InThe Sims 4, there is a variety of different life stages that you can play through. Childhood is the first stage in a Sim’s life where they can experience true freedom. Still, you want your Sim children to grow up happy, healthy, and smart, so it’s important to develop life skills.

In this guide, we are going to take a look at Child Skills, and how to develop them. This will include any potential rewards gained from maxing out a Child Skill tree. In total, there are four Child Skills, with each one having ten levels.

A child Sim playing in her bedroom in The Sims 4

What Are The Four Child Skills?

The four Child Skills are unique to Sims in this life stage;Sims of any other group cannot level these skills up.The four Child Skills can be seen below.

How To Level Up Child Skills

To level up Child Skills, you will just need todo relevant activities,which we will go over later. It’s important to first note thatyour child Sim will not gain normal experience from activities until they max out the skill.

Your child Simsdoes not need adult supervisionto level up any of these skills.

Sims 4: children at karaoke machine.

For example, if you choose to level up your Sim’s Creativity Skill by playing piano,they will not gain the Piano Skill.Instead, this willdevelop the Creativity Skill until level ten is reached.At this point, they can then actually learn to play the piano.

Creativity Skill

The Creativity Skill is associated withtasks thatinvolve using creativity and imagination.This includespainting, playing instruments, playing with toys, and drawing at an Activity Table.

If your child Sim heads to a park, they can also develop their Creativity Skill on aJungle Gym.

Sims 4 first fits 9 kids on a playground in new clothing

Creativity Skill Level Max Reward

As mentioned earlier, at level ten of the Creativity Skill, your child Sim canlearn to play piano and violin.By interacting with these instruments, they will increase the skills like normal adult Sims.

Mental Skill

The Mental Skill deals withlogical-based activities. This skill is quite simple to level up, asdoing homework can help develop it.

In addition to doing homework, your child Sim canplay chess, read books, and play video games.At a Science Table, your Sim can also experiment to develop the Mental Skill.

The Sims 4 children sit together and play videogames in the living room

Mental Skill Level Max Reward

With a level ten Mental Skill, your child Sim can now develop the following skills.

Motor Skill

The Motor Skill deals with dexterity and coordination. To increase the Motor Skill, have your child Simplay on a playground and practice typing at a computer.

We suggest putting a simple set ofMonkey Barson your lot, allowing any children to play and increase their Motor Skill.

An office desk in the Sims 4, with the camera focused on a pile of notes and pens next to the computer

Motor Skill Level Max Reward

Unlike the other skills, a max level Motor Skilldoes not unlock any other skills.

Social Skill

Lastly, we have the Social Skill. This may be the easiest to level up, as yousimply need to talk with others.

This can be donein person or on a computer.If you are looking to increase all four skills at the same time,we suggest playing chess with an adult. This willincrease your child Sim’s Mental and Social Skill at the same time, while also increasing your friendship with the other player.

Sims 4 family with parents, a grandparent and two children.

Social Skill Level Max Reward

With a level ten Social Skill, your Sim can nowdevelop the Charisma and Mischief Skills.

Childhood Aspirations & Traits

There arefour possible aspirations that children can have in the base game,with each one corresponding to a skill type.

There are additional child aspirations that become available with the Growing Together DLC.

Two kids in their bedrooms in a split screen style image.

Below, you can check out each aspiration and its requirements.

Draw 2 pictures while Inspired

Play with 3 toys

Play instruments for 5 total hours

Draw all 5 picture types on the Activity Table

Achieve level 10 Creativity skill

Achieve level 2 Motor skill

Achieve level 5 Motor skill

Practice typing for 4 hours

Make it across the Monkey Bars 3 times

Achieve level 10 Motor skill

Make a friend

Meet 5 new Sims

Achieve level 5 Social skill

Become friends with 3 other children

Become friends with 2 adults

Achieve level 10 Social skill

Read with an Adult for 2 hours

Achieve level 5 Mental skill

Finish Homework 2 times while Focused

Achieve a grade of “A” at school

· Achieve level 10 Mental skill

Learn Mental Skills Faster

As you can see, maxing out Child Skills can be beneficial in your adulthood. The reward for each aspiration is apermanent trait that provides beneficial learning effects. For example, adults who completed the Whiz Kid aspiration canlearn programming quickly.