Girls and Boys
Do boys or girls grow faster?
Girls
What is one Gross motor physical milestone at 6-7 years old?
Gross Motor Skills
Is constantly active
May fidget
Can skate and jump rope with ease
Has a better sense of balance and timing
90%
Boys are taller and heavier than girls until what ages?
10 or 11 years of age.
Growth spurt peaks for boys at what age?
14.
What is one fine motor skill at 8-9 years old?
Fine Motor Skills
Is skillful with hands, uses tools, does handicrafts, plays musical instruments, and writes and draws with control
Is almost as coordinated as an adult
8 years of age.
Binocular vision is established at what age?
When do girls reach about 90 percent of their adult weight?
By 10 or 11 years
In what tasks do school-aged girls offend tend to preform better than boys in?
Tasks requiring flexibility or rhythm.
What is the definition of puberty?
The process by which the body becomes capable of reproduction
Fat accounts for about what percent of an average school-aged child's total body weights?
15%
What age are children in a period of development known as 'middle childhood'?
Between 6 and 12 years of age.
9-12
There becomes less stomach upsets as what system matures?
gastrointestinal system
What are growth pains caused by?
muscles trying to catch up with skeletal size.
Hypothalamus triggers surge of hormones in girls at what age?
At 8 years old.
Motor skills improve during middle childhood due to what physical factors?
Reaction time.
Precision.
Speed and strength.
Flexibility.
What does GnRH cause the brain's pituitary gland to release?
Two more hormones, follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone.
What are the first teeth to come in?
six-year-old molars (large teeth near the back of the jaw that come in around 6 years of age and are used for grinding food).