School Age

We have a bus stop at our school. Grosse Ile Elementary School students can be picked up and dropped off at Stepping Stones. If interested in this service, please talk to the Grosse Ile schools transportation department.

As children enter into school-age, their abilities and understanding of concepts and the world around them continue to grow. While children may progress at different rates, the following are some of the common milestones children may reach in this age group:

6 – 7 Year Olds

Understands concept of numbers

• Knows daytime and nighttime

• Knows right and left hands

• Can copy complex shapes, such as a diamond

• Can tell time

• Can understand commands with three separate instructions

• Can explain objects and their use

• Can repeat three numbers backwards

• Can read age-appropriate books and/or materials

8 – 9 Year Olds

More graceful with movements and abilities

• Can count backwards

• Knows the date

• Reads more and enjoys reading

• Understands fractions

• Understands concept of space

• Draws and paints

• Can name months and days of week, in order

• Enjoys collecting objects

10 – 12 Year Olds

Remainder of adult teeth will develop

• Writes stories

• Likes to write letters

• Reads well

• Enjoys using the telephone