Childcare and Education Level 3
The Sequence and Rate of development from 0-19 years old: Task 1:1
Child development is how a child is able to complete complex tasks/things as they grow. Development involves learning skills such as tying shoe laces,skipping,or kicking a ball for example.
From birth to adulthood children are continually growing,developing and learning. A child's development can be measured through social,emotional,physical and language developmental "milestones". It is,therefore important to apply an holistic approach to the child's development in a way that will address each of these areas throughout a child's life.
Areas Of Development:
Physical Development: includes · Movement Skills · Gross and Fine Motor skills · Hand eye co-ordination
Social and Emotional Development: includes · forming relationships · social skills · caring for others · aquiring empathy · being self-reliant · decision making · self-confidence
Intellectual Development: includes · attention span · reasoning · how a child understands and processess information · developing memory · questioning and logical thinking skills
Language Development: includes · understanding and aquiring language · developing language and vocabularly
Physical development is grouped into 2 main areas - Fine Motor skills (the ability to use the small muscles within the body) Gross Motor skills (the ability to use the large muscles within the body)
Fine Motor Skills
During a child's first year of life they will begin to practice holding and manipulating small objects. Doing this develops the child's ability to use their small muscles
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor skills develop rapidly up to 5 years old. They start with a child being able to gain control of their head and thenworks down the body (learning to sit,crawl and
Child development is how a child is able to complete complex tasks/things as they grow. Development involves learning skills such as tying shoe laces,skipping,or kicking a ball for example.
From birth to adulthood children are continually growing,developing and learning. A child's development can be measured through social,emotional,physical and language developmental "milestones". It is,therefore important to apply an holistic approach to the child's development in a way that will address each of these areas throughout a child's life.
Areas Of Development:
Physical Development: includes · Movement Skills · Gross and Fine Motor skills · Hand eye co-ordination
Social and Emotional Development: includes · forming relationships · social skills · caring for others · aquiring empathy · being self-reliant · decision making · self-confidence
Intellectual Development: includes · attention span · reasoning · how a child understands and processess information · developing memory · questioning and logical thinking skills
Language Development: includes · understanding and aquiring language · developing language and vocabularly
Physical development is grouped into 2 main areas - Fine Motor skills (the ability to use the small muscles within the body) Gross Motor skills (the ability to use the large muscles within the body)
Fine Motor Skills
During a child's first year of life they will begin to practice holding and manipulating small objects. Doing this develops the child's ability to use their small muscles
Gross Motor Skills
Gross motor skills develop rapidly up to 5 years old. They start with a child being able to gain control of their head and thenworks down the body (learning to sit,crawl and