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Practise phonics by matching the pictures to the vowel sounds.

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3. Memory games

  • Find songs and   mnemonics   to help your child remember the days of the week/months of the year/colours of the rainbow (for example, ‘Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain’).
  • Use flashcards to learn words which your child finds difficult and play a matching game to find words beginning with the same letter.
  • Play ‘Kim’s game’. Put some objects on a tray, talk about them with your child, then cover them up and see how many they can remember.

4. Listening games

  • Write and read out a list of rhyming words that have the same sounds such as ‘rain’, ‘brain’, and ‘main’, and then write another word that is different, such as ‘the’. Ask your child which one is the odd one out.
  • Play ‘Simon says’ with slightly more complicated instructions than ‘Stand up/Sit down’. Try to jiggle on one leg, flap your arms and hop, rub your tummy and smile!
  • Play yes/no games. Your child chooses an object, person or animal and answers yes or no to your questions until you guess what they are thinking about.

 5. Action games

  • Set up treasure hunts or challenges and encourage your child to read the clues to find the treasure.
  • Play games such as charades or   What a Performance   and make sure you encourage your child to read the instructions.
  • Play timed word games like   Boggle . Set an egg timer to one or two minutes and tell your child a sound, such as a short-vowel o , and ask them to think up as many words that use that sound before the timer goes off.

6. Tactile games

  • Use puppets, dolls and construction toy characters to build a story setting.
  • Put a dollop of paint onto a piece of paper and help your child to blow tricky words or letter patterns that have to be learned, using a straw!
  • Play dice games by changing the dice faces to letters and asking your child to roll dice to see if he or she can make a word from the letters. Say the sounds out loud when making the word.

7. Screen games

  • Play computer games together and ask your child to read the instructions and explain the rules to you.
  • Watch educational programmes together such as   Alphablocks   or   Numberjacks . Talk about it and join any linked online clubs.
  • Read a book, see the film, play the game! Make links between books and films – which is best?

8. Car journey games

  • ‘Where do you think that truck is going?’ Make up a story together about the journey of the truck, each telling a sentence at a time.
  • Encourage your child to read the signs and to ask questions.
  • Play audio tapes of favourite stories and songs.

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Get ideas for fun and educational car games for kids! Educational author and parent Isabel Thomas shares her ideas to relieve the boredom of long car journeys.

9. Practical games

  • Read letters/invites/cards, recipes when cooking and instructions for new games.
  • At breakfast, read the back of a cereal packet or the funny jokes on products like Innocent yoghurt drinks.
  • Use books/websites to find information about the school topic or hobbies and sign up to clubs.

10. Reading together

  • Make books together for younger siblings or grandparents.
  • Sometimes try reading books to your child that are above their reading age so they can listen and enjoy your reading and expression.
  • What child doesn’t love hearing a good story? Watch our  story time YouTube playlist  for  videos of storytellers reading favourite traditional stories.
  • Why not  choose a book from our free eBook library   to share on-screen together?

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  • Add to 20 : practise your addition skills with this game
  • Roll the dice : roll the dice and practise your addition, subtraction and multiplication skills with this game
  • Take a look at our other   fun maths activities , designed to help you enjoy maths with your child.

12. Cooking together

Cooking with your child is an excellent way to practise and talk about key maths skills – counting eggs for a cake recipe, measuring and weighing ingredients together. Best of all, you both get to enjoy a tasty treat at the end! Why not try our banana bread recipe ?

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32 Best Indoor And Outdoor Learning Activities For 6-Year-Olds

Combining learning with play can never make your little one a dull kid.

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Six-year-olds can read books independently, speak entire phrases, comprehend numbers, and draw various geometric forms. So it’s the right time to start laying the foundation for learning by enrolling them in different activities for 6-year-olds. You don’t have to always force children to participate in educational activities. There are various other fascinating methods to have fun while learning new things such as learning musical instruments or a new sport like swimming. Continue reading this post to learn about numerous activities your child would like.

32 Activities For Six-Year-Olds

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One of the most important activities that your child should do is play. But as parents, you may want them to learn something while playing. We have some fun learning activities that your kid can enjoy while also reaping benefits.

1. Tongue twisters

Tongue twisters are a combination of unusual sounds and are often difficult to pronounce. They are a good way for children to improve their vocabulary and pronunciation. Your six-year-old can have a fun time by repeating the funny tongue twisters and also include the rhythm and sounds while practicing English. It improves reading and memory skills. We have a few for you to try:

  • Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
  • Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
  • A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
  • Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.

2. Language games

Improving language is not limited to grammar books. Playing language games once or twice a week can provide an interactive learning experience. Some of the popular language games include:

  • Unscramble words: Interchange the letters of simple words and ask your child to find out the correct word in this popular puzzles game.
  • Riddles : Make a phrase or describe a thing and let your kid identify the subject.
  • Word game: Give a big word and ask your child to come up with a list of words using the word’s letters. For instance, if the word is a COMPUTER, then the words that can be made with these letters are top, put, pet, top, and more.

3. Listening games

Listening is a skill that helps build reading ability, improve speech, and develop social and communication skills. We have a few simple and fun activities that you can try for your six years old child.

  • Say a series of words and ask your child to pick the odd one out.
  • Word Chain is a fun game that needs careful listening. Start with a random word, and let your child come up with the next term that starts with the last letter. For instance, your word is Apple, the next one would be Elephant, and then Tiger.
  • A Line-up story is another exciting game that helps improve language and listening skills. One person has to say a random sentence, and the other has to continue the story by adding a line. The game goes on, and eventually, this storytelling turns out to be funnier than expected.

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4. phonic games.

Phonics is the relationship between the alphabet and sounds. Learning to use phonics correctly from a younger age can make it easier for children to spell long and challenging words. Here are some creative activities.

  • Rhyming words: Rhymes can be a light-hearted way for little ones to understand phonics. Give a list of words on a paper and ask your child to come up with a list of rhyming words.
  • I spy: It is one of the best activities that can be played anywhere, be it while traveling or when bored. Make a sound of the word that you want your kid to identify. For instance, say, I spy something that begins with bbb or aaa.

5. Action games

Six-year-old children like to be involved in action-packed games as they are packed with energy and enthusiasm. Such activities also enhance multitasking, improve communication skills, and let the child play and exercise simultaneously. Throw and catch the ball, juggle with a ball or bottle, and treasure hunts are some easy and enjoyable activities.

6. Memory games

Memorizing words or phrases plays a beneficial role in a child’s development. You can play the game with your six-year-old at home or in the park or even while traveling. Spot the difference, magic cup game, and card game are some easy choices to start with.

Art and Craft Activities

Art and craft activities nurture attention, listening, imagination, and communication abilities. These also help your child identify texture, colors, and shapes, build creativity, and improve motor skills.

Origami is the art of folding a sheet of paper to make sculptures of animals, birds, or objects. It also brings out the creative side of the child. Give some colorful and smooth-textured sheets of paper to your child, show them how to make an origami ( here are some ideas ), and let them enjoy it alone or with friends.

The most basic activity that six years old children can do is to draw and color. This simple activity offers benefits such as improving visual analysis and concentration, strengthening hand-eye coordination, and facilitating the better expression of thoughts and ideas.

9. Play with wind vane

When art and craft are merged with science, it becomes one of the best logic-based activities. Teach your child to make a wind vane, an instrument used to show the wind’s direction. All you need is a marker, pointer, and cardboard. It is fun to make and play with.

10. Basic cooking

You can encourage your six-year-old to indulge in cooking as it is one of the most exciting activities ever. However, it requires adult supervision. Let them start with pretend play before they participate in basic cooking activities such as decorating baked items, greasing the pans, dicing soft foods, and mixing ingredients for baking. These are easy and safe activities that steadily develop your child’s interest.

11. Screen games

You can let them play games on the computer, join an online club, and read a book online. However, restrict the screen time to a couple of hours or less. Pick games that you can play with the child or the entire family can play together.

12. Act out stories

Acting out a story that your child has recently read or watched can help them remember it and strengthen their ability to read comprehensions. It is also suitable for their cognitive development. You can use props to dress up and make the activity more interesting and amusing. This can be clubbed with puppet shows for an entertaining performance.

Learning Activities

School is not the only place where a child learns new things. You can improve their knowledge and socio- emotional development skills by getting them involved in learning activities at home.

13. Tactile games

Tactile or sensory games stimulate your child’s senses by encouraging them to investigate, question, explore, and create while playing. They also improve problem-solving capacity, motor skills, and language development. Playing with clay, building blocks, and slimes are some of the simple and fun tactile games they can play.

14. Math games

Learning math can become tedious if your child learns it only at school. You can make it engrossing by playing math games such as Jenga, Dominos, Snakes and Ladders, and Business. There are several math board games and interactive games that you can allow your child to play. They can learn addition and subtraction, shapes and sequences, counting, and number relationships to strengthen their reasoning and problem-solving skills. Don’t forget to give them bonus points for good work!

15. Reading together

Reading from a young age fosters imagination and improves understanding of a language. To make reading a compelling activity, you can read stories to your child and ask them to read it to you. Sometimes, you can read the stories together and discuss them, too. Try to make reading a part of your child’s routine.

16. Mirror games

Six-year-old children can enjoy mirror activities in different ways. Mirrors can be used for science experiments and also for some fun time. You can even use spinning tops and flashlights to make reflections. Make your children write the alphabet or numbers on a sheet of paper and let them check what happens when they see them in the mirror. Such activities can be quite intriguing for children.

17. New words

Introduce your children to new words to improve vocabulary and language skills. You can also ask them to use those words in sentences to understand their use. An entertaining way to do it is by picking random words during movie nights and then asking the child to use it in a sentence.

18. Riddles

Riddles can let your child laugh and, at the same time, boost their creative thinking and verbal fluency. You can ask riddles to your children or let them create some on their own. Here are a few that you may ask your six-year-old kid.

  • Where can you find streets, cities, shops, and towns, but no people? (Answer: Map)
  • What has two hands and a face but no legs? (Answer: Clock)
  • I am tall when young and short when old? (Answer: Candle)

Indoor Activities

There are plenty of indoor activities for six-year-olds that help improve brain development, language skills, general intellect, and physical development. Not to forget, they are fun-filled, too.

19. Treasure hunt

Treasure hunt or scavenger hunt is an interesting activity in which you have to hide objects and leave a series of clues for your child. Playing the game regularly can help your child with physical exercise, improved attention and creativity, self-confidence, and imagination.

20. Writing in a diary

Your six-year-old child can learn discipline and organize thoughts by keeping a diary. It allows them to be expressive. Writing also provides an opportunity to improve handwriting , vocabulary, and grammar.

21. Cardmaking

Making a greeting card involves cutting, drawing, coloring, gluing, and getting crafty. It improves your child’s motor skills and power of imagination. Buy colors, glitters, and sheets of paper to make cards for different occasions, such as birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day, and Father’s day.

22. Board games

Playing indoor board games with family and friends helps improves a child’s problem-solving skills, improves strategy skills and concentration, and strengthens communication. Some of the popular ones include Tic-tac-toe, Guess who, Snakes and Ladders, Connect 4, and Scrabble junior.

23. Sculpt with homemade playdough

Playdough is a great way to keep children engaged and entertained. Give them different colored playdough and tools like cookie cutters and rolling pins. Let your child have fun squeezing, stretching, and rolling the dough. Apart from keeping them busy, this activity sparks your child’s creativity and imagination as they turn the playdough into their unique creations.

Outdoor Activities

Playing outdoors is crucial for a child’s overall health and development. Playing in parks and grounds helps children learn new things, develop positive attitude and communication, and create a connection with nature.

24. Visit a museum

Children can learn about history by visiting a museum. It encourages them to ask questions and learn more about the world and the universe. Take your six-year-old to a museum in your town or city and help them compare the past with the present.

25. Gardening

Let your six-year-old get close to nature through this activity. Sowing a seed, mulching, watering plants, and other gardening activities cultivate a unique learning experience. Teach children basic gardening skills to make them understand the importance of nature and love nature.

26. Camping

Give a camping experience to your little ones once in a while. You can start once they are six years old. It helps in unplugging from the routined life, motivates working in a team, fosters social skills, and helps connect with nature, family, and friends. You can also try fishing. Before you camp outside, you can even build a tent with blankets over two pieces of furniture to make your outdoor sleepovers even more enjoyable.

