Body Talk (Physical Development)
These “pains,” often occurring at night, are common for 11-year-olds when their bones grow faster than their muscles.
What are growing pains?
Children at age 12 are more likely to understand and enjoy this sophisticated type of humor involving double meanings and wordplay.
What is sarcasm?
For a 12-year-old, the opinions of these people often matter more than the opinions of parents or teachers.
Who are peers (friends)?
These true stories about famous people are particularly exciting for students in this age range.
What are biographies?
11-year-olds often enjoy computer games not just for fun, but as a way to do this for their stress.
What is reduce it? (Or stress reducer)?
Because their bodies are growing so rapidly, children in this age group need plenty of physical activity, food/snacks, and a lot of this...
What is sleep?
This type of thinking, which allows kids to understand big ideas like “justice,” becomes much stronger between ages 11 and 12.
What is abstract thinking?
This term describes an 11-year-old’s tendency to be moody and focus mostly on themselves.
What is self-absorbed?
To help an 11-year-old concentrate, teachers might find that playing this in the background is helpful.
What is music?
This is the common name for the feeling that others are having rewarding experiences while you are absent.
What is FOMO (or Fear Of Missing Out)?
Most biological girls have reached this major physical milestone by the age of 12.
What is menstruation?
12-year-olds are often deeply interested in current events and this topic, which involves fairness and the environment.
What is social justice?
Because they are easily embarrassed, 11-year-olds have a strong need to do this in front of their friends during an argument.
What is "save face" (look cool)?
12-year-olds are increasingly capable of this classroom activity, which involves arguing for both sides of an issue.
What is debate?
To help with sleep, experts recommend that children stop using devices at least this long before bedtime.
What is one hour?
At age 10, these are developing quickly, which means kids need lots of physical challenges and play outdoors.
What are large muscles?
Around age 11, they start to realize that the these can have long-term effects.
What are choices?
10-year-olds are known for this emotional trait where they get angry fast but are also very quick to do this.
What is forgive?
11 and 12-year-olds often thrive and learn best when they are working in these types of groups.
Although social media is usually for older kids, nearly this percentage of children ages 8 to 12 report using it.
What is 40%?
These types of tasks, such as tracing or weaving, become more pleasurable for 10 and 11-year-olds as their coordination improves.
What are precision (or fine motor) tasks?
This process in the brain, which occurs during middle childhood, makes the brain more refined by pruning away certain connections.
What is synaptic pruning?
By age 12, children become more reasonable and capable of this, which is the ability to understand another person's feelings.
What is empathy?
According to the theorist Vygotsky, this "Zone" is the difference between what a child can do alone and what they can do with a teacher's help.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Frequent use of social media can affect this part of the developing brain, which is responsible for impulse control.
What is the prefrontal cortex?