What does your text suggest is the most significant physical development of middle childhood?
A) Boys overtake girls in height, weight, and motor skills.
B) Children experience an increased incidence of illnesses and a decreased risk of accidents.
C) There is improvement in fine motor coordination that makes it possible to write, play a musical instrument, paint, and draw.
D) There is development of large motor skills that make possible activities such as running, kicking with alternating feet, balancing, and throwing.
C
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