Chapter 8 Flashcards
Body Changes 2-6
- what happens to their lower body?
- their fat?
- gain how much weight per year?
height
lengthens
into muscle
gain 4 pound per year
3 in per year
they are eays to be at what
why?
easy to fill up on
nutritional risk
small appetite
easy to fill up on unhealthy
why could it back fire when encourging to eat
gain not good weight - unhealthy weight
why does weight increase as family income decrease
potatoes noodles
any carb = cheap
cultural on weight gain
grandparents tend to force them to eat (latinos, Asians, Jewish, Slavic)
kids eat what _________
don’t have to ____
they need
force to eat
nutirtonal defecienes
kids who do not have milk
have a calcium deficeny
sugar overload =
obesity
oral health
too much
too little
leads to
sugar
fiber
tooth decay
when do baby teeth fall out
do we need to take care of them?
6-10 years old
yes can harm adult teeth
What does Just Right mean
where e/t has to be perfect
what to do at this Just Right stage
examples of this stage
put kid into routine
make same meals on certain days ex: taco tuesday, macacron monday
foods cant touch each other
food preferences
brain development at this age and stage 2-6
what does it need
develops up to 70%
need advaced language
social understanding
Spped of thought - what does this mean
examples
several thoughts occur in rapid succession
can see an object and name it right away
can rapidly name letters
Spped of thought and actions
what does it take they longer 2 do
speed of thought faster than actions
long to express self
longe rto write
Connecting Hemispheres
what connects the left and right side of brain
what does it allow the barin to do
failure=
1) corpus Callsum
2) 2 sides t communicate w/ each other
3) autism
when do they have a dominant hand
particularly
2 years old
left hand alludes to
creativity (artists, singers)
what does left side control
what does the right side control
right side (logical reasoning)
left side (emotions, creativity) - notices whole picture
what is brain gym
example
doing excersises connecting both side
crossing the midline - reach across the middle of body with arm of leg
planning and analyzing
prefrontal cortex -
impulsive -
perseveration -
1) executive, thinking
responsible executive functioning of brain - priortizing
2) one tracked minded
3) if hv certain thoughts or action, wil focus on that again and again
ADHD
impulsive, but resistence to change
maturation of prefrontal cortex = 3 benefts
1) reg sleep
2) emotion hv become uanced and responsive
3) better at controlling emotions
less tantrums, uncontrollable laughter and tears = less
what is stroop effect
naming the color of ink in which a word is printed
how can you help develop a Childs gross and fine motor skills
let them run around jump
