Middle Childhood: The Physical and Social Development

The middle childhood years are a unique developmental time when children undergo critical physical, cognitive, and social changes. Monitoring of child's nutrition is important for growth and development during this stage for improving overall growth in these three domains of development. For this discussion, imagine that you are asked to be a guest speaker at the local middle school to speak with parents about the importance of nutrition and growth. As a guest speaker you would want to address how physical, cognitive and social areas are impacted by nutrition. "hand-out" that discusses guidelines and recommendations for parents and explain how they can benefit their children. For this activity, you can create a "hand-out" from a simple Word Document. Alternatively, you encouraged to use go beyond a "hand-out" and use one of the following tools below: