Cognitive Developmental Milestones: School-Age

School-Age Cognitive Development Lesson 2 Apply Cognitive Developmental Milestones: School-Age Guide	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 28511 Name Certifier Date
Directions: The information in the table below is a comprehensive list of cognitive developmental milestones. Cognitive Developmental Milestones Middle Childhood (5-7 years) They begin to see things from other school-age children's perspectives and begin to understand how their behavior affects others. They are developing their oral language skills, acquiring new vocabulary and sentence structures. They can compose sentences with five or more words. They enjoy planning and building. They understand concepts of space, time, and dimension. They understand concepts like yesterday, today, and tomorrow. They know left and right. They begin to develop a sense of self-confidence and mastery of their learning. They are learning to read and write and can sound out simple words. They begin to reason and argue. They can perform simple addition and subtraction. They can distinguish fantasy from reality. They have increased memory, attention span, and impulse control. Early Adolescence (8-12 years) They are capable of perspective taking and understand and consider other's perspectives. They begin to think hypothetically, considering several possibilities, and can think logically. They begin using and manipulating symbols representationally. They become more goal oriented. They may develop special interests that are a source of motivation. Their cognitive development may be affected by school-age children's emotional state. They begin to understand facets of the adult world like money and telling time. They may enjoy reading a book. They can interpret the context of a paragraph and writes stories. They appreciate humor and word games. They understand the conservation of objects. They understand fractions and the concept of space. They can count backwards. They know the date and can name the months and days of the week in order. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2024). Positive Parenting Tips https://www.cdc.gov/child-development/positive-parenting-tips/index.html

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Directions: The information in the table below is a comprehensive list of cognitive developmental milestones.

Cognitive Developmental Milestones

Middle Childhood (5-7 years)

They begin to see things from other school-age children's perspectives and begin to understand how their behavior affects others.
They are developing their oral language skills, acquiring new vocabulary and sentence structures.
They can compose sentences with five or more words.
They enjoy planning and building.
They understand concepts of space, time, and dimension.
They understand concepts like yesterday, today, and tomorrow. They know left and right.
They begin to develop a sense of self-confidence and mastery of their learning.
They are learning to read and write and can sound out simple words.
They begin to reason and argue.
They can perform simple addition and subtraction.
They can distinguish fantasy from reality.
They have increased memory, attention span, and impulse control.

Early Adolescence (8-12 years)

They are capable of perspective taking and understand and consider other's perspectives.
They begin to think hypothetically, considering several possibilities, and can think logically.
They begin using and manipulating symbols representationally.
They become more goal oriented.
They may develop special interests that are a source of motivation.
Their cognitive development may be affected by school-age children's emotional state.
They begin to understand facets of the adult world like money and telling time.
They may enjoy reading a book. They can interpret the context of a paragraph and writes stories.
They appreciate humor and word games.
They understand the conservation of objects.
They understand fractions and the concept of space.
They can count backwards.
They know the date and can name the months and days of the week in order.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2024). Positive Parenting Tips
https://www.cdc.gov/child-development/positive-parenting-tips/index.html