Module 2

Physical and Motor Development of Children and Adolescents

Introduction
This module is designed and planned in order for you to understand the
physical development of children and adolescents and to be able to apprehend the
factors of their physical health and disabilities.

Word Bank

Motor Development Lateralization Maternal Nutrition Child Nutrition

Earl Sensory Stimulation Genetic History Medical Conditions

Emotional Well-Being

Disabilities Impairments Pre-Natal Perinatal Post-Natal ADHD

Lesson 1: Physical and Motor Development

Intended Learning Outcome

✓ Identify the physical and motor development in childhood and
adolescence;
✓ Describe brain development during childhood and adolescence;

Activate Prior Knowledge

A. Physical development starts at?

 B. Motor development is?

C. Differentiate physical and motor development in 1 sentence.

D.

Application and Assessment

A. True of False
Determine the statements below if they are true or false. Write T for true and F if not true.
1. Growth is crucial during childhood
2. Growth is manifested at earliest stage.
3. Internal organs develop earlier than arms and hands.
4. Motor development will not improve with age.
5. The manifestation of growth is the same with boys and girls.
6. Motor skills involves muscles.
7. The brain will not continue to develop after birth.
8. Physical deveopment includes hieght and weight.
9. Gonads are for boys while testes are for girls.
10. Gross and fine motor skills improve continuously during adulthood.
 B. Identification
1. It brings about the physical differences that diferrenatiate females from males.
2. They can do strenouos works and complex activities compared when they were in
childhood.
3. They are known as the “ pre-school age”
4. During this stage the children acquire hard eye coordination.
5. During this stage of development, the early signs of maturation spurt.
6. It is the first ejaculation of semen.
7. It the beginning of the mesntrual cycle.
8. Motor skills that involves large muscles
9. Motor skills that involves small mucles
10. Children in this stage continue to hone their fine motor skills.
C. Complete the table below.
Stage Age Characteristics Gross Motor Fine Motor
Range Skills Sills

Early Childhood

Middle
Childhood

Adolescence
 Lesson 2: Factors Affecting Development and Growth

Intended Learning Outcomes

✓ Give the factors affecting development in terms of physical, sensory
disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.

Activate Prior Knowledge

Complete the Frayer Model below

Definition Characteristics

Development
Examples Non-examples
 Application and Assessment

I. True or False. Write your answer before each number.

1. Breast milk is best for adults.
2. During pregnancy women don’t need proteins.
3. Children born with serious medical condtions can have stunted growth if
not treated.
4. Nutrition is the process of nourishing or being nourished.
5. Children need a supportive family environment.
6. Sleep is important for the body to repair from stress.
7. Mother supplies all the nutrients to the inborn fetus except vitamins.
8. Human development is affected only in genetics.
9. Environmental influences don’t affect human development,
10.Human develoment invloves growth.
II. Mind Map Arrange or rank the 6 factors that affect growth
according their importance and explain why. Write
your explanation on the space provided.

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6.

Explaination…..
Lesson 3: Exceptional Development

Intended Learning Outcomes

✓ Give the factors affecting development in terms of physical, sensory
disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.

Activate Prior Knowledge

Give your own ideas that could define the word at the center.

Summarize your ideas to create a definition.

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Disabilities

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 Application and Assessment
A. Matching Type

Column Y
Column X

1) Birth of fetus is usually earlier than the ninth

month of pregnancy a) Glaucoma
2) Caused by bacteria b) Infection
3) Inability to make use of food intake c) Prematurity
4) Insufficient intake of food nutrients d) Metabolic disturbance
5) Profuse bleeding e) Malnutrition
6) The inability of a person to see anything f) Hemorrhage
7) Refers to those who were previously labeled g) Visually impaired
blind and partially sighted h) Myopia
8) Nearsightedness i) Amblyopia
9) Lazy eye j) Blindness
10) Increased pressure in the eye

B. Identification
_________1. Loss of night vision
_________2. Blindness due to hemorrhaging of the retina.
_________3. Visual impairment in which the lens of the eye changes from a clear to cloudy vision
_________4. Poor sight
_________5. farsightedness
_________6. Injuries suffered by newborn baby.
_________7. The over use of drugs
_________8. visual impairment where the central part of retina is affected.
_________9. The central part of the retina.
_________10. The leading cause of blindness characterized by hemorrhaging
_________11. It is a neurologically based medical problem caused by a number of factors
_________12. Learning disability in reading
_________13. Learning disability in numbers
_________14. Learning disability in smelling
_________15. Learning disability in writing
C. Essay
1. Why is it important for a teacher to be aware of the various development processes the
children undergo in terms of: a) motor & Physical development b) brain development & c)
exceptional development?

2. What is the appropriate methodology to be used by the teacher in teaching exceptional

children?
References

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1974/12/10/presidential-decree-no-603-s-
1974/#:~:text=%E2%80%93%20The%20Code%20shall%20be%20known,emancipated%20in%20accordance%
20with%20

https://www.slideshare.net/rhamylle13/physical-and-motor-development-of-children-and-adolescents
Format
Pre-test
Module no.
Title
Learning targets
Introduction
Word bank
. Lesson 1
Intended Learning Outcomes
Activate Prior Knowledge
Acquire More Knowledge!
Application and Assessment

Post-test
referrences