Development
A six years old child’s appearance changes. The child grows taller, is no longer so chubby and the first milk teeth come out.
Important:
- Annual growth in height is approximately 5 cm and weight gain about 2.5 kilos.
- Adult teeth appear around the age of 6 to 13 years, girls earlier than boys.
- A child is active all the time at this age.
- A six-year-old child can already control her body quite well but at times may be rather clumsy.
- A child has the ability to learn to ski, skate and cycle.
- Friends are important, children play, among other things, creative and role play games together.
- A child can cooperate in a group.
- A child’s speech is already grammatically fairly correct and clear.
- A child enjoys tales and likes to tell them, too.
- This is the age when a child asks a relentless stream of questions. A child asks about life and death.
- A child also starts to think about right and wrong.
- At this age a child’s moods fluctuate.
- A child is easily scared.
When a child talks about her fears, they should be listened to and not played down. A child is very often comforted by the mere fact that somebody listens to her. A child’s questions should be responded to. When a child wakes up to a bad dream, sleeping in a parent’s bed comforts the child or a parent can stay by the child’s bed until she falls back to peaceful sleep again.
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References and other links
- Vauvan kaa – materiaali, Urbaani vanhemmuus- hanke, koordinointi Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
- Lapsi eri ikävuosina, 6-vuotias, MLL
- 5-6 -vuotiaan kehitys, MLL
- Oulun kaupunki, esiopetussuunnitelman perusteet