expected developmental changes children experience when transitioning between early and middle childhood. it will be part of the training materials new elementary school teachers receive in the summer before they start teaching.

• Describe early childhood. 
• Describe middle childhood. 
• Discuss the transition from early childhood to middle childhood in healthy developing children. Include a discussion and examples of the following: 
• Physical changes 
• Neurological changes 
• Cognitive changes 
• Moral changes 
• Social changes