Physical Development
By middle childhood, the number of teeth in a child's mouth are:
1. 20
2. 24
3. 28
4. 32
3. 28
What are the 2 types of muscles in the body?
The body has 2 types of muscles - Large muscles and Small muscles
Children between 6-11 years get confused between words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings.
Is this true or False?
False
Who all influences a child's socio-emotional development?
1. Parents
2. Peer Group
3. School
Head to body proportion during middle childhood is
1. 1/8th
2.1/6th
3.1/4th
4.1/2th
2. 1/6th
What is muscular coordination?
Movement due to muscular control which is learnt is called muscular coordination.
Children of middle childhood do not enjoy speaking tongue twisters.
True or False. Justify
False.
Children of middle childhood love speaking tongue twisters.
What is social development?
What is emotional development?
"Social development involves not only learning to behave in a socially approved manner but also developing the ability to get along with others."
“Emotional development means gaining control over one’s emotions and learning to express them in socially approved ways.”
What is growth spurt?
The sudden increase in height and weight in the 11-13 years age group is called growth spurt.
What are the two types of muscular coordination?
Muscular coordination is of two types: fine and gross.
The movement of the fine (small) muscles is called fine muscular coordination while the movement of large muscles is called gross muscular coordination.
Do you remember how much vocabulary is developed during middle childhood?
The child has a vocabulary of about 14,000 to 30,000 words.
Democratic method of disciplining hinders the development of self-confidence in children.
True or False - Justify
False.
Parents lay down clear rules for the children.
They praise their children for the good things
they do and usually do not punish them for their wrong doings.
If the child does anything wrong, they try to explain why it is wrong.
In other words, they adopt a democratic method of disciplining the children.
Discuss about bone development during middle childhood.
1. By middle childhood, all the bones in the body are formed.
2. These continue to grow in size and strength.
3. There is sufficient calcium in the bones to make them strong. This is one reason why the activity level in middle childhood is high.
Give 3 examples of each for fine muscular coordination and gross muscular coordination
Fine muscular coordination:
1. Sharpening a pencil
2. Writing
3.Tying shoe laces
Gross muscular coordination:
1. Walking on the road
2. Climbing stairs
3. Jumping over hurdles
Give one example of each
1. Homophone
2. Homonym
3. Metaphor
4. Tongue Twister
1. Homophone - Won and One
2. Homonym - Fly and Fly
3. She is light as a feather
4. She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
How do parents help influence a child's socio-emotional development?
1. Parents help develop a child's self-confidence
2. They lay down rules and expectations
3. They praise their children for the good things
they do and usually do not punish them for their wrong doings.They try and explain why it is wrong.
Why do boys have more strength than girls? Distinguish and discuss.
1. All bones are covered with fat and muscles.
2. Girls have more fat around their bones than muscles. At seven to eight years, girls start to gain more fat than muscles on their arms, legs and trunk,
3. Boys have more of muscles than fat. This
is why they have more strength. Boys can gener-
ally run longer distances, jump higher, etc.
What is sensitive period ? Discuss why most schools start getting children to write from grade 1
Sensitive period is the time when one can learn a specific activity most effectively.
When we insist on making a child learn an activity before the muscles are ready for it, the muscles can get damaged.
Fine muscles are more likely to get damaged. This is the reason why children should not be forced to write before they are four and a half to five and a half years old.
List some characteristics of Language development in middle childhood.
1. Child has a vocabulary of 14000-30000 words
2. The ability to use language well and to communicate well develops at this age.
3. Child is able to understand - homonyms, homophones, metaphors, loves cracking jokes
How does peer group help in socio-emotional development during middle childhood?
A peer group:
1. helps to see how one compares with others of same age;
2. provides emotional security and comfort that an adult cannot;
3. helps the child learn how to get along in society;
4. helps children to become independent of their parents.