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Middle Childhood Children in Mexico

Middle Childhood Children in Mexico. Andrea, Juan, Deyanira , And Madison Child Development Dr. Villanueva. Mexico in General. Capital- Mexico City Size- Area of 761,606 square miles Population- 115,296,767 Currency- Pesos Language- Spanish Indigenous languages

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Middle Childhood Children in Mexico

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  1. Middle Childhood Children in Mexico Andrea, Juan, Deyanira, And Madison Child Development Dr. Villanueva

  2. Mexico in General • Capital- Mexico City • Size- Area of 761,606 square miles • Population- 115,296,767 • Currency- Pesos • Language- Spanish • Indigenous languages • Yukatek Maya and Zapotec • The literacy rate in the country is 97%.  • Birth rate: 19.39 births/1,000 population • Life expectancy: 76.66 years • –male: 73.84 years • –female: 79.63 years • Infant mortality rate: 16.77 deaths/1,000 live births • 0-14 years: 27.8% • male 16,329,415 • female 15,648,127

  3. A Day in the Life…… http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/mexico/day-in-life School:Large schools hold two shifts—one group of children attends in the morning, and one attends in the afternoon. The school year typically runs from the beginning of September through the end of June. Play: Lotería. Soccer is the top sport. Sports are important. Family: Many homes in Mexico include not just parents and children but grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or other family members.

  4. Physical Domain • Success in school • Fine & Gross motor Skills • Food & Nutrition in Mexico

  5. Cognitive Domain • Concrete Operational Stage • Increase their understanding in other people’s perspectives • Stages of Moral Development • Discard the idea that there should be an absolute standard of right and wrong • Conservation • 7-8 Conservation of substance • 9-10 Conservation of weight • 12 Conservation of volume • Classification • Able to tell apart class inclusion

  6. Social Domain

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