An anonymous blogger shares how camping can bring positive change in children. She says, “Ever since my 6-year-old boy joined a camp, I noticed that he begins to be more creative (he likes to draw a lot of trees, sunsets, and rivers!) and resourceful. I think he is also more confident about himself. He used to be a bit meek and does not participate much in school. Now, he makes a lot of friends and aces his art class ( i ).”

27. Obstacle course

Make an obstacle course in the park or backyard of the house and let your child improve their gross motor skills. You can make them hop over the bricks, crawl under the chairs, jump rope, stretch their hands and legs, and twirl around.

28. A family walk

Take your child for nature walks amidst the greeneries or let them practice skating in the rink or the park. Let them talk to you freely, share their feelings, explore nature, touch the flowers and leaves, and breathe in the fresh air. It could strengthen your bond and make them appreciate nature.

29. Picnic with friends and family

A picnic is a wonderful activity to keep children close to nature and loved ones. It is a good opportunity to play games , indulge in singing and dancing, rest, hang around, and relish delicious homemade snacks. This activity strengthens the familial bond and also gives the child a break from the monotonous school life. Children can also try adventure activities like skiing, snowboarding and sledding during the winters under the expert supervision.

30. Cycling

Encourage your six-year-old to cycle to keep them active, build muscle mass, boost confidence , strengthen social skills, improve navigational skills, and have unlimited fun. Once they are comfortable cycling, they can go bike riding with family and friends.

31. Backyard games

Hopscotch, tag, hide and seek, bowling with recycled bottles, tire swing, and water play are a few simple outdoor play activities that you can encourage your child to play. Ask them to call their neighborhood friends or cousins. Let them enjoy, have fun, and cherish their childhood days.

32. Build a sand castle

Children do enjoy playing in the sand! So why not take your children to the nearby beach and let them try their hand at building sand castles? This activity doesn’t need any crafting material. Let them play in a sand pit with other children and create castles that they fancy. Sit with your children and guide them to make sand castles of different sizes and make it an enjoyable bonding time.

Some rejuvenating activities for 6-year-olds can be a great way to activate all their senses. Young children should not be limited to studies and schoolwork, rather they should be exposed to different activities. It will help them gain immense interest in sports and extracurricular activities . Remember that their physical and mental development is possible only when they are more actively involved and interested in doing something they genuinely enjoy. Maybe a little push from your end could help them pursue these interests more seriously.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why does my 6-year-old act like a baby?

Childhood regression is a natural part of a child’s growth and development. As children become more independent, they may regress and act like a baby to seek attention and care from their parents. Be patient and supportive during this time. Remember that this phase will pass as your child develops new ways to express their independence and maturity ( 1 ).

2. Why is my 6-year-old so angry?

To help your six-year-old with anger, acknowledge their feelings and talk to them patiently. Empathize with them to understand the cause of their distress. This will help them develop healthy coping mechanisms. Remember that seeking the advice of a specialist is always an option.

3. What are self-directed activities for 6-year-olds?

Self-directed activities are activities that are planned, initiated, and carried out by the individual themselves. A few self-directed activities for your 6-year-olds include action games, arts and crafts, tactile games, board games, jigsaw puzzles, and screen games.

4. How long should a 6-year-old play games?

Playing games is required for your child’s social, emotional, and physical development. It is important to strike a balance between school work and playing games so that your little one can relax and not be overwhelmed by their daily schedule.

5. How can I incorporate educational activities into my 6-year-old’s playtime?

You can incorporate educational activities like language games, phonic games, memory games, math games, reading, riddles, and new word games into your child’s playtime by encouraging them to think of the activities as games. Do not forcibly make your child learn during these activities; otherwise, it would take out all of their fun.

6. What are some quiet activities that my 6-year-old can do alone at home?

Some quiet activities for your 6-year-old include memory games, origami, drawing, playing with wind vane, screen games, writing in a diary, card making, gardening, and cycling.

7. How can I encourage my 6-year-old to be more active and less sedentary?

A few ways you can encourage your little one to be more active can be by being their role model and engaging yourself in physical activities or exercise. Try limiting their screen time so they will look for other ways to have fun, make physical activities fun and entertaining, plan family activities where everyone participates, organize playdates with their friends and try to engage in positive reinforcement.

8. What are some team-building activities that 6-year-olds can do with their friends?

Some team-building activities your 6-year-old can participate in with their friends include listening games, action games, act-out stories, treasure hunts, card making, gardening, camping, an obstacle course, and backyard games.

9. What are some STEM-related activities that 6-year-olds can enjoy?

Some simple but fun STEM-related activities for your 6-year-olds include building a popsicle stick catapult, a balloon rocket, lego structures, and simple machines with legos or available materials at home.

10. How can I create a daily schedule that includes a variety of activities for my 6-year-old?

You can create a daily schedule of various activities for your child by including a mix of activities that stimulate the brain, physical activities, activities that require teamwork, and educational activities.

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  • Repeating tongue twisters can be fun for a six-year-old, improving reading and memory skills.
  • Activities such as Origami and acting out stories will help enhance their communication skills and imagination.
  • Introducing them to activities such as New words and Riddles will sharpen their focus and improve their attention.
  • Indoor activities like journaling will help in brain development, and outdoor activities like cycling will ensure their physical wellbeing.

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Academic Learning Among 6-7 Year Olds

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The time between 6 and 7 is one of many academic changes for young children. Advancing in learning at this age means discovering how to map signs and symbols (letters and numbers) onto concepts (to know that + means to add, or that -th is pronounced /th/). The more able children are to understand how the symbol systems work, the more they are able to use math and reading to advance learning, thinking, and problem solving. One tool for advancing learning in each of these areas is the ability to (independently) form inferences, a skill that is beginning to come online by the end of this period. Children create inferences when they combine previous knowledge and information available from the text or situation (e.g., using picture cues or other non-stated “hints”) to draw conclusions. Doing so allows children to move beyond memorization. While even preschoolers can make inferences, they do not know how to use this ability as a tool for learning, an imperative academic skill moving forward. One fun way to support this development is with these  online inference riddles  or take advantage of the incredible  Into the Book site . Get a “key” and click on the book, then drag the magnifying glass into the book and enjoy! Don’t forget to also check out  Blue Ribbon Interactives .  

As children fully enter school, they experience exponential growth across all subjects, most notably math and reading. In addition, their fine motor and thinking skills converge and their writing abilities improve substantially as they advance in their use of both upper and lower case letters, and in their ability to predict and describe what happens next in a sequence or story. Somewhere between 6 and 8, children transform into true readers. They can give and follow directions for moving around a room or on a map. They begin to discern shades of meaning and therefore can more easily discern fact from opinion. To support this development, try out this  online facts and opinions game  or  Evelyn's Exhibition , where kids advance in the game by answering questions correctly. 

The development of math skills, like skills in reading, involves understanding the system of written symbols (e.g., that ‘+’ means addition). Children use their conceptual and linguistic developments in math in other ways as well, being able to apply terms like “the number after” or “ten before.” Estimation skills come online, as does skip counting (counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s), which is the prelude to learning multiplication. By the time they are 8, a number of children move from the ability to use single-digit to the ability to manipulate double-digit numbers. Most also learn to use tallies, read an analog clock, and identify and count coins—all uses of the symbolic representation of numbers. In addition, by the time they are 8, many children become able to apply these skills to solve more complicated math problems, such as multi-step problems. They understand the concept of "odd" and "even" numbers and can represent numbers on a number line or with written words. Children this age benefit from playing games that require thinking about numbers, shapes, and problem solving skills, so try out some fun activities, such as  online addition games , making pasta necklace patterns, or playing games such as memory or concentration.

Children’s scientific thinking continues to be influenced by their cognitive capabilities. For example, as a result of their animistic thinking (believing that animals think and feel like humans), they may suggest a worm has eyelashes. While children will outgrow this type of thinking on their own, parents can provide experiences that will support their child’s foundation knowledge about animals. Instead of simply answering your child’s questions or explaining why his thinking is wrong, allow your child to discover discrepancies on his own. 

Most six- and seven-year-old children begin to apply scientific thinking while formulating rudimentary hypotheses to try and answer questions about their world. For instance, he may suggest having a snowball race down the hill to see if smaller or bigger snowballs are faster. Children are also beginning to better understand cause and effect. For a more challenging experience with these skills, try out the mechanical thinking involved in  this kinetic sculpture .

As children settle into school, their individual learning style becomes more apparent. As put forth by Howard Gardener, intelligence is not a static, fixed notion. Rather, he posits there are Multiple Intelligences, eight learning domains including verbal-linguistic, mathematical-logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and naturalist. Thus, different learning strengths and weaknesses allow children to learn different kinds of tasks with relative ease or struggle. You can determine your child’s learning profile  here  or  here . 

Learning style may not be the only factor in how easy or hard something is for a child to learn.  According to Russian theorist Lev Vygotsky, social interaction with a skillful tutor (what he calls the More Knowledgable Other, which can be an adult or a skilled peer) is central to child advancement. In fact, he claims that children can most easily learn if supported within what he terms the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Providing this support is called scaffolding, which refers to the changing level of guidance/structure given to lead the child in learning, without taking over. Understanding this concept allows us to understand the difference between what a child can achieve independently and what he can achieve with support from a more skilled partner. Working within a child’s ZPD allows her to develop advanced abilities she can then use independently or during discovery learning.  

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Whether you want to prevent learning loss over summer break or you want to keep your kids academically challenged at home, educational workbooks are the ideal solution. From math, letters, reading, and more, there are workbooks out there for any subject. Plus, educational workbooks are portable, making them a simple alternative to learning on the road or on vacation.

Make sure to choose one that is at the appropriate academic level for your child. Most workbooks have grade-level recommendations to use as a guide, but you can also check reviews, speak with your child’s teacher, and level up or down based on your child’s academic needs. We carefully reviewed any age or grade recommendations, material, value, and engagement when reviewing products.

A pediatrics physician on our Review Board also reviewed this article for medical accuracy and integrity surrounding what age kids should learn to read, how long they can typically focus on tasks like workbooks, and when to be concerned about signs of possible dyslexia.

Here are the best educational workbooks for kids that make learning fun and build skills.

  • What to Look For

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Best for learning letters, letter tracing workbook.

 Walmart

The Letter Tracing Preschool & Kindergarten Workbook ranks high on our list because it's a great beginner's choice to letters, handwriting, and more. Much of learning letters and handwriting is done through repetition and tracing. This book will help teach younger kids the letters of the alphabet while strengthening fine motor skills.

Each letter of the alphabet starts with tracing dotted lines to eventually writing the letters with no lines. The book also has many pages of lined paper for practice writing.

Best for Preschoolers

Big fun preschool workbook.

With over 250 pages of fun, this preschool workbook is perfect for kids between ages 3 and 5. Content focuses on ABCs, sight words , counting, patterns, colors, shapes, and much more and is all done in an age-appropriate manner through games, mazes, puzzles, and matching activities.

The last page of this book is a certificate that parents can complete for their kid, rewarding your child for their hard work and new skills.

Best for In Between Grades

Summer brain quest.

Billed as a way to stop the “summer slide,” these books are perfect for kids who have completed one grade and may need to brush up in the summer for the next grade.

Parents can use these in-between books to help in the summer months or anytime. Pick the appropriate grade level to make sure kids can complete what they need to know and then help them begin to level up to the next grade.

Best for Reluctant Readers

Reading success for minecrafters.

Target 

A kid-friendly workbook that’s best for 1st or 2nd graders, this Minecraft-focused book features all of your Minecraft fan’s favorite characters and concepts. Using something kids love (Minecraft), to reinforce phonics, sight words, comprehension, and more, this book is as fun as it is educational.

Best for Reading Comprehension

Scholastic success with reading tests.

Scholastic 

Leave it to the experts at Scholastic to put together grade-level workbooks based just on reading comprehension . With grade-appropriate, high-interest stories, kids will pair their reading with comprehension-building puzzles, activities, and brain teasers.

The key to reading comprehension is making sure young readers understand the story and are able to grasp the main idea and details, make inferences from the story, draw conclusions, and understand story sequencing.

