Understanding Cognitive Development Cognitive development is something that seems to be very easily to understand‚ but it can be confusing when looking all everyone that has made up the cognitive development. When someone gets their research done and understand what each child needs and how they need to learn it‚ it can be easier for the teachers‚ parents‚ and children. Piaget According to McLeod‚ Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. His contributions
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Physical Activity for Children This essay will explore the areas of children’s development. The age groups which will be discussed within it are children from the ages of two too six years of age and children from the age of six too eleven years of age. The areas of development which will be covered are physical‚ intellectual‚ skill and psychological. The author will then conclude by making reference to the effect on physical activity for children and why it can influence them for the rest of
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The Benefits of Physical Activity Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths globally. Regular moderate intensity physical activity – such as walking‚ cycling‚ or participating in sports – has significant benefits for health Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you
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Home Group Leader Assignment: Physiology of Physical Activity Physical activity has been a part of societies for centuries. Activity has been incorporated into people’s daily lives in various forms such as sport‚ weightlifting‚ running‚ hiking‚ swimming and walking to name a few. Many perform physical activity for physical‚ emotional and mental well-being while others take part for leisurely fun. The physiology of how physical activity affects our bodies has been studied thoroughly. In the following
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Competency Goal #2 To Advance Physical and Intellectual Competence To advance physical and intellectual competence‚ it is import to provide children with age appropriate activities. There are benefits for fine motor skill development along with supporting physical advancement. An example of one activity would be to encourage a non mobile child to reach and grasp certain toys and or rattles. I would do this by placing the child in an activity saucer and showing them the different way to
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Competency Goal 1 To Establish and Maintain a Safe‚ Healthy Learning Environment In my classroom I keep my children healthy by monitoring their health. One of my first priorities is to know which child has any food allergies. I believe that the children need to eat a variety of healthy food. Our center is associated with the USDA Food Program and for this reason we serve lots of fruits and vegetables. In order for the children to see that it’s ok to eat healthy food I sit at the table and model
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Physical development is the way the body increases in skill and becomes more complex in performance. Physical development is divided into two main areas which are Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor Skills. Gross motor skills involve co ordination and control of the large parts of the body. Some of the movements that are included in gross motor skills are walking‚ running‚ jumping and climbing. Fine Motor Skills relate to the control of the smaller muscles ‚ controlling finer movements such as pointing
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Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe My goal in this functional area is to keep children safe at all times by supervising them constantly and establishing class rules that will help children stay safe. The class rules related to this functional area will be walk in the classroom‚ keep your hands to yourself‚ and stay in the classroom at all times. I will teach children why these class rules are so important as well. In addition
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Overview of CDA 2.0 . .................................................................................. 2 Comparison of the Current and Future CDA Credentialing Processes . ....... 4 The New Professional Portfolio Requirements............................................. 6 The Reflective Dialogue Process................................................................. 12 The CDA 2.0 Exam...................................................................................... 15 The CDA Professional
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Unit 2 Promote professional development The importance of professional knowledge and practice with in the role of a social care worker is so that they can be kept up to date with all the changes. Within the health care profession all staff must be proactive and focused in their roles‚ with an ever changing of legislation and minimum standards‚ it is important that training and the ways of working are kept up to date. Each person within the team should been given an opportunity to develop further
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