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The Child from Five to Ten
THE CHILD FROM FIVE TO TEN is a companion to the classic INFANT AND CHILD IN THE CULTURE OF TODAY. It takes the reader through the important and formative years when the child goes to school and truly becomes a candidate for citizenship in a complex civilization.
Each year has distinctive behavior characteristics which have been studied in great detail by Dr. Gesell and his associates at the Yale Clinic of Child Development, which is now the Gesell Institute of Child Development. With the cooperation of parents and teachers, a rich fund of information concerning the personality growth of individual children has been assembled and analyzed.
This book is organized into a year-by-year series of psychological portraits with concrete guidance suggestions, covering the following motor characteristics; personal hygiene; emotional expression; fears and dreams; self and sex; interpersonal relations; play and pastimes; school life; ethical sense; and philosophical outlook. A special chapter is devoted to each of these subjects.
THE CHILD FROM FIVE TO TEN, in its first edition, and INFANT AND CHILD, now revised, have been read by many thousands of people who have used the books as a kind of bible in the care and training of young children. They are of value not only to parents, but also to teachers and anyone else who shares in the responsibility for the welfare of children.
Among the many new topics included here are children and television, children of various ages and their relationships with their grandparents, and changes in schools.
In general, five-year-olds still seem to be well-adjusted, calm and thoroughly delightful. Sevens are often withdrawn and quite thoughtful but happy. The eight-year-old is expansive, speedy and evaluative. Ten is calm, collected and appreciative. The ages between remain very much as we saw them in the original edition. The culture however, has changed in many ways.
Each year has distinctive behavior characteristics which have been studied in great detail by Dr. Gesell and his associates at the Yale Clinic of Child Development, which is now the Gesell Institute of Child Development. With the cooperation of parents and teachers, a rich fund of information concerning the personality growth of individual children has been assembled and analyzed.
This book is organized into a year-by-year series of psychological portraits with concrete guidance suggestions, covering the following motor characteristics; personal hygiene; emotional expression; fears and dreams; self and sex; interpersonal relations; play and pastimes; school life; ethical sense; and philosophical outlook. A special chapter is devoted to each of these subjects.
THE CHILD FROM FIVE TO TEN, in its first edition, and INFANT AND CHILD, now revised, have been read by many thousands of people who have used the books as a kind of bible in the care and training of young children. They are of value not only to parents, but also to teachers and anyone else who shares in the responsibility for the welfare of children.
Among the many new topics included here are children and television, children of various ages and their relationships with their grandparents, and changes in schools.
In general, five-year-olds still seem to be well-adjusted, calm and thoroughly delightful. Sevens are often withdrawn and quite thoughtful but happy. The eight-year-old is expansive, speedy and evaluative. Ten is calm, collected and appreciative. The ages between remain very much as we saw them in the original edition. The culture however, has changed in many ways.
- GenresParenting
461 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1946
About the author
Arnold Gesell
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December 28, 2012
Gostei muito da escrita de Andrew Miller, sempre empolgante e em constante movimento.
A história tem/tinha tudo para dar certo, é original um tema que ainda não foi explorado, tem o seu quê de mistério, horror, mas houve tantos trunfos (a meu ver) que poderiam ter sido jogados, para ir mais além, podia ter elevado um pouco mais a fasquia.
Para mim poderia colocar um pouco mais de terror, tinha tudo para dar certo iria ficar mais empolgante com certeza, todo o ambiente era propicio.
Acabou por ser uma história simples, mas muito bem contada pois nunca houve qualquer tipo de previsibilidade.
Gostei e recomendo, achei foi aquele final um pouco bizarro.
A história tem/tinha tudo para dar certo, é original um tema que ainda não foi explorado, tem o seu quê de mistério, horror, mas houve tantos trunfos (a meu ver) que poderiam ter sido jogados, para ir mais além, podia ter elevado um pouco mais a fasquia.
Para mim poderia colocar um pouco mais de terror, tinha tudo para dar certo iria ficar mais empolgante com certeza, todo o ambiente era propicio.
Acabou por ser uma história simples, mas muito bem contada pois nunca houve qualquer tipo de previsibilidade.
Gostei e recomendo, achei foi aquele final um pouco bizarro.
February 26, 2014
This is a book I've not completed, but that I'll refer back to each year as my kids grow. Lots of useful reminders here, and amazing that this knowledge and research was available to us in the 1940s!
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August 18, 2012Somebody please suggest a good book to read about the 6-8 year old child. This might be it, but I couldn't get past the old-fashioned style and ideas.
July 26, 2016
Good resource for parents and teachers
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