Best for Math

Math made easy.

 Rainbow Resource

Made for grades K through 5th, this series was created by a group of math experts with the aim of making math enjoyable while growing skills and confidence. The grade-appropriate books include a topic review from the previous grade, current grade skills, and a preview of topics from the grade ahead.

While there aren’t teaching tips on the individual pages, there are parent notes and teaching tips in the back. Kids will appreciate the star stickers and chart to mark progress and encourage good work.

Best for On-the-Go Fun

A sweet 35-page book, this book is perfect for on-the-go fun. With coloring pages, games like tic-tac-toe, puzzles, a mask, and much more, it’s great for any age kid and will keep them busy in the car, on a plane, or sitting on the couch.

Best for On-the-Go Academics

Brain quest.

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Made for preschoolers through 7th graders, Brain Quest is a fast-paced question and answer game series packaged in a bound deck of laminated cards. The grade-level content aligns with national and state standards and is created by educational experts.

These well-made cards are as entertaining as they are educational. At seven inches high and two inches wide, the pack is small enough to throw in a bag or backpack.

Best for Coloring

United states coloring book.

 Dover Publications

This exciting coloring book highlights each of the 50 states. Chock full of information, the book includes ready-to-color images for each state. Kids can color an accurate state map, the state flower, motto, bird, tree, capital, and major rivers and mountains.

Brimming with useful facts and fun-to-color images, this book will help school-age children learn all the states. A full map of the United States is included for a big picture view.

Best for Big Kids

Everything you need to ace math in one big fat notebook.

 Workman

Aimed at middle schoolers , this series includes books with "everything you need" for math, science, world history, English, American history, and computer science and coding. This series is built on the idea that the books mimic the notebook of the smartest kid in class.

Each subject’s key concepts are outlined, summarized, and easily digestible. Main ideas are highlighted in neon colors, and doodles in marker showcase tricky concepts. There are helpful mnemonics for shortcuts and recap quizzes for each topic. Even the pickiest and moodiest middle-schooler out there will find these helpful.

Best for Summer Slide

Made for children in third to fourth grade, this workbook is designed to help kids keep up with schoolwork during the summer to avoid learning loss. This book helps children in all areas: writing, math, science, social studies, and reading.

Children can learn about animals’ behaviors one day while writing a mysterious short story the next. All it takes is 15 minutes a day with this book’s activities which even includes flash cards and stickers.

Final Verdict

If you have a little one who will soon be entering preschool or is in preschool, check out the Big Fun Preschool Workbook ( view at Walmart ). Content focuses on ABCs, sight words, counting, patterns, colors, shapes, and much more. There’s also the Big Fat Notebook Series ( view at Amazon ) for children in middle school. Main ideas are highlighted in neon colors and doodles in marker showcase tricky concepts.

What to Look for in Educational Workbooks for Kids

Age and grade-level recommendations.

When you’re deciding on a workbook to purchase for your kiddo, you’ll need to make sure it’s on an appropriate learning level for them. Workbooks have grade-level recommendations to give parents and caregivers an idea of where the content is grade-wise.

This information can be used as a guide, but it’s best to check reviews of the workbook and have a conversation with your child’s teacher. This will give you a better idea of where your child is academically and whether you need to stick with your child's current grade level, or go up or down a grade level to meet your child where they are now. And remember that they may need different grade levels for different subjects.

Fun and Engaging

Choosing a workbook that is engaging and entertaining can help ease your little learner into academic activities. Learning doesn’t have to be boring! If you can find a workbook that presents topics in an engaging way and reinforces learning with fun activities , your child will likely be more willing to use it and master its concepts.

Fun activities like a map quest, coloring game, or fitness exercises after they complete a workbook page give kids a break from skills and drills but still offer an educational experience. 

There are also workbooks with themes, like Reading Success for Minecrafters ( view at Amazon ), that incorporate your child's favorite show, game, or character into their learning. When a workbook has a theme or activities that are fun and engaging, kids won’t feel like they’re just doing extra homework.

Frequently Asked Questions

Children learn to read generally between the ages of 4 and 6. Some may read earlier or later. The most important thing that parents can do to help their children learn to read is read aloud to them at home. Find books that your child is interested in and make reading fun.

Children have shorter attention spans than adults. It's important to pay attention to your child's individual stamina. Some kids will only work in five-minute spurts at first. You can slowly increase the length of time your child stays focused to increase their stamina over time.

Making sure the workbooks are not too easy or too difficult will help your child stay on task. Fifteen- to 20-minute sessions are a good end goal (perhaps a little longer if your child is older).

Writing letters backwards, or reversals, is a normal part of writing development. Most kids will get the idea of which way to face their letters over time. Reversals may be a sign of dyslexia if they continue. If you see other signs of dyslexia, such as trouble remembering nursery rhymes, difficulty identifying rhymes, or problems pronouncing words, reach out to your child's pediatrician or their school.

Maya Polton is a former marketing manager and current freelance writer who covers food, home, and parenting. She's also the mom of a 10-year-old son, 6-year-old son, and 2-year old daughter. Now that she's handling the remote learning process, academic workbooks are beginning to make an appearance at her house. She likes the idea of bite-sized content when we need it.

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Developmental milestones: your 6-year-old child

by: The GreatSchools Editorial Team | Updated: February 14, 2018

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In the early school years, you won’t see dramatic changes in motor skills because this is a period of refinement, when coordination improves and fine motor skills are sharpened. But you will notice remarkable changes in social and thinking skills. Your child is now building on the base of skills developed during early childhood and moving toward greater independence, both intellectually and emotionally.

Here are some of the milestones you can expect of a 6-year-old:

Motor development

  • may still be somewhat uncoordinated and gawky
  • able to learn to ride a bicycle
  • can move in time with music or a beat

Language & thinking development

  • moving toward abstract thinking
  • develops reasoning skills
  • shifts from learning through observation and experience to learning via language and logic
  • wants it all; has difficulty making choices

Social & emotional development

  • grows more independent, yet feels less secure
  • craves affection from parents and teachers
  • friendships are unstable; can be unkind to peers
  • needs to win and may change rules to suit herself
  • may be hurt by criticism, blame, or punishment
  • can be rigid, demanding, and unable to adapt
  • increasingly aware that others have may have different feelings

Tips for parenting a 6-year-old

At 6, your child is curious, active, and becoming engrossed in school and new friendships.

  • Provide consistent structure at home to help your child adapt to the disciplined world of school.
  • Give lots of opportunity for physical activity to help develop skills.
  • Make a point of attending your child’s school and sports events. It’s important for her to show off her accomplishments.
  • Be patient with her selfishness; it will pass.
  • Be generous with praise.

Snapshot of a 6-year-old

Jenny’s story illustrates the range of skills, interests, and abilities considered typical development for this age. Marilyn laughed and thought of her daughter, Jenny, as she finished the last lines of a poem by A. A. Milne:

So I think I’ll be six now for ever and ever.”

Imagination

The imagination of a 6-year-old is amazing. Marilyn thought about Jenny’s clever and creative thinking to explain the unexplainable. When a frog appeared in our backyard pond, we wondered how he got there. Jenny had no problem explaining it this way:

Being a good friend, Mr. Jack Rabbit said, “Of course. Just jump on my back, and I’ll take you to this nice pond.” So the frog jumped onto the rabbit’s back, and the rabbit brought him to our pond. “He really likes it here, and he’ll be Jack Rabbit’s friend forever,” said Jenny.

Her father praised Jenny for her great story but said he didn’t think it really happened that way. “You know animals can’t talk,” he said.

“Yes, they can! We may not be able to hear them, but they really can!” Jenny said. “Remember all the animals in the Just So Stories? They can talk. The Indians know they can talk.”

Dad wanted Jenny to understand the difference between what’s real and what’s pretend without taking away the magic and mystery of childhood beliefs, so a long talk followed. Jenny knows that Santa Claus may not be able to come down the chimney, but she’s positive he exists. And she very aggressively defends her ideas.

Like all six-year-olds, Jenny is dedicated to fairness and makes sure everyone follows the rules. Since she learned to read in first grade this year, she reads all the road signs and informs drivers about whether they’re following the rules. The other day she told her dad that if he didn’t obey the law to go 25 miles an hour, he probably would not be able to live at home. “People who don’t obey the law are bad, and bad people can’t live with good people.” explained Jenny. “Not that you’re bad, Daddy. But people might think you’re bad if you don’t obey the law.” Jenny wanted him to follow the rules, but she didn’t want to hurt his feelings. She’s very sensitive about other people’s feelings. She was probably a little nervous and fearful that something terrible might happen to her dad if he didn’t obey the law. In relaying what she knows about rules, she sometimes gets information confused. Marilyn smiled and a warm feeling spread through her as she thought about her daughter. What a delight she is — always trying to understand and explain her world.

Just then, Jenny burst into the house with exciting news. She threw her arms around her mother and told her that Sophia had asked her to spend the night.

“Please, please, please, let me, Mom?” asked Jenny. “She is my bestest friend in the whole wide world! Please! Please!”

“That’s exciting,” answered Jenny’s mom. “I think it will be all right, but let me talk to Sophia’s mom and find out all the details. After I talk to her, we can decide what’s going to happen.”

Jenny skipped through the afternoon gleefully planning her first sleep over with her friend.

Later, Jenny came to her mom and asked a very important question. Would there be monsters in Sophia’s house?

About a year ago, Jenny was very concerned about the monster she was sure was under her bed. Even after many discussions about real and make-believe, she still had fears. She came to me with a plan to get rid of monsters, especially bed monsters. I participated in Jenny’s “Monster, Be Gone!” ceremony and now she’s able to sleep in her bed, certain the monster has left.

Marilyn assured Jenny that she would talk to Sophia’s mom about monsters and make sure that there were none in her house. She gently tried to convince her daughter that monsters weren’t real and there was nothing to worry about.

“But if they do,” said Jenny,” we’ll just perform the “Monster, Be Gone!” ceremony, and everything will be just fine.”

“That’s my Jenny!” beamed Marilyn.

And finally …

Remember that although the milestones mentioned here are typical, children pass through these stages at their own pace. Some will be earlier, some a little later. Discuss any concerns you may have about your child’s development with a pediatrician or teacher.

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The 20 Best Workbooks for Kids to Keep Them Learning All Year Long

Some kids' workbooks even enlist Star Wars characters to grab kids' attention.

best workbooks for kids to keep them learning all summer long

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Bendon Publishing ABCmouse Workbooks

ABCmouse Workbooks

ABCmouse has moved from the digital world to the physical one with its first-ever workbook series , aimed at preschoolers and early learners. Subjects include math, phonics, writing, telling time, shapes, and learning games.

Scholastic Inc. Scholastic Early Learners/Scholastic Success With

Scholastic Early Learners/Scholastic Success With

Scholastic Early Learners starts even before pre-k, getting kids ready for school with different activities like sorting, counting, and learning letters. Many of Scholastic's workbooks feature pages that wipe clean, so you can use them over again. Then, as kids get older, the Scholastic Success With series takes over, going deeper into topics for first graders through eighth graders.

Workman Publishing Company Workman's Star Wars Workbooks

Workman's Star Wars Workbooks

If you want kids to really learn something, you have to — in the words of 30 Rock 's Tracy Jordan — "tell it to them in Star Wars ." Workman's Star Wars workbook series uses characters from a galaxy far, far away to teach kids academic concepts. Workbooks start for preschoolers (with activities for numbers, letters, and shapes) and go up through fourth grade (for math and reading/writing).

Highlights Highlights Learning

Highlights Learning

Highlights offers age-appropriate workbooks that supplement learning throughout the year, focusing on math, reading, and writing from preschool through second grade. (On the Highlights website , you can buy them in bundles.) The " Summer Big Fun Workbooks " are the perfect way to bridge from one school year to the next, with week-by-week activities to do during the school break.

Autumn McKay The Ultimate Kindergarten Prep Guide

The Ultimate Kindergarten Prep Guide

Educator Autumn McKay has compiled a big list of learning activities aligned to kindergarten standards that require little or no prep. They're divided into subjects like language arts, math, science, social studies, and life skills, so you can easily flip to  the area you want to work on. If you like McKay's style, she also offers toddler lesson plans .

