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Progress Reports for a 7 1/2 year old kid (ParentCenter):
What your child may be doing now:
• Using phonetic strategies when reading and writing to sound out words that are unfamiliar
• Breaking unfamiliar words into smaller parts by looking at patterns to figure out meaning
• Observing the basic characteristics of objects, such as color, shape, size, and texture, and classifying the objects based on what she sees

What you can do to help: Children this age love humor. You can encourage your child to read — and practice the reading strategies she learns in school — by providing her with joke and riddle books. Seven-year-olds also enjoy books that feature bumbling, silly characters. Great to try: old Dr. Seuss favorites from toddlerhood. Now that your child can read herself, these classics will take on renewed popularity in your house.

All children develop at different rates and achieve milestones at different times. The information above is meant as a general guide, not a diagnostic tool. If your child isn’t doing everything on the list, give it some time. You know your child better than anyone else, so trust your instincts about what’s normal and what’s not. And if you ever have any concerns about your child’s development, talk to your child’s doctor or teacher.


Progress Reports for a 27-28 month old toddler (ParentCenter)

Your 2-year-old never seems to slow down, between climbing on the playground, making friends (even if they don’t act much like friends), begging you to read just one more book, and picking up English at a rate that may make you wonder if this would be a good time to introduce a second language.

Playing in tandem
You set up the playdate, set the kids loose — and they head off for different toys, completely ignoring one another. Is the playdate a bust? Not at all. Kids this age typically engage in what’s called parallel play. It might look strange, but it’s completely normal and developmentally useful….read more

Ready for French?
Since your child is picking up English so rapidly, you might wonder if now’s also the time to expose him to other languages. There’s evidence that children learn languages more easily in the early years because their brains are so feverishly making new neural connections. They can literally hear all the unique sounds of a foreign tongue better than a teenager or an adult….read more

Go, kid, go!
Sometimes it can seem like your child has the concentration and persistence of a scientist. In fact, she’s developmentally driven to do certain things over and over again. Repetitive actions perfect her motor skills. That’s part of the reason she can’t help climbing something that you’ve asked her repeatedly not to. She’s almost compelled to try, try again….read more

Read it again!
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree again?! Oh yes. Reading the same book over and over provides a measure of comfort to preschoolers, who see the familiar characters and plot as an oasis in a world full of unknowns. But there are cognitive and language benefits to re-reading, too. Re-reading helps your 2-year-old connect the words he hears with the pictures he sees….read more

The buddy benefit
Whether your child is a social butterfly or a wallflower, she’ll begin to show an increasing interest in other children. While their play may often look like a lot of ignoring one another or bickering to you, these first friendships are very real to your child. They also help preschoolers practice social skills and add variety to their play….read more

Normal or gifted?
Preschoolers seem to learn so much, so fast. Can you know at this age if your child is gifted? Learning specialists say that sometimes it’s clear from infancy that a child learns more quickly than others his age….read more

Playing for keeps
Your child is more in control of her movements. Now she can play with small objects easily and stack (not just knock over) towers of blocks. She can also concentrate for slightly longer periods of time, as much as 20 minutes if she’s deeply engaged. Sometimes she’ll become so absorbed in playing that she’ll resent your interruption….read more

Your little grammarian
A preschooler learns many new words and their meanings every single day. The reason is that by 24 months, her brain is literally processing new sounds faster than ever before. Putting them together in perfectly grammatical ways is another story, however. Learning the complexities of the English language takes time (just look at how many adults still have trouble)….read more

My kids are all on track (even somehow advanced) so far. If this is a corporate performance management evaluation, they passed with flying colors!

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