Marked Characteristics:
Slower growth
Period of transition
Practical adjustment
Reproductive organs maturing
Period of low morbidity
Heart and lungs relatively small
Great motor activity
Reactions vigorous
Resistance to fatigue
Immunity to exposure, danger,
temptation
Senses acute
New adjustments and coördinations readily made
Routine and rote enjoyed
Motor skill easily acquired
Keen interest in workmanship and motor skill
Constructs for concrete purposes or use
Mental action better controlled, more connected, orderly
Memory quick, sure, lasting
More critical
Sex consciousness develops
Emotions weaker
Fear increases
Teasing other children
Less submissive to elders
Competitive sense increases
Conscience weak
Reverence weaker
Religious indifference
Foster:
Muscular activity
Motor and manual skill
Drill, memorizing
Routine, discipline
Three R’s.
Responsibility
Cultivate:
Fine handwork
Thoroughness
Reserve (in girls)
Chivalry (in boys)
Confidence in parents
Inhibit:
Athletic competition (too great strain on heart)
Fear
Reckon with:
Less confidence in adults
Group interest
Secretiveness