Carson Dellosa Education Carson Dellosa Education Home Workbooks

Carson Dellosa Education Home Workbooks

If you're just looking for a few activities to to when you have extra time, these workbooks are short (Kindergarten Phonics is just 64 pages), but make an impact. Amazon reviewers say their kids enjoy the colorful photos and the variety of activities. Carson Dellosa's Home Workbooks cover different subject areas — reading, math, grade-level skills — from pre-k to third grade .

CreateSpace Classics Modern Kid Press Workbooks

Modern Kid Press Workbooks

This black-and-white number tracing book has more than 1,000 five-star reviews on Amazon, with reviewers praising the way it helps kids form their numbers. If your preschooler likes it, Modern Kid Press also has workbooks for preschool math , letter tracing , and even scissor skills . 

School Zone School Zone BIG Workbooks

School Zone BIG Workbooks

If your kid is a Workbook Kid — the kind that just tears through the activities and still wants more — you're going to need one of School Zone's BIG books . One book covers multiple subject areas and offers hundreds of activities, and there are parent notes for each section to help you focus in on what's key for each lesson. You can get School Zone's BIG workbooks for pre-k through third grade.

Summer Bridge Activities Summer Bridge Activities

Summer Bridge Activities

Summer Bridge Activities workbooks are specifically designed to fight Summer Slide. The activities are meant to be done in just 15 minutes a day, so they're perfect for those who just want a brush-up between school years. They go up through eighth grade, and you can also get sets that include reading books and flash cards.

Workman Publishing Company Brain Quest/Summer Brain Quest

Brain Quest/Summer Brain Quest

Brain Quest is a popular Common Core-aligned series that supplements kid learning during the year (the publisher claims more than 45 million have been sold), and Summer Brain Quest offers slimmer volumes that take kids from one grade to the next. For goal-oriented kids motivated by sticker charts, Summer Brain Quest comes with an illustrated map that kids can use to mark off their progress. Both series go from pre-k to sixth grade .

Mad Libs Mad Libs Workbooks

Mad Libs Workbooks

This year, for the first time ever, Mad Libs is offering its own workbook series. Right now, they only have first- and second-grade reading books available, with plans to launch books for third and fourth graders in the fall. They're aligned to Common Core standards, but still filled with the zaniness kids expect from Mad Libs.

Flash Kids Complete Curriculum Workbooks

Complete Curriculum Workbooks

If you want to pick up one book that covers everything — language arts, reading, writing, math, and test prep — all in one book, Complete Curriculum is the series you're looking for. Each one comes packed with hundreds of pages of activities. It's perfect for parents who want to have a huge set of lessons to pick and choose from. The series goes from kindergarten through sixth grade.

Disney Learning Disney Learning

Disney Learning

Carson Dellosa has also teamed up with Disney for workbooks featuring characters from Disney Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars. Workbooks and flash cards go from pre-k to third grade , and also cover topics like cursive writing, sight words, and division, among others.

Spectrum Spectrum Workbooks

Spectrum Workbooks

Spectrum Workbooks are closely aligned to state standards, which makes them a hit with parents who homeschool full-time. Workbooks are subject-specific, so for each grade, you can focus in on the areas where your student needs the most extra help, including test prep. The series spans kindergarten through eighth grade .

Touchstone Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

If you want your child to master the basics of reading before starting kindergarten, this book uses the DISTAR method to get those phonics skills down pat. It starts with just two sounds for kids to learn, then adds in more letters, words, sentences, and short stories. It even offers a word-for-word script for parents to use, so there's no confusion about how to deliver the lessons or correct kids when they make a mistake. This one is currently a hot seller, so if it's sold out, try Walmart , Barnes & Noble , or Bookshop .

Scholastic Paperbacks Bob Books for Beginning Readers

Bob Books for Beginning Readers

Scholastic's Bob Books series is another way to connect with beginning readers. The series starts off with a book that only has four letters, so once kids have mastered those sounds, they can read a whole book by themselves. As the series goes on, new letters and sounds are added in gradually.

Imagination Lab

imagination lab workbook

For just a little something, the Imagination Lab, creators of The Story Seeds podcast for kids , has short workbooks with everything from writing activities to STEAM projects. Each one is $5, and you download them and print them at home.

Rockridge Press Awesome Science Experiments for Kids

Awesome Science Experiments for Kids

If you want learning to leap off the page, this book is filled with ideas for at-home science experiments that break down STEM concepts for kids. If they spark interest in your budding scientist, you can move on to related books with engineering , physics , and robotics projects.

Highlights Press The Highlights Book of Things to Do

The Highlights Book of Things to Do

If you're looking for fewer worksheets and more out-of-the-book activities, this book comes chock full of ideas for kids ages 7 and older. With it, your family can learn how to plant a butterfly garden, construct a flip book, make bath fizzes or find inspiration for your next family project.

Scholdeners Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids

Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids

Cursive handwriting is becoming a lost art, which may have some consequences in a future. (I've heard of a grad-school class whose professor had to teach cursive because the students were having a hard time reading historical manuscripts.) This book teaches kids how to form cursive letters, how to connect letters to make words, and how to write sentences. If that isn't enough incentive to write in script, try the Pokémon cursive workbook.

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Homeschooling for 6 year olds – A complete Guide

Homeschooling for 6 year olds

Homeschooling refers to the education of children at home instead of in traditional school. Parents are responsible for their child’s education, regardless of their type of schooling.

The below instructions will guide you through the process of Homeschooling your 6-year-old kids.

Table of Contents

A guide to help parents of 6-year-olds who are homeschooling their children

1. prepare your child to be homeschooled.

It takes a lot of hard work and time to homeschool . It will be difficult for your child if they aren’t ready to learn, so it’s best to begin during the summer when they have more free time.

Please encourage them by letting them watch educational TV shows or go on a field trip once a week.

If you find they are having trouble, you can always look up how to help them on the internet.

2. Be encouraging

Parents are the ones who have the authority when it comes to their children’s education, so they should be encouraging them to feel happy and satisfied with what they are doing.

Even if the 6-year-olds are still young, parents can start this by telling them how wonderful they are and how proud their parents are of them.

Furthermore, the parents should not give up on their children’s education just because it is hard. Parents should keep themselves motivated too.

3. Be patient

Aside from being encouraging, the parents need to be patient, so they will not come up with the thought of giving up.

Parents should understand that 6-year-olds are still young and will not be able to learn everything in the blink of an eye.

Allowing themselves to be patient is one way to help their children without forcing them too much.

Remember your actions will decide your future and should not create hate in their minds for schooling altogether.

4. Be creative

Parents should be open to new ideas and not stick with existing ones, which can make things boring for everyone involved.

They should always think outside the box when it comes to studying to keep themselves and their children interested, no matter how tough it may seem at first.

5. Make it fun

Six-year-olds are still very young, so making school fun for them will not be difficult.

Parents should find ways to make their children want to learn and do well in school, such as involving them in other activities such as sports or games.

Even if they are still very young, parents should be careful about how they handle school . They do not have to completely stop everything fun just because it is time for schooling but finding that fine line will be necessary, so the children are more encouraged than anything else.

6. Be involved with your child’s education

It would be difficult for children to learn if their parents were not there to help them every step of the way.

Parents know their children’s personalities and should make it a point that they are involved with what goes on in their children’s schoolwork.

They should ask them questions at home and participate in making the homework plan, among other things.

Homeschooling for 6 year olds

Educational activities for Homeschooling for 6-year-olds:

This activity will help your child exercise their vocabulary and logical thinking.

You can either make up riddles yourself, or you can look them up online or on Youtube. But if you do this activity with your child, try using simple riddles that the child could probably guess by themselves; remember, this is their first time Homeschooling!

2. Alphabet learning

This activity requires using upper case and lower case letters; you can make your flashcards with the upper case letter on one side and the lower case letter on the other.

Then all you have to do is go through each card, show them both sides of each card, then have them point out which letter matches that side of the card.

You can do this activity by having your child draw something that’s going on in their life right now, it could be a comic strip about what they did at school, or it could be a drawing with stick figures of them doing an activity they enjoy.

This activity will help exercise the child’s creativity and imagination!

This activity will help the child develop their vocabulary and comprehension skills! You can either read them a story or pick out a book that the child might be interested in. Then, after you’re finished reading, ask them questions about what they just read. This will also help them sharpen their memory.

This is an excellent activity for developing the child’s problem-solving skills. You can either do your puzzles with cardboard, or if you want to encourage the child to be more creative on their terms, buy a mystery they probably wouldn’t do on their own.

Curriculum for Homeschooling for 6-year-olds

According to statistics, below is the most suitable curriculum for 6-year-olds..

  • Read and write numbers 1-10
  • Learn the alphabet in lower and upper case; remember there are two sides to each card so that you can show them both sides.
  • Learn about shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle)
  • Learn about the five senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing).
  • Identify weather patterns.
  • Learn about different types of animals.
  • Learn how to care for pets (feeding, grooming, etc.)
  • Learn how to spell their name.
  • Learn basic sentence structure.
  • Learn the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives).
  • Learn the alphabet in upper and lower case.
  • Learn how to sound out words (syllables).
  • Read and write numbers 1-10.
  • Learn how to do puzzles.
  • Learn to listen to and follow instructions.
  • Learn to problem-solve.
  • Learn how to sound out words (phonetic sounds) while reading and writing.

Conclusion – Homeschooling for 6-year-olds

Children learn at different rates; some kids pick things up quickly while others take their time. However, some children may be more interested than others, so if you notice that the child isn’t picking up any of this information after a certain amount of time, then go back to the drawing board and think about how else you could present these concepts to them. Try to have fun with these activities because if the child doesn’t understand what you’re trying to teach them, they probably won’t retain any information.

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What to Include in a Daily Schedule for 6 Year Olds

Need to create a daily schedule for a 6 year old at home? Learn what to include in your morning and after school routine for a smooth day!

Daily Schedule for 6 Year Old

Maybe all she wants to do is play video games or watch television, scorning any chores or responsibilities you remind her to do. Perhaps she has trouble getting ready in the morning—she still needs your help putting on a shirt and needs multiple reminders to get her shoes on. And even though she’s in school for most of the day, that still doesn’t make the mornings or evenings any easier.

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What to include in a daily schedule for a 6 year old

I’ve long been a fan of routines and schedules. They help us know what to do on any given day (or time of day). Kids don’t have to ask what they should do because everything feels so automatic. And they can even take initiative and do those tasks on their own.

Everyone’s daily schedule will look different, of course. Some families have parents who work a full day and whose kids are in after school care. Some kids attend extracurricular activities a few or all the days of the week.

That’s why I want to suggest different ideas you can include in your daily schedule, not so much break your day down hour-by-hour. These are some of the “building blocks” of your schedule and often take place no matter your circumstances.

Take a look at what to include in a daily schedule for a 6 year old:

1. Morning routine

Mornings can be rough when you know you have to get to school or work (or both) by a certain time. And if school starts early, this can really cut those mornings short and make them extra hectic.

Give yourself plenty of time to get ready, even if it means waking up earlier. To start, wake your child at the same time every morning so that her body starts to adjust to waking up around that time. Then, here are a few things you can do to make your mornings smooth:

  • Prepare and eat breakfast. I like to prepare breakfast before the kids are awake so that they can start right when they get up. Have the same breakfast (or at least a weekly menu) to make buying and preparing easier. For instance, oatmeal on Mondays, cereal on Tuesdays, and so forth.
  • Brush teeth. Have her to brush her teeth on her own.
  • Get dressed. Give her a choice on what to wear, so long as the options are reasonable given the weather. For instance, she can choose from any long sleeves and pants to make sure she’s not cold in the winter.
  • Pack school bags. Show her how to pack her lunch and choose the snacks she’ll eat. Make sure she has everything she needs for school in her backpack.

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2. Empty backpack

The first thing we do after my kids get home is to empty their backpacks. Before they even eat, I have them place their lunch dishes in the sink or dishwasher and hand me any folders or paperwork from their teachers.

Then, they hang their bags on the coat rack so they’re exactly where they’re supposed to be the next morning.

Check out how to create an after school schedule at home.

