To teach literature in Primary, we need to know what the children like, what are their interests and what are their abilities to catch their attention.
5 - 7 Year Olds.
Physical Growth and Development.
- Period of slow growth.
- Body lengthens, hands and feet grow larger.
- Good large motor control, small muscles; eye-hand coordination not as developed but improves about age 7.
- Permanent teeth appearing.
Behavioral Characteristics.
- Attention span short but increasing.
- Activity level high.
- Learning to relate to persons outside family.
- Learning concepts of right and wrong.
- Becoming aware of sexual differences.
- Developing modesty.
- Becoming self-dependent and given time, can do things for themselves.
- Inconsistent levels of maturity, can be eager, self-assertive, aggressive, and competitive.
Special Considerations.
- Active, boisterous games with restrained jumping and running are good.
- Climbing and use of balance boards good.
- Rhythmic activities, songs and dramatics good.
- Limit activities to 15 - 30 minutes, since attention span is still short.
- Training in group cooperation, sharing, and good work habits important.
- Need concrete learning and active participation.
- Freedom to do things for self, to use and develop own abilities.
8 - 10 Year Olds.
Physical Growth and Development.
- Growth slow and steady.
- Girl's growth spurt occurs about two years ahead of boy's.
- Slow maturing boys at a disadvantage because of stress on physical ability.
- Before the growth spurt, boys and girls are of equal strength; afterward boys are stronger and often develop.
- Athletic skills and prowess.
- Large muscles still developing, but control over small muscles is increasing.
- Manipulative skills and eye-hand coordination increasing.
Behavioral Characteristics.
- Stable traits are aggressiveness in males and dependency in female.
- Age group is usually energetic, quick, eager and enthusiastic.
- Eager for large muscle activity, organized team games.
- Noisy, argumentative, yet highly imaginative and affectionate.
- Often restless and fidgety, need action continuously.
- Interest fluctuates, time span (interest) short.
- Group-conscious, the age of clubs and the gang element.
- Boys still tend to play with boys, girls with girls.
- Boys and girls becoming rivals and beginning steps toward heterosexual relationships evident.
- Beginning to learn about moral judgments and learning to apply principles to determine right and wrong.
- Tremendous interest and curiosity about everything around them.
- Beginning to achieve independence outside family and learn to relate to adults.
Special Considerations.
- Need praise and encouragement.
- Exercise of both large and small muscles by using whole body activities, team sports, arts and crafts, dramatics.
- Want a best friend, and membership in a group.
- Need definite responsibility and training without pressure.
- Need a reasonable explanation and guidance to channel interests and answer questions.
11 - 12 Year Olds.
Physical Growth and Development.
- A resting period followed by a period of rapid growth in heigh and weight - usually starts between 9 and 13.
- Although boys may mature as much as 2 years later than girls.
- At these ages, girls are usually taller and heavier than boys.
- Reproductive organs maturing, secondary sex characteristics developing.
- Rapid muscular growth.
- Danger of over-fatigue, girls are becoming gradually less active.
Behavioral Characteristics.
- Wide range of individual difference in maturity level.
- Gangs (groups) continue, although boys tend to be more loyal to the group than girls.
- Time of awkwardness and restlessness.
- Teasing and antagonism exist between boys and girls.
- Opinions of group become more important than those of adults.
- Tend to ve overcritical, rebellious, changeable, uncooperative.
- Self-conscious about physical changes.
- Interested in making money.
- Imaginative and emotional with hero-worship evident.
- Asserting independence from adults, although time of strengthening affectionate relationships with specific adults.
Special Considerations.
- Good age for camp because of general enthusiasm and greater interest in outdoor activities.
- Competition keen - willingness to submerge self for benefit of group (team).
- Organized games needed - boys and girls begin to differentiate play preferences, thus making coed recreation difficult.
- Skill is essential for successful group participation - students willing to practice skills, but need guidance.
- Boys greatly interested in team (group) sports.
- Discipline can be problem because of spirit of group.
Taking into account the characteristics of each group to program the activities, we have to include too ICT's, here are some programs that we can use with the children:
- Glogster.
- Goanimate.
- Vocaroo.
- Voki.
- Mindomo.
- Linoit.
- Popplet.
- Wix.
Enjoy teaching with ICT's,
Laura.
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