The Preschool Years (3 Years Old)Discuss how your child is developing in the areas of physical, social/emotional and intellectual developmental domains.

Developmental Domain

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Physical It seems that Kelly is meeting the physical developmental milestone.

I am happy with Kelly’s growth that she has the signs of the developmental milestone listed below:

Kelly’s gross motor skills are within the average range, for example, climbing, riding on trikes, kicking balls and playing catch (virtual child report).

By three years, a child can pedal a tricycle, kicks a ball forward, climbs up and down a small slide by self, and tries to catch a large ball (ages and stages – three year olds).

Social / Emotional

It seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the social/emotional milestone.

At 3 years, Kelly has struck up friendship with the four-year old girl. They fun playing dolls and dress-up, and other games (virtual child report).

At this age, a child enjoys playing with other children briefly, and enjoys playing “house” enjoys imitating other children and adults (ages and stages – three year olds).

IntellectualIt seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the intellectual milestone.

At three years, Kelly can tell a story about a funny picture and give a few interesting details of the story (virtual child report)

Kelly was above average in understanding quantitative relationship such as “more/less”, “longer/shorter”, in counting skills, in classifying objects (e.g. types of animals) and solving age-appropriate reason tasks (virtual child report).

At this age, a child is able to tell simple stories from a picture or books, can count 2-3 objects, interested in features of animals that make them unique (Ages and Stages – Three Year Olds).

The Preschool Years (4 Years Old)Discuss how your child is developing in the areas of physical, social/emotional and intellectual developmental domains.

Developmental Domain

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Physical It seems that Kelly is meeting the physical developmental milestone.

Kelly sometimes gets frustrated in pre-math activities involving working with blocks and geometry (virtual child report).

At this age, a child can stack 10 or more blocks (Ages and Stages Four Year Old).

Social / Emotional

It seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the social/emotional milestone.

I was happy that Kelly was doing well with the peer group. She made several little friends in the kindergarten prep session (virtual child report).

At this age, a child enjoys playing with other children (Ages and Stages - Four Year Old).

IntellectualIt seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the intellectual milestone

I am happy with Kelly’s growth that she has the signs of the developmental milestone listed below:

Kelly could read a few short words and write her name

By three years old, a child can recognize some letters if taught, and may be able to print own name, enjoys singing simple songs, rhymes, and nonsense words (Ages and Stages – Four Year Olds).

and could name most of the letters (virtual child report).Kelly also showed an age-appropriate understanding of phonological awareness(e.g. deciding whether two words started with the same sound, picking out the two words that rhymed from a list of three words)(virtual child report).

Kelly showed advanced ability to count, use numbers, understand quantitative relationships and classify objects (virtual child report)

At this age, a child can count 1-7 objects out loud – but not always in order (Ages and Stages – Four Year Olds).

The School Age Years (6-8 Years Old)How is your child developing in the areas of development?

Developmental Domain

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Physical It seems that Kelly is meeting the physical developmental milestone.

Kelly was usually active during recess and physical games (virtual child report).

Kelly’s scores on tests of visual-spatial ability (spatial rotation, copying of designs, etc.) were in the average range (virtual child report).

At this age, a child enjoys testing muscle strength and skills (Ages and Stages - Six Through Eight-Year-Olds).

At this age, a child enjoys copying designs and shapes, letters and numbers (Ages and Stages – Six Through Eight-Year-Olds).

Social / Emotional

It seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the social/emotional milestone.

Kelly occasionally gets upset in stressful situations but usually calms down fairly quickly (virtual child report).

Kelly usually listens attentively and follows directions and usually follows classroom rules (virtual child report).

At this age, a child may become upset when behavior or school-work is ignored (Ages and Stages – Six Through Eight-Year-Olds).

Between six to eight, a child is interested in the rules and rituals, and strong desire to perform well, do things right ( Ages and Stages – Six Through Eight-Year-Olds).

Intellectual It seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the intellectual milestone

Kelly “demonstrates strength” in reading and writing (virtual child report).

Kelly “demonstrates strength” in speaking and listening and in content knowledge of social studies and science and in the areas of mathematical problem solving, understanding of data and number concepts (virtual child report).

At this age, reading may become a major interest, doubles speaking and listening vocabularies, and increased problem solving ability (Ages and Stages – Six Through Eight Year-Olds).

The School Age Years (9-11 Years Old)How is your child developing in the areas of development?

Developmental Domain

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Physical It seems that Kelly is meeting the physical developmental milestone.

Kelly consistently contributes to cooperative group activities. (Virtual child report).This indicates that Kelly is physically strong and active.

At this age, a child increases body strength and hand dexterity and improves coordination and reaction time (Ages and Stages Nine Through Eleven Year Old).

Social / It seems that Kelly is typical and she is

Kelly was in 7th grade chorus and in the band, and got an A grade and a note of appreciation for her fine efforts from both the chorus teacher and the band director (virtual child report).

At this age, a child enjoys being a member of the club (Ages and Stages – Nine through Eleven).

Outbursts of anger are less frequent (Ages and Stages Nine

Emotional meeting the social/emotional milestone.Kelly gets upset during stressful situations inside and outside the classroom, but usually is able to bounce back quickly (virtual child report).

Kelly consistently works cooperatively in groups, consistently respects rights and property of others, and demonstrates appropriate peer social interaction (virtual child report).

Through Eleven Year Old).

Intellectual It seems that Kelly is typical and she is meeting the intellectual milestone

Kelly demonstrates strength in all areas of reading, and in spelling.

At this age, a child is interested in reading fictional stories, magazines, and how-to project books ( Ages and Stages Nine-Through Eleven Year Old).