After School Schedule at Home

Once your child has emptied her backpack, have her eat an afternoon snack. One option is to have something already prepared, especially if she doesn’t know how to make that particular snack yet. Another is to place a few snacks in a “snack area” that she can choose from.

I have my kids eat snacks before they start on homework. This can often avoid any grumpiness that might come from being hungry, and it’s a great way to have a conversation and hear about their day.

4. Homework

It’s not unusual for kids to have homework even in kindergarten or first grade. Thankfully, most are review or work that can be done within 10 minutes or so. Doing homework after snack can be a good time since your child has just eaten and had a quick break at home.

See if he can do his homework on his own with you nearby. For instance, you can put dishes away while he sits at the kitchen table to work on a few writing exercises. That way, you’re giving him autonomy to complete his work but still making yourself available should he need help.

5. Play time

With homework done and out of the way, give your 6 year old a chance to play however she likes. Having down time during the day allows her to be creative, tinker with toys, and make her own choices. This doesn’t mean you can’t encourage her in some way—you just have to let her lead the play. For instance:

  • Bring out a few art supplies she can use to draw and create, like paper, crayons, and play dough.
  • Encourage outside play, like bouncing a ball in the backyard or playing in the garden.
  • Work through puzzles or bring out a board game.
  • Do something together, like baking cookies.

I rarely go on outings on weekday after school hours, but this can be a weekly tradition, especially if your child has a half day every week.

Since he had already been in school for hours, keep your outing simple and low-key. You can go to the library to attend a craft event and check out books to take home. Perhaps you’ll visit a local park so he can ride a scooter or climb on the playground.

And once in a while, you can sneak errands in as well, though I try to do these when the kids are at school or on weekends.

I’m a fan of having family dinners at the same time every night if possible. We have an early dinner at 5pm, but that allows us a chance to still have some time after dinner and put the kids to bed early, too.

You might eat dinner depending on when you or your partner get home from work. Perhaps you have some nights when you have dinner late because of one child’s violin lessons. It won’t always be perfect, but aim to have dinner around the same time so that your child gets used to eating around that time.

Even at 6 years old, your child can do plenty to contribute to household chores. A good place to start is with his own items, like putting dishes in the sink or cleaning up toys he played with. He can help load his laundry in the washing machine or pack his backpack for the next morning.

Once he’s comfortable doing chores for himself, expand his responsibilities so that he’s doing tasks for the whole family. This could be helping you spray the dining table so that you can wipe it down. He could tidy up the living room coffee table, help feed the dog, or wipe the bathroom mirrors.

Doing chores now helps make them a normal part of contributing to the family so that he doesn’t resist them so much down the line. He also learns life skills and can feel proud for doing a good job and helping others.

Kids refuse to do chores? Here’s what to do.

Kids Refuse to Do Chores

9. Screen time

Not all families allow screen time, especially during the weekdays. Find a balance that you’re comfortable with, whether that’s zero screen time at all, or a mix that allows for more leeway on weekends.

Maybe that’s watching 30 minutes on school nights but letting your child watch a longer movie on weekends. Perhaps you don’t let her use the tablet during the week, but she can play a few games on half days or weekends.

And set a timer so that stopping screen time doesn’t fall on your shoulders. She’s more likely to shut the computer down when she hears the timer than when someone tells her to.

10. Bedtime routine

Does your 6 year old struggle with ending the day? A consistent bedtime routine can definitely help. For many of us, our patience and willpower wear thin toward the evening, so bedtime can take a hit. Tantrums, stall tactics, and multiple wake-ups are telltale signs of bedtime problems.

Prevent many of these issues with a solid bedtime routine. A few activities you can do include:

  • Brush teeth
  • Use the potty
  • Take a bath
  • Dress in pajamas
  • Read bedtime books
  • Kiss good night
  • Turn off the light

To help the bedtime routine flow smoothly, start at the same time every night and do the same activities in the same order. Soon, she won’t have to wonder what’s next or why you have to start now. It feels automatic and normal, and she’s more likely to take initiative as well.

Best practices for creating a daily schedule

Now that we’ve gone over a few activities to include in a daily schedule, let’s take a look at a few best practices:

1. List a routine chart or checklist

I like to list all the things my kids should have done in the morning before heading to school. That might be brushing their teeth, packing lunches, and getting dressed.

By having a checklist or a visual chart, your child can double-check that she has done everything she needs to do. You can have a list for mornings, after school, or bedtime.

2. Be consistent with rules and responsibilities

Being wishy washy sends the message that rules can fluctuate and doesn’t give her the predictability she craves. Yes, evaluate rules if you need to adjust, but do so with purposeful intent, not because you’re letting it slide this one time.

Learn the difference between rules and responsibilities.

3. Give your child something to look forward to

Finding it difficult to motivate her to do the next step? Remind her of something she can look forward to. The “reward” is a perk or activity she gets to do once this next step is done. For instance, you can say, “Let’s get you bathed so we can put on those new pajamas you picked out today!”

4. Schedule plenty of down time

Kids need time to be able to do what they want to do instead of being shuffled from scheduled activities and tasks all the time. They’re able to tinker and experiment and come up with interesting ideas and creations.

They’re also cultivating patience and tolerance for being bored and learning how to get through it. We don’t have to plan their every second or save them from boredom.

5. Guide, don’t hover

Autonomy can help your 6 year old feel confident and capable of tasks you ask her to do. First, show her how to do a task step-by-step, then ask her to help you do it together. Later, have her do it on her own with you nearby to guide. At some point, she can ideally do the task completely on her own.

Whether your 6 year old plays video games all day or is always late to get ready in the morning, a daily schedule can help.

Start with a solid morning routine, from waking up at the same time to getting dressed for school. Once he’s home, have him empty his backpack and lunch bag. Offer a snack to avoid crankiness and hunger before tackling homework.

Give him plenty of time to play, and if the need or opportunity arises, go on an outing like an errand or trip to the park. Eat dinner together, preferably at the same time every night. It’s never too early to introduce chores and responsibilities like putting dishes in the sink or wiping the dining table.

If you allow it, he can spend some time watching television or playing on a tablet or computer, but set a timer so he expects it to end at some point. And lastly, cap the day with a bedtime routine.

With consistency, a daily schedule can help your days flow smoothly—even, perhaps especially, if he’s in school all day.

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Growth & Development: 6 to 12 Years (School Age)

As kids grow from grade-schoolers to preteens, you can expect many changes from their physical appearances to their favorite activities. Children between 6 and 12 years old will begin valuing friendships and become more involved in activities like sports and/or painting.

Doctors use certain milestones to tell if a child is developing as expected. There’s a wide range of what’s considered normal, so some children gain skills earlier or later than others. Children who were born prematurely reach milestones later. Always talk with your doctor about your child’s progress.

What can my 6- to 12-year-old child do at this age?

As your child continues to grow, you will notice new and exciting abilities that your child develops. While children may progress at different rates and have diverse interests, the following are some of the common milestones children may reach in this age group:

6- to 7-year-olds:

  • Enjoy many activities and stays busy
  • Like to paint and draw
  • Practice skills in order to become better
  • Can tie shoelaces
  • Can do simple math like adding and subtracting

8- to 9-year-olds can:

  • Jump, skip and chase
  • Dress and groom self completely
  • Use tools (i.e., hammer, screwdriver)

10- to 12-year-olds may:

  • Like to write, draw and paint

What does my 6- to 12-year-old child understand?

As children enter school-age, their abilities and understanding of concepts and the world around them continue to grow. While children may progress at different rates, the following are some of the common milestones children may reach in this age group:

  • Understand concept of numbers
  • Know daytime and nighttime
  • Can differentiate right and left hands
  • Can copy complex shapes, such as a diamond
  • Can tell time
  • Can understand commands with three separate instructions
  • Can explain objects and their use
  • Can repeat three numbers backwards
  • Can read age-appropriate books and/or materials

8- to 9-year-olds:

  • Can count backwards
  • Know the date
  • Read more and enjoy reading
  • Understand fractions
  • Understand concept of space
  • Draw and paint
  • Can name months and days of week, in order
  • Enjoys collecting objects

10- to 12-year-olds:

  • Write stories
  • Like to write letters
  • Enjoy talking on the phone or texting

Ages and Stages - 6-12 years

Wellness and Fitness Milestones

Kids at this age need physical activity to build strength, coordination, and confidence — and to lay the groundwork for a healthy lifestyle. They’re also gaining more control over how active they are. Kids who enjoy sports and exercise tend to stay active throughout their lives. Staying fit can improve how kids develop in school, build self-esteem, as well as prevent obesity, and decrease the risk of serious illnesses such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease later in life.

What is “normal” physical growth for a 6- to 12-year-old child?

For 6- to 12-year-olds, there continues to be a wide range of “normal” regarding height, weight and shape. Kids tend to get taller at a steady pace, growing about 2-2.5 inches (6 to 7 centimeters) each year. When it comes to weight, kids gain about 4–7 lbs. (2–3 kg) per year until puberty starts.

This is also a time when kids start to have feelings about how they look and how they’re growing. Some girls may worry about being “too big,” especially those who are developing early. Boys tend to be sensitive about being too short.

Try to help your child understand that the important thing is not to “look” a certain way, but rather to be healthy. Kids can’t change the genes that will determine how tall they will be or when puberty starts. But they can make the most of their potential by developing healthy eating habits and being physically active.

Your doctor will take measurements at regular checkups, then plot your child’s results on a standard growth chart to follow over time and compare with other kids the same age and gender.

How can I help my child grow?

Normal growth — supported by good nutrition, enough sleep, and regular exercise — is one of the best overall indicators of a child’s good health. Your child’s growth pattern is largely determined by genetics.

Pushing kids to eat extra food or get higher amounts of vitamins, minerals, or other nutrients will not increase their height and may lead to weight problems. Accepting kids as they are helps them build self-acceptance. Good mental health is important for healthy development, strong relationships and resilience.

Ages and Stages - 6-12 years

How active should my 6- to 12-year-old be?

School-age kids should have many chances to do a variety of activities, sports, and games that fit their personality, ability, age, and interests. Through physical activities, kids learn about sportsmanship, setting goals, meeting challenges, teamwork, and the value of practice.

Physical activity guidelines for school-age kids recommend that they get at least 1 hour of moderate to strong physical activity daily. In addition:

  • Most of the physical activity should be aerobic, where kids use large muscles and continue for a period of time.
  • Examples of aerobic activity are running, swimming, and dancing.
  • School-age kids usually have brief bouts of moderate to strong physical activity alternating with light activity or rest throughout the day. Any moderate to strong activity counts toward the 60-minute goal.
  • Muscle-strengthening and bone-strengthening physical activity should be included at least 3 days a week.
  • Children naturally build strong muscles and bones when they run, jump and play. Formal weight programs aren’t needed. However, they are safe when properly designed and supervised.

Should my child participate in sports?

Keep in mind your child’s age and developmental level, natural abilities, and interests. Kids 6 to 8 years old are sharpening basic physical skills like jumping, throwing, kicking, and catching. Some enjoy doing this in organized sports teams, but non-competitive leagues are best for younger kids. Kids 9 to 12 years old are refining, improving and coordinating skills. Some become even more committed to a sport while others drop out as competition heats up and level of play improves. Regardless of the age or activity, it is important that you show your support by coaching your child’s team or cheering from the stands on game days.

It’s okay if a child isn’t interested in traditional sports, but it’s important to find alternative ways to be active. Brainstorm with your kids on activities that feel right for them. Encourage a child who doesn’t like soccer, basketball, or other team sports to explore other active options, like karate, fencing, golf, bicycling, skateboarding, and tennis. Most kids won’t mind the physical activity as long as they are having fun.

Fitness at Home

Many parents and kids think of organized sports when they think of fitness. Though there are many advantages to signing a child up for a sports team, practice and games once or twice a week will not be enough to reach activity goals. Also, parents shouldn’t rely on physical education in schools alone to provide children with enough physical activity.

Here are some ways to keep your child moving at home:

  • Make physical activity part of the daily routine. From household chores to an after-dinner walk, keep your family active every day.
  • Allow enough time for free play. Kids can burn more calories and have more fun when left to their own devices. Playing tag, riding bikes around the neighborhood, and building snowmen are fun and healthy.
  • Keep a variety of games and sports equipment on hand. It doesn’t have to be expensive — an assortment of balls, hula-hoops, and jump ropes can keep kids busy for hours.
  • Be active together. It’ll get you moving, and kids love to play with their parents.
  • Limit time spent in sedentary activities such as watching TV, using electronic devices, being online and playing video games.

