Level3 Childcare
Unit 2: Development from conception to age 16 years
E1 Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in TWO (2) areas of development. 3-7 12-16 Language and social development.
The development of children is extremely important, so it is important to know what a child should be doing at different ages. Two particular areas are language and social development. When a child reaches the age of three they should start to develop their social development so they should recognise their gender role, they also start making friends and negotiate with other children as well as begin to have a sense of control when interacting with other children. Children of three years are easily afraid and begin to imagine and pretend. With communication development a three year old should begin to use full sentences and tenses, also the child should be talking quite often and start to ask questions however they may make grammatical errors such as ‘I goed there’ instead of ‘I went there’. The child may enjoy more complicated stories and have favourite books which they ask for frequently, the child will be trying very hard to get their speech right so may stutter when talking to adults and this may frustrate them.
A child at four years old where social development is concerned should start to be more independent and show their sense of humour more often, they should also start being able to undress and dress themselves but possibly not laces or buttons. They should also start being able to wash and dry their own hands and brush their teeth but may need some help from their parents/carer. When talking about four year olds in language development they should be able to be taught to say their name, age and address. They should also be using past, present and future tense and become more accurate when speaking as well as laugh at sentences that they make up and begin to use proper grammar.
When looking at social development between the ages of 5 and 7 the child should
E1 Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in TWO (2) areas of development. 3-7 12-16 Language and social development.
The development of children is extremely important, so it is important to know what a child should be doing at different ages. Two particular areas are language and social development. When a child reaches the age of three they should start to develop their social development so they should recognise their gender role, they also start making friends and negotiate with other children as well as begin to have a sense of control when interacting with other children. Children of three years are easily afraid and begin to imagine and pretend. With communication development a three year old should begin to use full sentences and tenses, also the child should be talking quite often and start to ask questions however they may make grammatical errors such as ‘I goed there’ instead of ‘I went there’. The child may enjoy more complicated stories and have favourite books which they ask for frequently, the child will be trying very hard to get their speech right so may stutter when talking to adults and this may frustrate them.
A child at four years old where social development is concerned should start to be more independent and show their sense of humour more often, they should also start being able to undress and dress themselves but possibly not laces or buttons. They should also start being able to wash and dry their own hands and brush their teeth but may need some help from their parents/carer. When talking about four year olds in language development they should be able to be taught to say their name, age and address. They should also be using past, present and future tense and become more accurate when speaking as well as laugh at sentences that they make up and begin to use proper grammar.
When looking at social development between the ages of 5 and 7 the child should