Derek Rieckmann
CHFD307
Dr.
Baxter
10/30/2020
Six-year-old
me
Cognitive
Development
Physical
Developmet
Social/Emotional
Development
1. Learning to sound
out unfamiliar words
while reading and
beginning to write.
2. Better capacity to
explain and describe
experiecnes than
before.
3. Ability to
focus/concentrate
on a task has
increased to around
20 minutes.
1. Develop first
molars/baby teeth
start falling out.
2. Growth steadily
increasing - roughly
2-2.5 inches per
year.
3.Fine and gross
motor development
increases - fine
motor with learning
how to write and
gross motor with
running, skipping,
and jumping.
1. More focused of friend
relationships - want to be
accepted and liked by
peers.
2.Can now tell
simple jokes
3. Empathy continues
to develop - understands
the feelings of others
more

Sixteen-year-
old me
Cognitive
Development
Physical
Developmet
Social/Emotional
Development
1. Ability to
communicate has
increased - able to
communicate like
adults at this point.
2. Able to
understand concrete
and abstract
thought.
3.
Focused on future
schooling and work
prospects.

