Middle Childhood and Adolescence Development Paper Angela M. Beal Psychology 375 December 8‚ 2014 Professor Amy Loder Middle Childhood and Adolescence Development Paper When it comes to adolescent adulthood we think of still a time of innocence and change. However in all actuality there is something’s that in this stage that the young adult deals with on a daily basis. Many peer pressures take place including substance and alcohol abuse‚ dating sexuality and family behavior. When it comes to substance
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acquisition of fine motor skills; it also encompasses behaviours that promote and impede health and environmental factors that influence physical growth. (McDevitt & Ormrod‚ 2010‚ p. 5). I have chosen to evaluate the physical developmental stage of middle childhood‚ children the ages of six to ten years of age. This essay discusses the considerations for physical development and how it can be supported in the learning environment. It will look at motor development and its influences‚ the benefits of physical
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what he or she has experienced‚ but a creative reworking of the impressions that he or she has acquired (Vygotsky). This simple phrase is meant to carry the notion that observation and documentation is key in understanding young children as learners. Observation and documentation of children has been an important part of early childhood teaching throughout history (Stuart Reifel‚ 2011). In the early nineteenth-century German educator Friedrich Froebel encouraged all kindergarten teachers to observe the
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Have you ever had to let go of someone who you loved? We decided to go on a picnic at my aunt lisa’s house one summer day of pizza and lemonade in her backyard with my brother and my sister and my dad and my mom and my grandpa me my brother and sister were playing on a slip and slide my dad and grandpa were watching tv and after playing on the slip and slide i ate some pizza and my aunt said that she needed to use the john when she came back she was not the same because she was moving in her
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On September 29‚ I observed a kindergarten class at Genoa Elementary school. I had watched multiple children around the room‚ mainly while they were doing activities at stations. Most kids were friendly with each other and followed directions. The teacher was interactive with the students to get them more engaged and also made sure every student got a turn by the end of the activity. The students were very outgoing and loud‚ as children should be. The children even interacted with us as we walked
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Another characteristic of middle childhood psychosocial development is the child developing their own self. It is in this stage a child will decide what they like‚ where they want to fit and create a better understanding of the environment around them. It is found most children around the age of eight prefer to interact with the same sex groups (Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood‚ 2011). When a child interacts well in their group they develop a strong
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For this assignment I observed two families‚ one was an upper middle classed family that I encountered in Target. I also observed a seemingly lower middle classed family I encountered them in a local grocery store. Both these families were white they also had many similarities as well as differences the differences they had were like night and day. Going into this assignment I thought that all middle classed families were like the ones that are portrayed on television the snobby‚ privileged‚ and
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Marcy Laber CSV Competency Statement V I am not only held accountable to myself but to my colleagues‚ children and their parents. I provide the parent with a true authentic look at their child when I collect formal assessments‚ informal observations and portfolio samples. It allows me the opportunity to give better individualized instruction‚ create groups and have discussions with parents. It is second nature for me to support my colleagues and work as a member of a team. Effective communications
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It was a ferociously gloomy day in the heart of Center City. The time of the observation was from 11:43 am to 12:43pm. Sandwiched between 15th street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard is the Philadelphia’s Municipal Services Building and within the plaza of the building lies Board Game Park. Even in the rain‚ the park was festive. Upon arriving‚ it began to drizzle. The drizzle was light enough for me to sit by a statue that was composed of multiple bodies piled on top of one another. The noises heard
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Setting: My observation took place on February 11th‚ and 24th‚ 2016. I visited a new a new child care program which opened in November 2016 and is located in Sanford‚ Maine. This is a new constructed center with three early childhood classrooms. Each classroom has eight children ranging from ages 8 weeks to 36 months; one lead teacher‚ one assistant teacher‚ and one floater. The classroom floater is an adult who covers breaks and supports teachers when needed. There a central kitchen with staff
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