The document compares the physical, emotional, and moral development of children from preschool through high school. It notes that preschoolers enjoy physical activities like hopping and running, are playful but easily cry, and are less polite. Elementary students are interested in sports, their fine motor skills improve, they are eager to learn academically and compete with peers, and are obedient. High schoolers' development focuses on puberty, playing with friends, and learning emotional strategies. The document also observes the characteristics and implications for teaching special needs children.

1. Cebu Normal University
Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City
Name: Cañada, Shara S. Yr. & Sec.: BSEd-TLE III
Subject: Field Study 1 Class Schedule: MW (1:30-3:00 P.M.)
Learning A ct. # 4: Learners’ Characteristics and Needs
Observation
Child’s Development
COMPARISON MATRIX
LEVEL PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL MORAL
Pre-School
 Hopping, running,
jumping, throwing.
 Learning how to write.
 Playful, Smiling, but
easily cry
 Less polite,
compliant, &
respectful
Elementary
 interested in
competitive sports
 Their fine motor skills
improve and they are
able to hold pencils
and tools more
delicately, giving them
finer control.
 They are very eager
in terms of academic
exellence.
 They compete with
their classmates and
friends.
 Obedient to
authority
High School
 development is less
about skill building
and more about
puberty
 Playing computers
and chatting with
friends
 they learned
conscious strategies
to use in response to
emotions in
theirselves, others,
and the group
 Good
Interpersonal
Relationships
Special
Child
 Eating, talking to
acquiantances and
playing in the
playground.
 Easily shifts their
mode when
somebody triggers it.
 They always want to
get want they want
quickly.
 Easily gets bored
 Less patience
 Individualistic

2. Analysis
CHARACTERISTICS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TEACHERS
Competitive Make teaching more rewarding
Easily gets bored Make classroom more interesting by doing
variety of activities thus catering multiple
needs of students.
Always want to play Teacher should not focus only in academic
matters but he must also give time for
playing.
Talkative and wants to mingle with
peers
Teacher should have some activities that
help in developing students’ social
relationship with each other.
Reflections
1. Reflect on your experiences when you were of their age. Discuss any similarities
or differences of such experience with those of what you observed.
While recalling many memories in my childhood and puberty stage, there’s a lot of
similarities and differences I remembered. The similarities are playing with my
classmates, obedient to authority and competitive. The difference is, when I was a child
I patiently wait for the time to get my wants unlike now, children wants to get what
they wants quickly.
2. Which theory of development can help you explain your observation?
The Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development helps me explain the
observation because the development shows the values attained and the crisis
experienced in each level. As a child develops, he will acquire and construct
knowledge that fit on his level.