No, but there are developmental stages and behavior you would expect from
children of a certain age. For example, you wouldn't expect an 8 year old to
fling himself on the floor, kicking and screaming because you asked everyone to
come sit in a circle for morning meeting. You also wouldn't expect an 8 year
old to cry when the girls in the class made friendship bracelets for the girls,
but not the boys. You wouldn't expect an 8 year old to scream "I hate cheese"
in the middle of lunch, then proceed to stomp it into the carpet. You wouldn't
expect an 8 year old to cry for his mom everyday for the first week of school.
I had all these things happen in my classroom, and they were unprovoked. No
one said or did anything to this child that would elicit such outbursts.
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. . . Does the fact that they don't sit quietly and aim to please like
many girls mean they are immature?
Nancy
Joy/NC/4
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How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go
hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
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