Learning, thinking & problem-solving

At age six children grasp important thinking skills which have developed since they were babies. This good start has laid the foundations for the development of skills they need to succeed in school.

Children age six will work with abstract concepts and their brain will rise to the challenging task of moving from concrete thinking to understanding abstract relationships, for example, the concept of number and mathematical operations. They begin to create simple abstractions using thinking skills, though they may still interpret the world through ‘perceptions or what they see’.

They begin to recognise units, characteristics of objects, series & numbers and increasingly they use strategies to solve mathematical problems. Do bear in mind that they are still in transition from ‘thinking based on perceptions’ to more abstract thinking and need plenty of practice to grasp abstract concepts.

DID YOU KNOW?

• A 6 years old can understand the basic concept of numbers
• Knows basic concepts of time such as day from night and basic spatial relations such over and under, side and front
• Able to tell time from a clock with numbers
• Able to repeat three numbers backward
• Uses a wider variety of materials and combine colours, forms and lines
• Remembers words and melodies of songs and may sing them
• Creates, imitates and explores
• Shows greater creativity and complexity in the use of props, costumes, movements and sounds
• Can repeat simple text and cooperate with others in a school play**