Developmental Psychology
Supporting Teaching and
Learning in Schools
Unit 2.1
Child and young person development
Caroline White
Assessor: Mandy Lewis
TLC4417
Introduction
Child development is used to refer to the ways in which children and young people grow and change. Development occurs in an order or sequence and as practitioner it is essential I know about these sequences so that the expectations about what a child/young person can do are realistic, appropriate experiences and activities can be provided, experiences and activities can be offered that lead a child/young person on to the next stage of development and so children/young people’s individual progress can be monitored against the developmental sequence. In this Unit I will show my understanding of children/young people’s development.
All the information within this unit I have found in the supporting teaching and learning in school hand book, sourced from the internet and from my own knowledge.
Learning Outcome 1
Physical development can be broken down into 4 areas: fine motor skills, gross motor skills, general coordination and hand eye coordination. This chart shows the expected physical development of children/young people from 0-19 years of age and includes all the 4 areas of physical development. I have tried to show the order in which the physical development will change within the age group in order, but this will indeed vary from child to child.
Age | Physical Development | 0-3 | * Dependant on reflexes, sucking, grasping, * Rolling * Teething * Crawling * Basic fine motor skills * Feeding themselves * Hand eye co-ordination * Sitting up * More controlled movement * Pointing * Walking * Holding Small objects * Dressing themselves * Climbing * Playing with a ball * Using pencils & crayons * Turning pages * Holding cups and cutlery * Walking with more confidence and running * Jumping * Riding a bike | 3-7 | * Better co-ordination *
Learning in Schools
Unit 2.1
Child and young person development
Caroline White
Assessor: Mandy Lewis
TLC4417
Introduction
Child development is used to refer to the ways in which children and young people grow and change. Development occurs in an order or sequence and as practitioner it is essential I know about these sequences so that the expectations about what a child/young person can do are realistic, appropriate experiences and activities can be provided, experiences and activities can be offered that lead a child/young person on to the next stage of development and so children/young people’s individual progress can be monitored against the developmental sequence. In this Unit I will show my understanding of children/young people’s development.
All the information within this unit I have found in the supporting teaching and learning in school hand book, sourced from the internet and from my own knowledge.
Learning Outcome 1
Physical development can be broken down into 4 areas: fine motor skills, gross motor skills, general coordination and hand eye coordination. This chart shows the expected physical development of children/young people from 0-19 years of age and includes all the 4 areas of physical development. I have tried to show the order in which the physical development will change within the age group in order, but this will indeed vary from child to child.
Age | Physical Development | 0-3 | * Dependant on reflexes, sucking, grasping, * Rolling * Teething * Crawling * Basic fine motor skills * Feeding themselves * Hand eye co-ordination * Sitting up * More controlled movement * Pointing * Walking * Holding Small objects * Dressing themselves * Climbing * Playing with a ball * Using pencils & crayons * Turning pages * Holding cups and cutlery * Walking with more confidence and running * Jumping * Riding a bike | 3-7 | * Better co-ordination *