early childhood.
*Fine motor skills, along with gross motor skills, are developing day by day.
* Now they can hold a pencil better and draw better pictures.
*Human drawings have moved away from the stickman and we see drawings with hands, arms, legs and eyebrows, eyes and ears.
IN TERMS OF SELF-CARE SKILLS. IN OUR EVALUATION
*The 6-year-old child is now able to meet his/her self-care needs without any help. We can support them by providing them with the environment and opportunities to do it. In cases where they cannot do it, it is better to encourage them for the next try instead of criticizing them.
Keeping in mind that your child, who is currently in the last year of the preschool period, his 6th year, and preparing for early childhood and primary school, is going through a difficult period, be kind, understanding and Hope you can relate...
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