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

by Parents Magazine; Kennedy, Marge; Lee, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780312264192
• ISBN10: 0312264194
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-04
• Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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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