If you run out of possibilities at home, take advantage of local playgrounds and athletic fields. Make family fitness outings part of your regular routine. Let family members choose an activity — go hiking, ice skating, or try out the rock-climbing gym. Anything goes, as long as everyone can participate. And remember: You’ll help show your kids that exercise is important by regularly exercising yourself.

Preventing Sports-Related Injury

Kids who participate in sports are at risk for injuries, so be sure your child wears the proper protective equipment, such as shin-guards and cleats in soccer, or a helmet and protective pads when rollerblading or skateboarding. Kids who specialize in one sport are also at risk of overuse injuries, including stress fractures and joint injuries. If a child is in pain, it is best to rest and let the injury heal before returning to play.

A child with a chronic health condition or disability should not be excluded from these fitness activities in fear of getting a sports-related injury. Some activities may need to be changed or adapted, and some may be too risky depending on the condition. The best thing to do is to talk to your doctor about which activities are safe for your child.

If your child complains of pain during or after physical activity, talk with your doctor.

How long should my 6- to 12-year-old sleep?

School-age kids need 9-12 hours of sleep at night. Bedtime problems can start at this age for a variety of reasons. Homework, sports, after-school activities, screen time, and hectic family schedules all can contribute to kids not getting the sleep they need. Sleep-deprived kids can become hyper or irritable and may have a hard time paying attention in school.

It’s still important to have a consistent bedtime, especially on school nights. Leave enough technology-free time before bed to allow your child to unwind before lights-out. Consider switching off the electronics at least an hour before bed. Avoiding keeping a TV in their bedroom.

Check out our Healthy Sleep Guide for Children for more info.

Puberty — or sexual development — is a time of dramatic change for both boys and girls. The age at which the physical changes of puberty normally begin varies widely.

For both sexes, these hormone-driven changes are accompanied by growth spurts that transform children into physically mature teens as their bodies develop. They may also experience side effects from these hormones like acne and mood changes.

Puberty in Girls

Breast development, usually the first noticeable sign of puberty in girls, may begin anytime between ages 8 and 13. Events in girls as they go through puberty:

  • Breasts begin to develop, and hips become rounded.
  • The increase in the rate of growth in height begins.
  • Pubic hair begins to appear, usually 6–12 months after the start of breast development. About 15% of girls will develop pubic hair before breast development starts.
  • The uterus and vagina, as well as labia and clitoris, increase in size.
  • Pubic hair is well established, and breasts grow further. Each breast can grow at different rates, may not be the same sizes.
  • The rate of growth in height reaches its peak by about 2 years after puberty began. The average age is 12 years.
  • Menstruation begins about 2 years after breast start to develop and almost always after the peak growth rate in height has been reached. The average age is 12.5 years.
  • Once girls get their periods, they usually grow about 1 or 2 more inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters), reaching their final adult height by about age 14 or 15 years. Girls can experience this at a younger or older age depending on when puberty began.

Puberty in Boys

Most boys show the first physical changes of puberty between ages 10 and 16 and tend to grow most quickly between ages 12 and 15. The growth spurt of boys is, on average, about 2 years later than that of girls. By age 16, most boys have stopped growing, but their muscles will continue to develop.

Other features of puberty in boys include:

  • The penis and testicles increase in size. Testicles can grow at different rates, may not be the same sizes.
  • Pubic hair appears, followed by underarm and facial hair.
  • The voice deepens and may sometimes crack or break.
  • The Adam’s apple, or larynx cartilage, gets bigger.
  • Testicles begin to produce sperm.

Communication Milestones

How does my 6- to 12-year-old child interact with others.

A very important part of growing up is the ability to interact and socialize with others. During the school-age years, parents will see a transition in their child as he or she moves from playing alone to having multiple friends and social groups. While friendships become more important, the child is still fond of his or her parents and likes being part of a family. While every child is unique and will develop different personalities, the following are some of the common behavioral traits that may be present in your child:

  • Cooperate and share
  • Can get jealous of others and siblings
  • Like to copy adults
  • Like to play alone, but friends are becoming important
  • Play with friends of the same gender
  • May have occasional temper tantrums
  • May be modest about body
  • Like to play board games
  • Like competition and games
  • Start to mix friends and play with children of different gender
  • Enjoy clubs and groups, such as Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts
  • May become curious about relationships, but does not admit it
  • Will value friendship; may have a best friend
  • May develop romantic interests
  • Like and respect parents
  • Enjoy talking to others

How can I help increase my 6- to 12-year-old child’s social ability?

Consider the following as ways to foster your school-aged child’s social abilities:

  • Set and provide appropriate limits, guidelines and expectations and consistently enforce using appropriate consequences.
  • Model appropriate behavior.
  • Offer compliments for your child being cooperative and for any personal achievements.
  • Help your child choose activities that are appropriate for your child’s abilities.
  • Encourage your child to talk with you and be open with his or her feelings.
  • Encourage your child to read and read with your child.
  • Encourage your child to get involved with hobbies and other activities.
  • Encourage physical activity.
  • Encourage self-discipline; expect your child to follow rules that are set.
  • Teach your child to respect and listen to authority figures.
  • Teach your child to be aware of consequences of their behavior and empathy for others.
  • Encourage your child to talk about peer pressure and help set guidelines to deal with peer pressure.
  • Spend uninterrupted time together – giving full attention to your child. A strong, loving relationship can have a direct positive influence on your child’s mental health.
  • Encourage time outside.
  • Limit television, video game and computer time.

Reviewed by Dr. Lydia Villa , Clinica CHOC Para Niños, CHOC Primary Care – May 2021

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Safety for your child: 6 years.

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Did you know that injuries are the greatest threat to the life and health of your child? Injuries are the leading cause of death of school-aged children.  Yet you can prevent most major injuries!

At age 6, your child will become more independent. He or she will be able to do more things that are dangerous. Your child will try to prove that he or she is grown up. But children still aren't good at judging sound, distance, or the speed of a moving car at this age. Your child can learn a few simple things to do for protection, but  you must still be in charge of his or her safety .

Fire Safety

Make an escape plan  in case of fire in your home. Your fire department can tell you how. Teach your child what to do when the smoke alarm rings. Practice what you and your child would do if you had a fire.

Do not smoke in your home. Most home fires are caused by a lit cigarette that has not been put out completely.

Install smoke alarms on every level in your house, especially in furnace and sleeping areas, and test the alarm every month. It is best to use smoke alarms that use long-life batteries, but if you do not, change the batteries once a year.

Firearm Hazards

Children in homes where guns are present are in more danger of being shot by themselves, their friends, or family members than of being injured by an intruder. Even if your child is taught never to touch a gun, if there is a gun in the house a child's curiosity can lead to severe injury or deathIt is best to keep all guns out of the home.  Handguns are especially dangerous . If you choose to keep a gun, keep it unloaded and in a locked place, with ammunition locked separately. Ask if the homes where your child visits or is cared for have guns and how they are stored.

Bike Safety

Protect your child from bad head injuries or even death.  Make sure your child wears a properly fitted, approved helmet every time she rides a bike . Never let your child ride in the street. Your child is too young to ride in the street safely!

Street Safety

Never let your child play near the street. Your child may dart out into traffic without thinking. The park or playground is the best place to play. Begin to teach your child safe street habits.  Teach your child to stop at the curb , then look to the left, to the right, and back to the left again. Teach your child never to cross the street without a grown-up.

And Remember Car Safety

Your child must now use a  booster seat  in the car. Always check to be sure that he or she is correctly restrained in the booster seat before you start the car. Your child should use a booster seat until the lap belt can be worn low and flat on the hips and shoulder belt can be worn across the shoulder rather than the face or neck (usually at about 4 feet 9 inches tall and between 8 and 12 years old). The safest place for all children, even through school age, is in the back seat of the car. Set a good example.  ​Make sure you and other adults buckle up, too!

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25 Engaging Activities For 6 Year Olds

November 10, 2023 //  by  Michelle Mandel

At the age of six, children are beginning to read and can assist in many activities. They have more autonomy and their attention span is longer. It is important to work on their fine and gross motor skills as well as develop their social skills during these years. Here are some fantastic activities that will have your children and students developing in a holistic manner. 

1. Make Homemade Playdough

Making your own play dough might seem like a lot of work, but it is actually a very simple activity that’s cost-effective. This is a non-toxic, gluten-free recipe and your little ones can personalize their dough by dying it in different colors. 

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2. Memory Skills Emoji Style

Emotional intelligence starts at a young age and it’s important to teach your children how to recognize others’ feelings. Introduce them to the foundations of empathy with this fun-fill board game by challenging them to match emojis with a described emotion.

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3. Kaleidoscope Crazy 

Many children are mesmerized by kaleidoscopes and they are surprised once they find out how easy it is to make one. You only need toilet paper rolls, colored construction paper, plastic sandwich bags, small toys, and a few small shiny objects before you’re ready to get crafting!

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4. Workout to the Alphabet 

Sports A-Z with 26 physical exercises like jumping jacks, push-ups, or core exercises is a great way to get active. In today’s world, it’s difficult to get kids moving. Obesity is on the rise with children under ten so be sure to engage your young ones in many P.E. activities that’ll burn off energy and keep them fit.

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5. Hula Hoop

Hula hoop games and activities are super for building muscles, coordination, and gross motor skills. Hula hoop musical chairs is a fantastic way to play the classic game of musical chairs except when the music starts they pick up a hula and start moving. After a few rounds, eliminate one hoop at a time.

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6. Go Fish Reading Style

“Go fish” is a classic card game where you have to find all 4 suits of one card.  This time we are going to play go fish reading. Kids have word cards and they need to try and form sentences. If they are unable to do so, they say “go fish”.  The object of the game is to make as many sentences as you can and earn points.

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7. Bedtime Stories that Teach Kindness

Bedtime stories are a great way to end the day. We must stay positive in today’s world and share stories that inspire and teach our children to be better, help others and show kindness. These are stories you can share with your children and students. 

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8. Make a Bird Feeder 

Kids can make a sweet bird feeder out of recycled toilet paper rolls. This is a great activity for the entire family and is simple to put together. You’ll simply need peanut butter, birdseed, and string. 

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This activity will have your little ones working on their listening skills in a fun way. Students make animal poses of their choice and when the leader calls out a specific animal they have to change. If they hear the word DEER it means that they need to freeze like a deer in its tracks.

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10. STEM Car

Stem projects are great for six-year-olds. This is a wonderful activity to help them develop critical and spatial thinking. This chemical reaction Car is fun to make using recycled materials, baking soda, and vinegar.

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11. Obstacle Course

Setting up an obstacle course for your littles is a delightful way to work on their balance and coordination, and even their emotional regulation! Use anything from crates to ropes and pillows to chairs to set up their obstacle course before challenging them to zoom through the course.

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12. Telepictures

This game combines writing simple sentences withdrawing. Using pieces of paper, student number one writes a simple sentence so that the second student can draw the images that match the sentence. Then they fold it down so you can only see the paper with the image, and the next student has to guess what the sentence is and say it aloud.

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13. Painting with Soil

Sounds strange, doesn’t it? You only need some clean soil, water, paintbrushes, and some construction paper. 

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14. The Cat in the Hat

Children love to read Dr. Seuss over and over again. With Thing one and Thing 2 by his side, Cat in the hat is always up to something! Have your kids make their very own hats using paper plates and construction paper. 

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15. Bouldering 

Six-year-olds are bundles of energy. Unfortunately, they don’t get as much physical activity at school. Kids have to use strategy skills to improve. Their little bodies are desperate to climb and take on challenges so why not take them outdoors and go bouldering?

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16. Shadow Tag

Learning about our shadow is really fun and there are over 50 activities you can do with shadow play. One of my favorites is this game of shadow tag. You need the sun, a big space to run around in, and participants! Kids try to step on and tag the other one’s shadow as lots of laughs ensue. 

