DESARROLLO COGNITIVO Y PSICO-SOCIAL

 Miremos ahora este interesante cuadro que nos muestra el desarrollo  fisico, social, intelectual, emocional y en el area  del lenguaje  de  los niños entre 6 y 9 años, que es el rango de edad de los niños a quienes atendemos en nuestras  clases de Basica Primaria.

	CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Areas of development	6-9	Educational implications
Control of muscular movement	-Muscles are stronger   and more resistant. -Control of body is greater.	-Activities should be varied and  Should develop large motor movements  (running, jumping, etc.) and hand-eye coordination ( cutting out, modeling, etc) -Teacher should remember that physical  changes can generate insecurity.
Emotions	-Begins to cooperate with  Others. -Has greater control of emotional      ambivalence.	-Activities should be short, with lots of variety. -Teacher should be warm, well balanced and     able to restore child’s equilibrium. Should offer constant encouragement.
Intelligence	-Is more realistic and rational -Becomes more objective. - Opens up to the outside   word.	-Activities should be use toys that imitate Real life (toy cars, toy food, etc.) -Activities should widen their minds and develop reasoning and logic, as well as creativity and imagination.
Language	Uses tenses correctly at age 6; understands them from age 8-9.	Activities should develop oral and writing Skills.
Sociability	-Initiates relationships with peers . -alternates peeriods of silence and continuous talking. -Can work very simply in a team. -Needs the group for security and self-steem.	-Teacher should favor  group work to encourage sociability, sharing and concentration. -Teacher should know that conflict with adults is normal with older age group.