BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Specialized in the management of language and movement
Needs supervision for bedtimes and wake up times
What is sleep/rest?
Throws ball well at long distances and catches ball with accuracy
What is ball activity?
Free time spent away from school work and chores that involves self direction and self discovery
What is leisure?
Specialized for the analysis of space and geometric shapes and forms
What is right hemisphere?
Takes a bath or shower when told or reminded
What is bathing/showering?
Runs with speed and endurance
What is ability to run?
Boys: larger group, aggressive, rough and tumble play, winners and losers, dominance
Girls: a few "best friends", less rules driven, conflicts solved by compromise
What is gender segregated?
Becomes fully myelinated in middle childhood, allows fast communication between hemispheres for sensory and motor integration
What is corpus callosum?
Learn how to navigate and efficiently use a cell phone
What is communication management?
___ groups are greatly influential on their decision making, values, and how they spend their time
What is peer groups?
Bilateral coordination
What is type of coordination for building complex structures?
Play that is believed to support critical thinking and cognitive flexibility later in life
What is engagement in creative play activities?
Growth is associated with mental functioning such as attention and higher level cognitive functioning
What is frontal lobe?
May begin to earn their own money, begin how to manage money, plan, and shop
What is financial management?
Helps and looks after you. Taking other's feelings into account; seeing others' viewpoints
What is Age 5-7?
Good dexterity
What is needed for crafts and construction with small objects?
Two or more sides of competition, agreed upon criteria for determining winner. Rules are subject to change
What is games with rules?
Assist with household chores, and act as an assistant to the primary provider of the house
What is home establishment and management?
Plays fair; follow the rules; talks and shares interests; talking and listening to each other; forming groups with similar interests
What is Age 8-10?
Motor planning
What is evident in completion of complex puzzles?
Whether solitary or social, it is associated with development of creativity and enhanced learning