CHARACTERISTICS OF ELEMENTARY STUDENT

Elementary school children is a category of children with many experiencing a very drastic changes, both mental and physical. Elementary school age children ranging from 6-12 years according to Seifert and Haffung has three types of developments:
1. Physical development
It covers the biological growth such as growth of the brain, muscle and bone. At the age of 10 years both men and women began to height and weight increased less than 3.5 kg. But after the age of 12 -13 years old teen girls developing faster than at lebig men, Sumantri et al (2005).
2. Cognitive Development
This involves a change - a change in the development of cognitive fikir.Perkembangan pattern as described by Jean Piaget can be explained based on the development of three approaches, namely:
a. Pre-Operations Stage
b. Stages of concrete Operations
c. Formal Operations Stage
3. Psychosocial development
It is associated with the development and changes of individual emotions. As described by Robert J. Havighurst argued that each individual development must be consistent with other aspects of such developments include aspects of psychological, moral and social. In line with RJ Havighurst above, Syaodih (2007) describes the stages a child's development when viewed from the aspect of psychological, social and moral is:
The three types of developments are moves depending on the development of each type as described above, different. It depends on the variables that drive stimulant. If the physical stimulation that often given the physical factors berkembangan children as well as with cognitive and psychosocial factors.