Smart, Mollie S.

School age children : development and relationships / Mollie S. Smart and Russell C. Smart - New York : Macmillan, c1973. - ix, 582 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Infancy -- Part II. The preschool child -- Part III. The school-age child -- Part IV. The adolescent.

Almost all cultures take some notice of the child's entering a new phase of life at 6 or 7 years of age. Although there are no general stages that are unique wholes, age 6 or 7 marks a shift in important processes of development. The fact that formal education is begun at this time in so many different cultures indicates widespread perception of such a shift.


CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

LB 1133 .S5 1973