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Developmental characteristics:
- Concerned about body and appearance
- Highly developed motor skills
- Worry about clumsiness, illness and diet
- Think abstractly
- Learn by doing
- Less influenced by parents, more influenced by peers
- Need and demand more freedom and privacy
- Mask true feelings
- Need praise and adult recognition
- Admire heroes that demonstrate characteristics of friendship and romance
- Recognize diversity of idea
Supporting actions and activities:
- Presentations that involve appearance and projects that involve physical heroes
- Opportunities to discuss and address physical risk, including physical heroism, smoking, drugs, drinking, and sexual activity
- Opportunities to tutor younger children
- Opportunities to show competence in a public setting
- Teamwork on projects in small and large groups as well as individually
- Substantial choice with clear limits
- Opportunities to express feelings through projects and activities
- One-on-one opportunities to talk with adults
- Loud and quiet areas and activities
- Discussions of diverse ideas and opinions with adults and peers
- Specific help with skill areas that are causing problems
- Opportunities to catch up or move ahead with academic interests
- Opportunities to work on school day projects an papers with library and Internet support
- Problem-solving and reasoning skills practice
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