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17.  Marble Painting 

Marble painting is easier than using paintbrushes and kids will have a blast rolling the marbles around in paint and watching their art piece come to life. It’s a rather messy adventure so be sure to lay down a piece of plastic to protect the area you’re working on. 

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18. Hidden Pictures from Highlights 

Highlights magazine has lots of hidden pictures with different themes. Children love to search and find each hidden item. They are so much fun to do and super for improving quick eye work.

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19. Tissue Paper Rocket Ship

This is an amazing project that children will enjoy doing as a group in class or with at home with friends and family. You will need lots of tissue boxes, some paint, and craft material. Children can draw their designs on sheets of paper before getting to crafting them. They will need to work together and use their problem-solving skills to have their rocket ready for takeoff! 

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20. A-Z Treasure Hunt 

This treasure hunt is great for pre-reading letter recognition. Children have a list of all the letters in the alphabet. Then, when they hear the word go, they can move around the class to find words in alphabetical order to fill in the gaps. 

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21. Subtraction Pizza Party 

This is a fun online game to improve your student’s math skills. There are games for addition and subtraction and even coding! The subtraction pizza party is challenging and fun for first graders. 

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22. “Brains on” Podcast Time

Children need downtime away from screens. Facilitate a class of good listeners by playing an educational or entertaining podcast for them to listen to whilst they relax.

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23. Cooking 

Kids love to be in the kitchen helping out. Fruit smoothies or a tangy sweet broccoli salad will be delicious and fun to make with them. You can involve them in basic activities such as cutting, washing up, or packing away. 

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24. Animal Movement Activity Dice

This game is hilarious. Just roll the die and imitate an animal. Jump like a kangaroo, slither like a snake, hop like a rabbit. This game can be played in the classroom or at home.

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25. Learn Music with Mirror activity

Teaching children the Grand Staff isn’t always easy. With small pocket mirrors, some glass beads, and a marker you can teach your students the basics of reading music in a snap!

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Fine Motor Skills Checklist for Early Elementary (Ages 6+)

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Over the last few weeks, I've been sharing some fine motor skill checklist ideas to help improve fine motor development . You've probably seen many news articles talking about how children are reaching Kindergarten with decreased fine motor skills. By providing these checklists, I am hoping to give you an idea of what your child should be doing from the time they are born, until early elementary age.

Today's fine motor skills checklist is for early elementary (ages 6 and 6+).

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Fine Motor Skills for Early Elementary-Age Children

This is the age that we typically think of Kindergarten and 1st grade. If you homeschool, your Kindergarten child maybe 6, depending on when you decide to start and when your state's compulsory school age is.

Many of the skills are more academic in nature, but remember hands-on fine motor activities are still important at this age.

Fine Motor Development for 6-Year-Olds

  • Copies their first name
  • Builds a small structure with blocks
  • Puts a 16-20 piece puzzle together
  • Uses a knife to cut food
  • Cuts well with scissors, with no deviations from the cutting line
  • Prints 3 or more simple words
  • Prints all numbers 0-9
  • Prints all letters of the alphabet, uppercase, and lowercase

Fine Motor Development to Ages 6+

  • Fully developed eye-hand coordination
  • Uses all eating utensils appropriately
  • Helps with household chores (sweeping, moping, dusting, etc)
  • Takes care of pets (feeding, grooming, walking, etc)
  • Draws detailed and complex shapes or pictures
  • Begins to develop writing and handwriting habits and skills
  • Competes in sports activities appropriately
  • Have hobbies they enjoy and complete independently
  • Learns a musical instrument
  • Begins computer skills and use video games
  • Draws with greater control and precision
  • Rides a two-wheeled bike
  • Learns to swim
  • Moves in time to the beat or rhythm of music
  • Twists and spins in place
  • Combines motor skills such as running and kicking or moves to music

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good morning Heather! I have a question! I’m a little confused how to access your materials. I am already a subscriber. So let’s say I get your e-mail, in this case this one, fine motor skills checklist for early elementary. When you click on the link to get the free download you are asked to provide e-mail and then another e-mail is sent to confirm subscription. But I am already a subscriber. I feel like everytime I want to get the handout I am subscribing again and so I am now getting like 3 e-mails! two at my [email protected] address and one at my [email protected] . Am I doing something wrong? thanks! I always look forward to your tips and resources. Please advice best way to access these items without resubscribing! Best regards, Mary Ellen

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would love a finemotor checklist and some tips for 7 year old with very poor fine motor skills

Hi Karen, there really aren’t specific skills that 7-year-olds are working on other than perfecting and mastering the skills listed on the checklist by age 6+. The biggest difference is they should be able to tie their own shoes by 7 years old. Also at this age, they can begin keyboarding skills with the hunt and peck method. They are also able to cut out more complex shapes. As far as activities, I will write a post with some fine motor activity ideas for older ages. Depending on how delayed their skills are, you may be able to adapt preschool or kindergarten age activities for them, depending on what their interests are.

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25 Best Jobs For a 6-Year-Old

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It goes without saying that a six-year-old does not need a steady job.

However, a young child does need some tasks for which they need to be accountable.

Jobs around the house offer options that introduce children to the working world without over-burdening them.

25 Jobs for a 6-Year-Old

Jobs for a 6-Year-Old

Starting at around age six, kids spend an increasing portion of their day on screens .

Along with entertainment, most elementary school students use tablets at school and for any homework.

Most estimates show that children spend up to seven hours per day, on average, looking at a screen.

All of this time spent looking at screens means kids get less exercise and less time outside.

Consider making the bulk of your six-year-old’s responsibilities those that take them outside and get them moving. In exchange, you can give them a small allowance.

Many of these jobs can be carried out for neighbors or relatives who might be willing to pay a wage as well.

Spring Jobs For a 6-Year-Old

1. Spring Cleaning

Spring cleaning refers to reorganizing and removing items while renewing space.

Your six-year-old can take part in spring cleaning by helping you or by organizing their own room, closet, drawers, book shelves and toy box.

Part of their spring cleaning chores could involve donating items or helping with a garage sale.

2. Spread Fertilizer

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A common springtime task is fertilizing and/or reseeding the lawn.

This is usually done with a spreader that is easily pushed across the lawn.

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Your six-year-old can manage this task though you may want to supervise to ensure even coverage.

3. Clean Outdoor Furniture

Your outdoor furniture has either been stored or covered since the previous fall. It will need to be dusted, aired out or sprayed with upholstery refreshener .

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These are great jobs for a six-year-old.

4. Mulch Flower Beds

The beginning of the spring means adding mulch around trees and to the flower beds.

Get your six-year-old a pair of gardening gloves and have them do the mulching for you.

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5. Plant Seeds

Teaching children to grow their own food gives them an appreciation for nature.

It also encourages them to eat vegetables as they will want to try the items they grow themselves.

Get your six-year-old started in the wide world of gardening by having them sow their own seeds. Pick a vegetable that is easy to grow for new gardeners.

Summer Jobs For a 6-Year-Old

6. water plants.

Outdoor plants will be thirsty in the summertime. Make it your six-year-old’s job to ensure all plants get the water they need.

This might involve the use of a garden hose but a watering can is usually sufficient.

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7. Water Lawn

A watering can will not be enough for an entire yard.

The easiest way to water the lawn is to use a sprinkler that attaches to your hose.

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It can be the six-year-old’s job to move the sprinkler around the yard to ensure full coverage.

8. Pick Up Outside Toys

My kids are always playing outside in the yard.

Because I live on the corner in the center of our neighborhood, the neighbor kids are also usually at my house.

They range in age from four to 16, which means our yard is constantly full of various and sundry toys. Can you relate?

If so, a young child’s responsibilities should include picking up these toys at least once a day.

9. Sweep Porches and Decks

Brooms aren’t exactly fun to operate, but they are easy. A six-year-old can sweep the porch, deck, driveway and sidewalks to keep them clean all summer long.

10. Dead-Head Flowers

It may sound strange, but one of my favorite chores as a child was dead-heading the flowers.

This is nothing more than plucking the dead heads from flower bushes so they are encouraged to continue growing.

Make sure your child stays away from poisonous flowers .

Autumn Jobs For a 6-Year-Old

11. rake leaves.

It’s called fall for a reason. The trees around your yard decorate the lawn with their multi-colored leaves.

Your six-year-old’s job can be to rake these leaves once or twice a week depending on how many trees you have.

You will need to help scoop the leaves when they are done.

12. Pick Up Sticks

Sticks fall from trees throughout the year, but it seems like they are especially prevalent in autumn.

Have your child collect the sticks from your yard, and then use them in your fire pit for a fun but controlled fire.

13. Decorate for Holidays

For some, the holiday season starts in earnest at Thanksgiving. In my family, it starts on October 1.

I affectionately refer to the first day of October as the “first day of Halloween.” Your six-year-old will love decorating the exterior and interior of your house for the holiday.

They can then take down those decorations and replace them with the decor of your choice.

Keep rotating items through New Year’s Eve for a home that remains festive and cheery.

14. Make Food

What better time to learn how to make food than when the air starts turning crisp and cold?

A six-year-old should not make anything on their own that involves sharp cutting tools or heat, but they can make lots of different things with help from you.

Have them stuff deviled eggs , make a tossed salad or frost cupcakes.

15. Store Summer Clothes and Toys

The middle of autumn is the right time to start putting away summer toys and clothes. Your six-year-old can be trusted to put up outside toys and swimming supplies.

They should also separate their warm-weather clothing from the items they will continue to wear. You might want to store those clothes for later or you might prefer to donate them.

With the alarming rate children grow, it’s unlikely your six-year-old will still be able to wear those clothes the following summer.

Winter Jobs For a 6-Year-Old

16. clean the fireplace.

I love building fires in my fireplace. I love how it heats up the house and the smokey smell that makes me feel cozy and warm.

What I don’t love is cleaning out the ashes. Let your six-year-old clean out the ashes of your fireplace, and then look at some the interesting uses for wood ash before you toss them out.

17. Carry in Wood

One downside of having a fireplace is the constant need for wood.

You can make it your six-year-old’s job to bring in wood from outside as long as the wood is not stacked in a way that might cause them injury.

18. Salt Sidewalks

Most of the United States is at risk for icy conditions in the winter. Keep safe by being prepared.

Your child can salt your porch, driveway and sidewalks to ensure a speedy melt. They can also offer to do this for your neighbors and friends.

19. Scrape Ice from Car Windows

Many families who have garages use them for storage rather than parking.

If this sounds familiar, you know that windows and door handles get covered in ice in the winter.

Your six-year-old can be in charge of scraping the ice from windows in the morning before you make that drive to school and work.

20. Volunteer for Salvation Army

Salvation Army bell ringers are everywhere in the winter. You can join their cause by volunteering with your child to have a bell-ringing shift.

Not interested in the Salvation Army’s message? No problem! There are plenty of volunteer opportunities in your region.

Pick one of them and teach your child about making a difference.

Year-Round Jobs For a 6-Year-Old

21. laundry sorting.

Unfortunately, laundry is not a seasonal chore. You have to face piles of laundry every day.

Get your six-year-old in on the fun by putting them in charge of laundry sorting. They will learn the importance of not mixing reds and whites.

22. Fill Bird Feeders

It is fun to watch and listen to the birds chirp happily as they are being fed. Keep them happy by having your six-year-old be in charge of keeping those feeders full.

Your child may become interested in the different types of seed and the various birds they attract.

23. Get Mail

Getting the mail is a simple daily task that any six-year-old child can do.

It will become part of their routine to pick the mail and put it in a safe space for you to inspect before recycling most of it.

24. Make Nature Wreaths

Crafting is always fun but there is something special about crafting with things found in nature. The great part of making nature wreaths is they reflect the time of year.

Your child can collect pine cones in the winter, leaves in the fall, seashells in the summer and berries in the spring. All make for lovely wreaths that will be enjoyed throughout the season.

25. Pick Up Litter

Sadly, litter is a year-long problem. There is never a time that litter doesn’t appear in parks, near streams and on the side of the road.

Get your child involved in cleaning up their planet by making litter clean-up a regular chore.

Key Takeaways

A six-year-old can do a great many things to help you around the home. Do you have any ideas for jobs for six-year-olds? Give us your list in the comments!

