Early Childhood, Late Childhood and Puberty

Non-social Activity

Also known as Solitary Play or Onlooker play, where the child plays on their own

Associative Play

A form of true social participation

Children play near each other and may interact through exchange toys, but are engaged in separate activities

Cooperative Play

A form of true social Participation wherein children are engafed toward a common goal

They play together

Parallel Play

A form of limited social participation where children play near each other, but do not interact with one another

Functional Play

Simple and repetitive motor movements with or without objects (running, going up & down and throwing a ball back and forth each other)

Constructive Play

A type of play where children create or construct something like building things with blocks

Make-believe play

It is a type of play where children act out imaginary roles

Puberty

A short period between late childhood and adolescence

the body reaches capacity for sexual reproduction, also incolving height and weight as well as changes in fat and muscle content

Hormonal Changes

They regulate physiological function that causes for puberty to occur

Pituitary gland

Which gland releases growth hormone and stimulates the other glands to produce hormones that act on the body issues.

It also functions as producer of gonadotropin-releasing hormone which causes the gonads to increase their production

Primary sex characteristics

Related to reproduction