Physical
About how many inches a 9–10-year-old grows every year.
What is about 2.5 inches?
Kids start to learn how to write in the loopy handwriting that helps with creating a signature. What is it called?
What is cursive?
When you can feel bad for someone who’s sad, you’re showing this.
What is empathy?
Working together on a group project or in sports shows this skill.
What is teamwork?
Around this age, kids start really caring about what their friends think. What group is becoming super important now?
What are peer groups?
The kids might new clothes soon because kids around this age gain this many pounds a year.
What is around 7 pounds?
You know what day it is and what month your friends birthday is in, you now understand what?
What is knowing the days of the week and months of the year
You start to feel proud of yourself for what you can do. This builds what?
What is self-esteem?
When your friends listen to you or follow your ideas, you’re showing this trait.
What is leadership?
When kids make their own trends, jokes, and rules with friends, they’re creating this.
What is their subculture?
They can stretch better and move faster because theyre gaining these two things.
What are flexibility and agility?
Organizing your school supplies or toys based on how big they are shows this skill.
What is categorizing and organizing information?
You start figuring out what’s okay to do and what’s not. This means you understand these.
What are social norms and appropriate behaviors?
When you make games that copy real life stuff, like playing “school,” you’re doing this.
What is making real-life situations into games?
Family support, good friends, and school life can all change how stress affects a kid. What are these called?
What are care variables that influence stress?
Their aim in sports and video games gets better thanks to this skill improving.
What is hand-eye coordination?
They can now read long paragraphs and actually understand them even with some tricky wording what is this underestanding.
What is understanding complex sentences?
When you realize your actions can affect other people’s feelings, you’re learning this.
What is cause and effect with emotions?
Following the rules in school or games shows you understand this.
What is respecting rules?
What is money management?
Gender difference in physical development and abilities that typically come frist for a gender.
What is boys start getting stronger, but girls might show better coordination and balance?
Their handwriting gets neater because of this skill that controls small movements.
What are fine motor skills?
You start working well with others and can understand how people feel. This helps with what?
What is connecting and collaborating with others?
When you’re proud of what you do or what your friends accomplish, you’re showing this.
What is recognizing accomplishments?
The school grade that 9-10 year olds are in.
What is 4th grade?