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Over my 20-year education career, I have shared the story of Ruby Bridges countless times, always emphasizing her bravery. So when I sat down with Bridges herself last month, as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration Event at Yale , I expected the conversation to be about her bravery.

Instead, we talked about the fight between good vs. evil.

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Of course, we did. Because Bridges herself doesn’t call herself brave, she called herself a child.

She transported us to the mind of the 6-year-old who became the first Black child to attend an all-white integrated public school. On her walk-in, she experienced yelling, slurs, and a massive energy of hatred from white parents protesting integration. Their reasons weren’t clear to her, but she felt how excited and passionate they were; she thought it was a Mardi Gras parade.

“ What protected me was the innocence of a child ,” Bridges said. The narratives of Black History Month and the Civil Rights Movement commend our heroes for climbing into the behemoth of structural racism and pulling down beams or knocking out walls. We absolutely should commend that.

But in the case of Bridges, she was learning to see racism and knocking it down at the same time, giving us an excellent perspective into how we can talk to children today about race. This  burgeoning advocate learned what kind of Goliath she was up against while collecting her stones. How she has committed herself to talking down the giant is uniquely suited for children and educators.

Bridges said later that day a white boy repeated a word he heard from his mother — the n word — saying she told him not to play with Bridges. That, she said, was her introduction to racism, through a fellow 6-year-old who had been taught hate based on skin color by his mother. For Bridges, school taught her what racism is, and from her straightforward 6-year-old mind, saw it simply: racism is hate, and hate is evil.

Not until I heard Bridges’ example of how education is passed down did I remember that young children see things simply. They usually do what their parents ask them, like the boy. They feel emotions before they understand the significance of words or colors, like Bridges. Other educators and I should take this innocence as a model to approach these complex conversations plainly, and ask “Why is it like this?”

In my years as a teacher, school administrator, district leadership, as a father of two, and as the Director of Educational Strategy at the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, I’ve long thought about the best way to talk about hate.

I can pass down the history, the content, or the theory and none of it would neutralize the landscape that Black children walk into today, where even the slightest mention of race gets defenses up and drives the possibility for civil conversation down.

Bridges made clear in her story that racism is learned and a major site of that education is at school. If we want to stop teaching our children to engage in hateful behavior, we need to teach them the skills and give them the space to talk about hate in a civil way.

As a human race, dealing with whatever form hate is in, we need to be able to critique information, understand our emotional reactions to it, see what forces in it are pushing us to engage in hateful behavior, and then act! Teaching our children to do this and assess their emotions is essential to creating complex civil conversations in the future that lead to actions.

Gut reactions and strong emotions close our ears, minds, and hearts. But our children come to the world with ears, minds, and hearts open. They want to have conversations, they recognize and wonder at differences. What this Civil Rights hero has particular insight too, that few others do, is that even when children don’t understand race and politics, they know intuitively what good and evil feel like.

The civil rights work continues at this juncture in a child’s education. Let’s give them the tools to sit with differences, teach them that disagreement does not mean it’s a bad conversation, and even painful conversations are worth having.

If Bridges learned in the schoolyard that her skin color was the object of hate, surely playgrounds of the present can be used to teach that difference is the object of love.

We must take this opportunity to teach them to see differences as human beauty, and unlike many adults in this world right now, teach them to see difference not as a threat or invalidation, but as a site of discovery, curiosity, and respect.

William (Billy) Johnson is the Director of Educational Strategy, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.

New bill would loosen requirements for 14, 15-year-olds to work in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - If you’re a parent to a young teen looking for work, there may be changes coming to the state law.

Proposed legislation in Montgomery would eliminate the eligibility work form that 14 and 15-year-olds must obtain from their school system to get a job.

Senator Arthur Orr created Senate Bill 53 as a way to give more power to the family of young teens wanting to work, but those in opposition to the bill say the current work form is in place to protect children.

“Let parents and children decide what’s best for them,” said Sen. Orr. “This bill would remove the requirement to get the government’s permission to take on an after school job. All of the child labor laws would still apply such as you can’t work during school hours.”

“We’re not opposed to a 14 or 15-year-old having a job if they’re prepared to do so, but what we are opposed to is removing any of the guardrails that currently exist,” said Alabama Arise Worker Policy Advocate Dev Wakeley.

He said the additional set of eyes at the school level ensures the student’s grades and attendance are satisfactory before adding more to their workload.

“If you’re talking about a 14 or 15-year-old, then you’re dealing with somebody who’s never been in the workforce in this capacity before and is susceptible to some real abuses and the unfortunate reality is we need every break we possibly can and every guardrail.”

Those in favor of the work form say it’s in place to protect the child.

“It’s up to parents to protect the child and again, we’re not talking about dangerous jobs,’ Orr said. “Those laws stay in place. The only thing that would change is you don’t have to go downtown, find the local school superintendent, and ask his or her permission to go get a job after school.”

Sen. Orr said the bill is out of committee and will likely be on the Senate floor next week.

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Safety of school zones under microscope after Miami-Dade student hit and killed by car

Biscayne Gardens Elementary School sits right next to I-95, making it a particularly busy school zone with drivers getting on and off the interstate and passing right in front of the school.

By Lorena Inclán • Published February 21, 2024 • Updated on February 21, 2024 at 11:12 pm

The death of a 12-year-old boy as he walked to school in northwest Miami-Dade has sparked questions about the safety of school zones, and now one school board member is taking action.

Last Thursday morning, Mathayas Ruedas was walking to Biscayne Gardens Elementary School with his younger siblings when a white SUV struck him. He died after spending four days in the hospital.

A stretch of Northwest 151st Street outside of the school is no stranger to speeding drivers.

"I just served witness here with the crossing guard with his whistle with his stop sign was just gesturing to drivers to slow down. You are in a school zone," Miami-Dade school board member Steve Gallon said Wednesday.

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Gallon personally thanked the school crossing guard after watching him signal to drivers to slow down.

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"(Ruedas) was doing what represents the normalcy of childhood – going to school, walking to school," Gallon said.

According to data from the National Highway Safety Administration, between 2017 and 2021, 43 children aged 18 or younger died in school zones after being struck as pedestrians, an average of about nine per year.

"I’ll be bringing an item to the board to have a discussion around this particular issue again to raise awareness at the board level to see how we can continue to work with our strategic partners," Gallon said.

The school board does not have jurisdiction over crossing guards since they’re hired by the county government, but Gallon said the solution should go beyond crossing guards or speed zones.

"It's going to be incumbent upon the drivers to be aware of where they are and the fact that, although the sign may not be flash flashing, although the sign does not indicate the 7:15 starting zone for school speed zones, we have to be mindful, we have to be cognizant that our children are walking to school 6:30, 7 o’clock in the morning before it’s even daylight is broken," Gallon said.

As leaders work to figure out a solution, the investigation into how and why Ruedas was hit and killed continues. It’s unclear right now if the driver will face any charges.

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WATCH: Dad shaves beard to the horror of 6-year-old and 2-year-old kids

(CNN) – An Alabama family’s reaction to seeing their father with his signature beard shaved off is going viral.

The stunned reactions of Austin Matthews’ wife and kids have gotten more than 50 million views on TikTok.

When the real estate broker went from beard to no beard, his 6-year-old daughter was the first to react by putting both hands over her mouth and then jumping into bed to cry.

His wife and son just stare, stunned. The 2-year-old boy cowers behind a dresser.

Matthews said he has worn a beard for his family’s whole existence.

“Definitely as long as they’ve all been living,” he said. “They’ve never seen me without facial hair.”

He said his wife, Jessica, did not look happy.

“She was ready to divorce me, wasn’t she,” he said.

After the video went viral, Matthews did a reveal and said he was actually scared by his own father after the man shaved off his mustache.

He said he doesn’t plan on repeating the procedure anytime soon.

“It will be back. This will never happen again. It was a one and done,” Matthews said. “I got the reaction. It went viral. That’s enough for me.”

The only family member who wasn’t fazed was the dog.

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Oklahoma nonbinary student's death after in-school fight 'not a result of trauma,' police say

The student was identified as nonbinary by their parents.

Investigators in Owasso, Oklahoma, are investigating the death of a nonbinary student one day after a physical altercation with other students.

On Wednesday, Owasso Police shared an update on the ongoing investigation and noted that a complete autopsy was performed on the student by the medical examiner. Police said the autopsy did not indicate that the student died as a result of trauma.

"Preliminary information from the medical examiner's office is that a complete autopsy was performed and indicated that the decedent did not die as a result of trauma," Owasso police said in a statement on Facebook .

Owasso police noted, "Further comments on the cause of death are currently pending until toxicology results and other ancillary testing results are received." The official autopsy report will be released at a later date, police added.

The student's mother, Sue Benedict, told the news outlet that Nex and another student had gotten in a fight with three older girls in the bathroom. It is not yet clear if their gender identities had a role in the altercation.

The altercation occurred after Nex had experienced several months of bullying from other students, according to Sue Benedict in The Independent.

In a statement on the school's website, school officials said: "Students were in the restroom for less than two minutes and the physical altercation was broken up by other students who were present in the restroom at the time, along with a staff member who was supervising outside of the restroom."

"While it was determined that ambulance service was not required, the school nurse recommended that Nex Benedict visit a medical facility for further examination," according to police.

Police said an Owasso High School student died on Feb. 8, a day after a physical altercation between the student and others at the school took place. Police have not publicly identified the victim as Nex.

According to police, the teen and their family reported the altercation at a local hospital, where the student was taken following the incident. A school resource officer responded to the hospital to take the report.

According to police, the student was rushed back to a hospital the next day, where the student was pronounced dead.

Officials say they are investigating the incident and will be interviewing school staff and students "over the course of the next two weeks." The findings will then be submitted to the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office for prosecution review.

The State Medical Examiner's Office will determine the final cause and manner of death.

There were initially conflicting reports regarding the student's name and gender identity . The student has been identified by their mother to be 16-year-old Nex Benedict in an interview with The Independent.

In a post on GoFundMe, their mother Sue Benedict said: "We are sorry for not using their name correctly and as parents we were still learning the correct forms. Please do not judge us as Nex was judged, please do not bully us for our ignorance on the subject. Nex gave us that respect and we are sorry in our grief that we overlooked them."

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PHOTO: In this image provided Malia Pila, Nex Benedict poses outside the family's home in Owasso, Okla., in December 2023.

Nex's mother told the Independent that the bullying Nex had faced came amid state legislative policies that targeted the transgender and nonbinary communities.

In recent years, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed bills that required students to use bathrooms that match their sex assigned at birth citing safety, banned the use of nonbinary gender markers on IDs, restricted gender-affirming care and banned transgender girls from participating in girls' sports citing fairness.

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Local LGBTQ organizations are calling for accountability against those who have promoted anti-transgender rhetoric, which some speculate may have contributed to the attack on Nex and the other student.

"The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth," said groups Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Oklahoma in a joint statement.

"We are deeply troubled by reports the school failed to respond appropriately to the altercation that preceded Nex's death and demand a thorough, open investigation into the matter," the statement read.

ABC News has reached out to the Owasso school district for comment.

In a statement to ABC News Thursday, released by their lawyers, Nex Benedict's family said they were asking officials to "hold those responsible to account."

"While various investigations are still pending, the facts currently known by the family, some of which have been released to the public, are troubling at best. We urge those tasked with investigating and prosecuting all potentially liable parties to do so fully, fairly and expediently," the family's statement read. "Notwithstanding, the family is independently interviewing witnesses and collecting all available evidence. The Benedict Family calls on all school, local, state and national officials to join forces to determine why this happened, to hold those responsible to account and to ensure it never happens again."

They also thanked the public for the support they've received. They've asked for privacy in the months ahead.

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"While we continue to piece together the full story, we wanted to reach out to our community grappling with this horrific harm, and the grief we all share as we reflect on the growing anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiments our youngest community members are facing more often," said advocacy group Freedom Oklahoma.

Anti-LGBTQ violence has been on the rise in recent years, according to law enforcement researchers , coinciding with growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment from conservative politicians.

Activists say they hope Nex is remembered for more than their tragic death.

"Nex loved rock music, and often bonded with others over headbanging," said Freedom Oklahoma in a statement. "Nex was unfailingly kind, and always searched for the best in people."

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