Catch –up Friday

February 23

Puberty or Sexual Maturation

How does our body change?
Activity: “Puberty Charade”
Direction: Show hand sign of like for agree or dislike for
disagree. State your answer for questions that need further
explanation.
 Activity 2: Body Map Exploration

Materials: Paper, Markers

Procedure: Have learners identify the changes they think occur

during puberty on a picture of a body each learner has drawn.
CHANGES THAT HAPPEN IN
BOYS AND GIRLS DURING
PUBERTY
Activity 3: “Celebrating Differences”
Concept of Puberty
Puberty is the time in life when your child's body becomes sexually mature. Your child will experience many changes in
their body during this time. For girls, puberty usually occurs between ages 10 to 14, and for boys, between ages 12 to 16.

Puberty usually begins with the testicles and penis getting bigger. Then hair grows in the
pubic area and armpits. Muscles grow, the voice deepens, and facial hair develops as puberty
continues.
Girls become more rounded, especially in the hips and legs.
Girls' breasts begin to swell and then grow, sometimes one faster than the other.
Girls and boys get pubic hair and underarm hair, and their leg hair becomes
thicker and darker.
Activity: My Puberty Journal
Materials: Individual journals, coloring materials
Procedure: Encourage students to write or draw in their
journals about how they feel about the upcoming changes.