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Teachers: As the second half of the school year gets underway, it’s a good time to take a look at that “developmental cluster” age of your class you may have explored in the fall. Those who read this blog regularly or have read my book Yardsticks will be familiar with developmental clusters.
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Many teacher readers of Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14 make particular use of the book at this time of year by referencing Appendix A, beginning on page 195 in the third edition. There they find “The Birthday Cluster Exercise,” a practical way to get a rough idea of the developmental range and “cluster [...]
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When Monday, September 1, 2008, rolls around, your child (whether entering kindergarten or fifth grade) will be a certain age, and every other child in the classroom will be a different age. In fact, the chronological age span in the classroom will range over a year or more, and the children’s level of cognitive, social, [...]
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As children return to school this September it is interesting to pay attention to their friendship patterns.
In the normative developmental ebb and flow of social and emotional growth there are ages when children typically are more comfortable with one best friend for periods of time and other ages when children particularly appreciate larger groups more [...]
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