Your Five- and Six-Year-Old As They Grow

This thoughtful book provides a window to enable parents to understand what their child is feeling and to support their intellectual and psychological evolution, and helps parents to prepare their children to enter school.

Parents Magazine has been America's #1 family magazine since 1926. Parents is the voice of parents, for parents- providing all the information and inspiration parents need to raise happy, healthy kids.

Marge Kennedy is the director of KidSmart Media and has written numerous books and magazine articles for parents, educational materials for children and teachers from kindergarten through high school, and is the former editor-in-chief of Sesame Street Magazine.

Foreword

10

(1)

Sally Lee

I love you, now go away!

11

(18)

Developmental Milestone: Separating from Mom

14

(2)

Conflict: Anger at Mom's loss of power

16

(2)

You and Your Child: How your child's growing independence affects your relationship

18

(5)

The importance of Dad to your five- and six-year-old

19

(1)

Your child's birth order and his sense of independence

20

(3)

Helping Your Child Grow: Nurturing independence

23

(6)

Helping your child define his role in the family and community

25

(1)

Self-care skills to encourage now

26

(2)

Activities to enhance your child's comfort with independence

28

(1)

I'm the best, but someone else is better

29

(18)

Developmental Milestone: Your child's ability to be objective about herself

31

(6)

Teaching the importance of hard work

34

(1)

Helping your young perfectionist accept herself

35

(2)

Conflict: Maintaining a strong ego in the face of limitations

37

(6)

A word about bed-wetting and accidents

39

(1)

Physical skills your five- and six-year-old needs to master

40

(1)

Tips for riding a two-wheeler

41

(2)

You and Your Child: How your own judgments about your child affect your relationship

43

(2)

Helping your child appreciate who she is

44

(1)

Helping Your Child Grow: Fostering resilience

45

(2)

Ready or not, here I come!

47

(24)

Developmental Milestone: School readiness

48

(15)

The emotional and social skills your kindergartner needs

49

(1)

Teh academic skills your kindergartner needs

50

(1)

Preparing your child for kindergarten

51

(1)

The ability to comply with teachers' expectations

52

(1)

What to look for in a kindergarten setting

53

(1)

The kindergarten curriculum

54

(2)

The academic skills kindergarten teachers teach

56

(1)

What your kindergartner's day might be like

57

(1)

The right age for kindergarten

58

(5)

Conflict: Frustration with the demands and pace of learning

63

(3)

Easing your child's fear of starting school

64

(2)

You and Your Child: Supporting your child's learning

66

(2)

Helping Your Child Grow: Developing a partnership with your child's teacher

68

(3)

Handling homework

69

(1)

Making the transition to first grade

70

(1)

What I know and how I learn

71

(18)

Developmental Milestone: Abstract thinking

74

(7)

How your child learns match concepts

76

(2)

Helping your child understand numerical concepts

78

(1)

Your child's understanding of time

79

(2)

Conflict: Adapting to classroom experiences that may not suit her learning style

81

(4)

Learning disabilities and differences

81

(2)

What to know about attention-deficit disorder (ADD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

83

(1)

Getting a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD

84

(1)

You and Your Child: Understanding the connection between your and your child's learning styles

85

(1)

Helping Your Child Grow: Providing learning opportunities tailored to your child's style

86

(3)

Helping your young student get organized

87

(2)

Let me tell you a story

89

(18)

Developmental Milestone: Readiness to read

90

(5)

The debate about reading instruction

91

(1)

The strategies new readers use

92

(2)

Reading in the classroom

94

(1)

Conflict: The cost of learning to read

95

(4)

Learning to write

97

(1)

Writing in the classroom

97

(1)

The drawing-writing connection

98

(1)

You and Your Child: Supporting your child's comfort with writing

99

(1)

Helping Your Child Grow: Raising a reader

100

(7)

Making the most of reading time

102

(1)

Tips for helping your child read aloud confidently

103

(1)

Recognizing reading difficulties

104

(3)

I am what I am

107

(11)

Developmental Milestone: Strong identification with same-sex parent

109

(1)

Conflict: Pride in and a sens of privacy about her body

110

(3)

Talking to your child about sexuality

111

(2)

You and Your Child: Dealing with your child's temperament

113

(3)

Dealing with a sensitive child

114

(2)

Helping Your Child Grow: Avoiding gender stereotyping

116

(2)

Who's in charge here?

118

(12)

Developmental Milestone: Recognizing that families have different rules

120

(1)

Conflict: Living up to rising expectations

121

(1)

You and Your Child: Encouraging positive behavior

122

(5)

Common misbehaviors and how to deal with them

125

(2)

Helping Your Child Grow: Useful responses to misbehavior

127

(3)

Handling your own anger

129

(1)

That's not fair!

130

(12)

Developmental Milestone: An internal sense of right and wrong

131

(5)

Teaching your child values

132

(1)

Raising an empathetic child

133

(2)

Helping your child evaluate situations from a moral angle

135

(1)

The truth about honesty

136

(1)

Conflict: Why isn't everything perfect?

136

(2)

You and Your Child: Helping your child develop personal values

138

(2)

Helping Your Child Grow: Helping your child learn from her mistakes

140

(2)

The importance of manners

141

(1)

Keep me safe

142

Developmental Milestone: Caution

143

Conflict: Advance and Retreat

143

Car and pedestrian accidents

145

Drowning

147

Fire

148

Playground injuries

150

Sports safety

150

Appliances, tools, and lawnmowers

151

Bunk beds

152

Firearms

152

You and Your Child: Keeping your child safe without being overprotective

153

Teaching your child about ``stranger danger''

154

Dealing with bullies

155

Helping Your Child Grow: Teaching safety rules

156

Respect your child's uniqueness

157

The best books

158

The best videos

159

The best computer programs

160

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Your Five- and Six-Year-Old As They Grow

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