Child development at 6-8 years: what’s happening?

Even as the child gets older and starts school, play is important. It’s still how the child learns
and builds social, emotional and thinking skills.

The child pretend play is more complex now, filled with lots of fantasy and drama. It is also
notice that the child can play with others to achieve a common goal – for example, working
together to build one big sandcastle. They might also be able to work things out if another
child doesn’t want to play a particular game.

The child is becoming more social and prefers to play with friends rather than on their own.
They might find it hard to share their favorite toys but they can share – most of the time, at
least!

Games with rules sometimes challenge the six-year-old, and they might even accuse others of
cheating when they doesn’t win. The moral aspects within the game appear in these ages,
which will play a very important role in this stage of development. The collective board games
are a clear example of this.

During this age group children continue to learn many things and progressively develop their
full potential.

To stimulate THICK MOTORCYCLE development of the writing, since in

this way the children will get better
 Tiptoe. pencils, etc
 Hop.  To draw.
 Climb stairs alternating feet.  Follow with a painting horizontal,
 Climb stairs crawling. vertical, circular and V-shaped
 Play on a squat. strokes.
 Teach him how to ride a bike when  Fold a sheet of paper.
he can.  Fasten and unfasten buttons and
 To work balance and coordination hooks.
you can make them walk on a  Raise and lower zippers.
bench or any place higher with  Tie ties.
open arms. Or jump inside a hoop  Open and close a bottle.
with your legs open.  Make figures and shapes with
plasticine.
 Take small objects with your index
and thumb and put them in bottles.
 Thread balls or macaroni inside a
string.
 Make them take a colander with
To stimulate FINE MOTRICITY
one hand, with the other a spoon
 All the games that improve this and throw for example "cola cao"
area will also favor the with the spoon inside the colander.
To stimulate LANGUAGE AND
SOCIALIZATION

This stage is fundamental for the

development of language. Normally it
develops almost completely between 2 and
6 years.