Characteristics
Of 9-Year-Old Students
• Increased coordination.
• Push themselves to physical
limits and fatigue easily.
• Highly competitive and impatient.
• Worry a lot and are their own worst critics.
• Aloof. Can be sullen and moody.
• Love vocabulary, language play and information.
• Age of negatives: "I hate it," "I can't," "boring."
• Intellectual curiosity.
• Trouble with abstractions such as large numbers or periods of time.
Characteristics
Of 10-Year-Old Students
• Good listeners.
• Voracious readers.
• Expressive and talkative.
• Increased ability to be abstract.
• Like rules and logic. Like to
organize.
• Need a great deal of physical
activity.
• Like to work in groups.
• Enjoy tracing and copying as fine motor skills strengthen.
• Able to concentrate and read for extended periods.
• Actively receptive learners. Memorization is a key learning strategy.
SOURCE: "Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14" by Chip Wood
