CYP DEVELOPMENT
Child and Young Persons Development
Unit: 10
1.1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years.
Child Development Birth – 19 Years
4-7 years
4 Years
Physical Development- Gross Motor Skills
Changes direction while running
Walks in a straight line successfully
Confidently climbs and slides on apparatus
Hops safely
Can bounce and catch balls, and take aim
Physical Development- Fine Motor skills
Makes a tower of 10 blocks
Learning to fasten most buttons and zips
Learning to use scissors, cuts out basic shapes
Draw people with heads, bodies and limbs, writes names and letters in play as the awareness that print carries meaning develops
Social and Emotional Development
Maybe confident socially, self-esteem is apparent. Awareness of gender roles
Friendship with peers is increasingly valued. Enjoys, playing with groups of children
Control over emotions increases child may become fearful (e.g. of dark or monsters)
Communications and Intellectual Development
Completes puzzles of 12 pieces
Memory develops; child recalls many songs and stories. Fantasy and reality maybe confused
Problems solves ( I wonder what will happen if) and makes hypothesis (I think this will happen)
Sorts objects into more complex sets number correspondence improves
As an understanding of language increases so does enjoyment of the rhymes
Stories and nonsense
Behavioural Development
If exposed to swearing the child is likely to use these words in her own language
Learning to negotiate and get along with others through experimenting with behaviour
Experience being in/out of control, feeling power, having quarrels with peers, being blamed, blaming
Has a good understanding of familiar basic rules
Distraction works less often, but child increasingly, understands reasoning
5 Years
Physical Development- Gross Motor Skills
Control ball well, plays ball games with rules
Rides bike
Unit: 10
1.1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years.
Child Development Birth – 19 Years
4-7 years
4 Years
Physical Development- Gross Motor Skills
Changes direction while running
Walks in a straight line successfully
Confidently climbs and slides on apparatus
Hops safely
Can bounce and catch balls, and take aim
Physical Development- Fine Motor skills
Makes a tower of 10 blocks
Learning to fasten most buttons and zips
Learning to use scissors, cuts out basic shapes
Draw people with heads, bodies and limbs, writes names and letters in play as the awareness that print carries meaning develops
Social and Emotional Development
Maybe confident socially, self-esteem is apparent. Awareness of gender roles
Friendship with peers is increasingly valued. Enjoys, playing with groups of children
Control over emotions increases child may become fearful (e.g. of dark or monsters)
Communications and Intellectual Development
Completes puzzles of 12 pieces
Memory develops; child recalls many songs and stories. Fantasy and reality maybe confused
Problems solves ( I wonder what will happen if) and makes hypothesis (I think this will happen)
Sorts objects into more complex sets number correspondence improves
As an understanding of language increases so does enjoyment of the rhymes
Stories and nonsense
Behavioural Development
If exposed to swearing the child is likely to use these words in her own language
Learning to negotiate and get along with others through experimenting with behaviour
Experience being in/out of control, feeling power, having quarrels with peers, being blamed, blaming
Has a good understanding of familiar basic rules
Distraction works less often, but child increasingly, understands reasoning
5 Years
Physical Development- Gross Motor Skills
Control ball well, plays ball games with rules
Rides bike
References: Burnham L- S/NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant’s Handbook: Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (Heinemann, 2010)