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  • Recommended toys for 6 six years old

    Slime

    Slime comes in different colors, and it gives sensorial effects to children when they stretch and squeezed it with their hands. It can be played individually or as a group. It supports children eye hand coordination skills and cognitive development. The different types of slimes can be found here.

  • Developmental milestone for 6 years old

    Physical development

    • Has increase muscles strength, boys are stronger than girls
    • Write numbers and letters with varying degree of precision, may get confused with letters like b/d, p/g, g/q and t/f.
    • Has better eye hand coordination

    Cognitive development

    • Increase attention span and work at task for longer period of time
    • Enjoy the challenges of puzzles

    Social development

    • Talk more
    • Ask many questions
    • Is capable of learning more than one language
    • So little understanding of ethical behavior
    • Continues to be self center (egocentric)

  • Developmental milestone for 5 years old

    Physical development

    • Walk backward, heel to toe
    • Touches toes without flexing knees

    Cognitive development

    • Able to do sorting on a variety of objects
    • Understand the concept of same shape, same size.

    Social development

    • Carries out family chores and routines
    • Show affections towards younger siblings
    • Enjoy friendships
    • Shares toys, take turns and play cooperatively

  • Developmental milestone for 4 years old

    Physical development

    • Walk a straight line
    • Hop on one foot
    • Build a tower with ten or more blocks

    Cognitive development

    • Able to read alphabet books with few words per page and many pictures
    • Able to count to 20 or more
    • Answer “Whose?”, “Who?”, “Why?” and “How many?”
    • Recites and sing simple songs and rhymes

    Social development

    • Show pride in personal achievement and seek frequent adults’ approval.
    • Enjoy role playing and make-believe activities

  • Developmental milestone for 3 years old

    Physical development

    • Walk up and down the stairs unassisted
    • Kick a large ball
    • Balance on one foot
    • Turn pages of the book
    • Hold crayon between first two fingers and thumb
    • Achieve complete bladder control

    Cognitive development

    • Listen attentively to age-appropriate story
    • Understand triangle, circle and square

    Social development

    Join in social interaction: “Hi,”, “Bye,”, “Please”

    Recites nursery rhymes, sing songs