How to Change Age Range When Your Child Grows

Children change fast, and the material has to keep up. Going from 6 to 7 is not a minor detail. Berti and Bombi, in The Child's Construction of Economics, describe that economic understanding is built in stages, and that what makes sense at one age isn't the same at the next. That's why the program changes range without changing the idea.

How to do it

The range is decided by the profile's birth date: ages 4 to 6, the younger; 7 to 10, the older. The younger range starts with what a child can touch and see, and the older one moves to comparisons and causes.

To update it, open the profile, check the date and correct it if needed. The material adjusts from there and progress is kept. It's best not to create a new profile, because you'd start from zero.

The same topic grows with the child. At 5, "trading something for something" makes sense with a pretend shop. At 8, the question is already why it costs what it costs. The idea is the same; the depth changes.

It's worth checking the date at every birthday, or when the sheet takes under a minute (too easy) or when the child gets frustrated without moving forward (too hard). The change can be presented as a promotion: James Clear argues that habits last when they are tied to identity, and "you're one of the big kids now" works.

What it's for

For your child, the range change is recognition that they've grown and can do more. For you, the profile's date is the adjustment you review each year.

What you'll see over time

At the first range change the child may feel the sheet is harder. Between one and six months they get used to the new depth. In the long run the progress from earlier ranges stays in the profile and reads as a single story.

Signs it's working

You know the change works when the child does the new range's sheet with less help, when they talk about the idea in more detail and when the earlier progress is still visible.