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Parent Pamphlets
How Kids Grow - Ages 6 - 8
The early elementary school-age child (6 to 8 years) has moved from being a preschooler, closely tied to the family, to the expanded world of middle childhood. There are three great "outward journeys" of middle childhood:
Social out of the home and into the friend group;
Physical into the world of games and school;
Mental into the world of adult ideas, logic, and communication.
Courtesy of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia (PDF format - Adobe Acrobat Required)
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Parent Pamphlets
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