LATE · CHILDHOOD LATE · CHILDHOOD LATE · CHILDHOOD

LIFE AS A
INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOLER
● PASCULADO, NICOLE ANGELA L.
● RETIZA, JOHN QUINCY V.
● POLICARPIO, JEFF
● SABANDAL, ROSE JEAN
 SUBTOPICS OF THE LESSON

1 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT of the

Intermediate Schooler

2 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT of the

Intermediate Schooler

3 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT of the Intermediate
 WHAT IS LATE CHILDHOOD?

● Extends from
from the age of six years to the time the individual becomes
sexually mature. The signs of
of puberty are
are also
also shown
shown in
in this
this period

● It has the same period of middle childhood - ranging from 6 to 12

years old.

● A lot of growth is experienced by both boys and girls.

 PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Physical development from middle childhood will

continue to grow. The development may be slow but
steady. The baby teeth will be most likely to fall out and
permanent teeth will erupt. Children from this stage
will experience sexual maturation.
 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT in boys

● Facial hair
● Voice changes
● Broad shoulders
● Body becomes more muscular
● Around the age of 12, his genital will grow.

● May experience wet dreams and erections.

 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT in GIRLS

● Hips widen and weight gain because of the hips.

● Breasts start to develop.

● Reproductive organ may develop.
● Whole body gets curvier.
● Hairs in armpits.
● Might have a yellow and sticky mucus on their
underwear.
 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT in BOTH

● Hairs in chest, armpits, and legs will be

visible.

● They become taller.

● May experience acne.
 COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT
 cognitive DEVELOPMENT

In this stage, children’s thinking skills have been more

enhanced and they enjoy the cognitive abilities more as they
can utilize it within their school.Their thinking skills have
been more useful, especially in solving problems. Most of the
intermediate schoolers are interested in what future careers
they’ll take. They are also able to develop interests in
collections, hobbies, & sports.
 IT INVOLVES ON:

01 Reading
Reading Development
Development 02 attention

03 CREATIVITY 04 MEDIA AND

AGGRESSION

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01
READING
DEVELOPMENT
 READING DEVELOPMENT

In late childhood, children have now a wide

vocabulary. In
In the early
early stage
stage of this period,
they tend not
not to pretend reading and prefer
reading fictions than
than fairy tales or magic.
magic.
Intermediate
Intermediate schoolers’ works works are more
complicated and problems becomes a part of
their everyday lives.
02
ATTENTION
 ATTENTION

Older children have now longer attention

spans than they were young. Their attention
span depends on the
the difficulty
difficulty of the tasks
given to them.
03
CREATIVITY
 CREATIVITY
Children
Children have
have become
become more
more open
open inin exploring
exploring new
new things.
things.
They
They also
also have
have become
become divergent
divergent in
in terms
terms of
of thinking.
thinking. There
There
are
are several
several ways
ways to
to know
know ifif the
the intermediate
intermediate schoolers
schoolers are
are
possessing
possessing creativity
creativity thinking:
thinking:

●● Encourages
Encourages different
different responses
responses from
from each
each child
child

●● Becomes
Becomes more
more observant
observant
●● Uses
Uses different
different methods
methods in in approaching
approaching problems,
problems,
whether
whether they
they would
would work
work or
or not.
not.

●● Enjoys
Enjoys quiet
quiet time
time and
and space
space to
to not
not get
get interrupted.
interrupted.
04
MEDIA AND
AGGRESSION
 MEDIA & AGGRESSION
Violence
Violence and
and aggression
aggression are
are often
often present
present and
and dubbed
dubbed as
as the
the
result
result of
of media.The
media.The following
following are
are one
one of
of the
the reasons
reasons why
why
media
media has
has negative
negative remarks
remarks on
on intermediate
intermediate schoolers:
schoolers:

●● Anti-social
Anti-social and
and aggressive
aggressive behaviors
behaviors might
might arise
arise on
on
children.
children.
●● They
They may
may become
become less
less sensitive
sensitive to
to violence
violence and
and those
those who
who
are victims of violence.
are victims of violence.

●● Children
Children may
may view
view the
the world
world as
as mean
mean and
and violent,
violent, becoming
becoming
scared
scared that
that they
they might
might become
become aa victim
victim of
of it.
it.

●● They
They might
might viewview violence
violence as
as acceptable
acceptable andand desire
desire to
to see
see
more
more of
of itit as
as entertainment,
entertainment, whether
whether in
in real
real life
life or
or not.
not.
 SOCIO-
EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

In
In this
this stage,
stage, children
children are
are becoming
becoming adventurous
adventurous and
and spend
spend their
their time
time outside
outside of
of
their
their home.
home. They
They tend
tend to
to make
make friends,
friends, whether
whether their
their age
age and
and gender
gender is
is different
different
from
from the
the child.
child. They
They also
also tend
tend to
to do
do social
social comparison
comparison with
with others.
others.

According
According to to Erikson,
Erikson, children
children in
in middle
middle and and late late childhood
childhood areare industrious
industrious
(Erikson,
(Erikson, 1982).
1982). This
This is
is aa time
time when
when they
they are
are gaining
gaining aa sense
sense of
of how
how they
they measure
measure up
up
when
when compared
compared withwith peers.
peers. Erikson
Erikson believed
believed that
that ifif these
these industrious
industrious children
children can
can be
be
successful
successful in
in their
their endeavors,
endeavors, they
they will
will get
get aa sense
sense of
of confidence
confidence for
for future
future challenges.
challenges.
If
If not,
not, aa sense
sense of
of inferiority
inferiority can
can be
be particularly
particularly haunting
haunting during
during middle
middle and
and late
late
childhood.
childhood.
 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
●● Relationships,
Relationships, communication,
communication, andand social
social skills
skills continues
continues to
to
develop
develop and
and the
the range
range of
of social
social situations
situations increased.
increased.

●● Same-sex
Same-sex friendships
friendships are
are often
often developed.
developed.

●● Still
Still seeks
seeks approval
approval and
and may
may show
show off.
off.

●● When
When building
building friendships,
friendships, they
they tend
tend to
to go
go with
with their
their same-
same-
sex peer group.
sex peer group.
 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
●● They
They can
can control
control and
and recognised
recognised their
their emotions.
emotions.

●● Empathy
Empathy is is shown
shown on
on the
the intermediate
intermediate schoolers
schoolers when
when they
they
can
can identify
identify the
the emotions
emotions of
of other
other people.
people.

●● Children
Children can
can control
control their
their emotions
emotions better
better and
and itit allows
allows
them
them to
to function
function better
better in
in aa social
social settings.
settings.

●● When
When developing
developing ideas
ideas on
on what
what they
they good
good at,
at, itit gives
gives them
them
the
the feelings
feelings of
of self-conscious.
self-conscious.
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PHYSICAL
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COGNITIVE
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