Childhood
Children under this stage experience physical changes, especially that the increse in size of the different bady arts is very rapid. These changes are evident with the direction of their growth - from head to toe (cephalocaudal) and from central to distal (proximodistal)
With regards to the skills, generally a child's activity develop from gross motor skill, in which a bigger part of the body is being utilized through such activities and then gradually "narrows down" to fine motor skills where a more specific movement of the smaller limb could be traced (drawing, writing). Later on this stage it still continue to enhance.
Explanation: These are significant "milestones" for every child to accomplish as they are growing and developing as these are "basic" skills for an adult to consider. If improper training of these skills were overlooked, chances are these "mistakes" could be practiced until adulthood which may impact the socialization and acquisition of maturity.
Adolescence
On the physical aspect, an adolescent undergoes puberty when there is a rapid increase in the size and shape of different parts of the body (growth spurt), especially the maturity of sexual organs, as well as the secondary characteristics like telarche, lowering of the voice.
Regarding skills, several extracurricular activities like arts, sprorts and music captures the interest of teens with reasons of skills enhancement od just simply for socializing. At this stage, skills are more complex and it could encompass more aspect of learning like spatial intelligence, critical thinking, decision making and many more.
Explanation: These aspects are very important to determine, as well as enhance, since this stage acts as a "bridge" from childhood to adulthood for a learner to have a meaningful and fruitful adolescence and hopefully results to a well-rounded, skillful and responsible adult.
Brain Development
Since it is in the human brain where all our cognition, emotions and skills are "seated", its growth and development is parallel to the physical and motor development of a child and adolescent. Brain development from conception to fetal stage dictates the capacity of a child to acquire knowledge and skills during growth and development. Adolescents also experience changes as well both physically and emotionally though the maturation of their glands and later in the secretion of hormones which made puberty possible at this stage.
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