Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e6KDllT09008; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:47:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:47:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <39770294.BECBB317@kzoo.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Karen Selby <kselby@kzoo.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3051] Re: developmental stages for school agers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) Status: O Content-Length: 1821 Lines: 39 Alright, the notion that there are academic benchmarks about which you can inform parents is in itself harmful. Reality is that all children will progress through their development at individual rates...letting parents know about their child's stage of development and how different stages may be served by different responses from parents, schools, and programs is much more helpful. As a parent, I think the worse thing my inner city teachers could do is attempt to compare my wonderful, bright, funny little child to others as a way of telling me that we are behind, "normal" or ahead. Go ahead and be dare to be richly descriptive, encourage parents to think about how the rich description from school fits with the child they know, and support every child to become more than a statistical norm. Barbmq@aol.com wrote: > I am interested in information on the stages of child development for > elementary school children aged 5 to 8 and up. As the coordinator for an > Even Start program that is located in an elementary school (soon to be in 5 > schools) I would like to offer parents information on the normal stages of > development. I find volumes of information on development birth to 5 years. > After that I can find the academic benchmarks but have not found a good > source for developmental stages such as social emotional and motor skills. I > know parents would benefit from knowing how their children fit into these > stages. Does anyone have suggestions of Web Sites or books with this > information? I am also interested in a pre and post test for child > development knowledge. Any ideas? > Thanks > Barbara McCue > Cleveland Even Start Program > Barbmq@aol.com -- Dr. Karen Selby, Chair Department of Education Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI 49006 Voice 616-337-7033 Fax 616-337-7030
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