to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development‚ children constantly absorb knowledge as they experience and explore their world. Piaget has classified children’s growth into 4 stages. The first being the Sensorimotor stage which is from birth to 2 years old. This stage the infant explores the world with their eyes‚ ears‚ hands and mouth. The next stage is the Preoperational stage which is preschool children between 2 to 7 years olds. At this stage there is development of language and make-believe play
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Understand how to safeguard the well being of children The definition of safeguarding is “the process of protecting children from abuse or neglect‚ preventing impairment of their health and development‚ and ensuring they are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care that enables children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.”1 TASK 1 – legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures for safeguarding children Every element
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Stages of Child Development and Related Developmental Theories Physical development Age | Gross Motor Skills | 2-3 years | Walks more rhythmically; hurried walk changes to run. Jumps‚ hops‚ throw‚ and catches with rigid upper body. Pushes riding toy with feet; little steering. | 3-4 years | Walks up stairs‚ alternating feet‚ and down stairs‚ leading with one foot. Jumps and hops‚ flexing upper body.Throws and catches with slight involvement of upper body; still catches by trapping ball
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Exam 2 Part 1 of 1 - 100.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0 Points The principle Children’s bodies are dynamic systems means that: A.Development in one component of the body may affect development in another component. B.Children’s growth reflects a continuing pattern of speeding up‚ slowing down‚ speeding up‚ slowing down again‚ and so on. C.Development proceeds in a top-down fashion‚ from the head to the feet. D.Development proceeds in an in-out fashion‚ beginning with the head and torso
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different factors that influence a child’s development. In this essay I will discuss how heredity‚ culture‚ nutrition and parental affection all influence child Development across three different domains‚ the physical‚ cognitive and social-emotional. These four factors surround children in their everyday lives and they all influence child development in some way. Due to these factors child development is a unique and individual journey for every child. Firstly I will discuss heredity and the influences
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3.1 Understanding Child and young person development 4.1 Disability can affect several areas of development at the same time but early support might help minimise the effects. Communication difficulty can be a common thread with the different types of disability. A child may not be able to feed themselves which leads to speech delay as feeding assists communication due to mouth action. As children/young people find it hard to express themselves‚ they can show aggressive behaviour when frustrated
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were able to observe these different acts on different children and notice how they differ from each other. On March 21‚ we had our class baby day and observed the children in the center of the room filled with different objects to play with. The child I observed was Alaina. Alaina is a seventeen month old Hispanic girl. She is very adorable and in my opinion‚ is much smaller than most 17 month old babies I have seen. When I first seen her‚ I thought she was the one of the youngest from the children
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3.1) Risk and challenge is important for a child and young person’s development. A child needs to be challenged in order to develop and promote in their development. A child or young person will need to learn from their mistakes. Making mistakes will help the child or young person learn the difference between what’s safe and what isn’t and what they should and shouldn’t do. As practitioners‚ our main concern is to keep children safe from harm however we need to encourage them to experience risk
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Promote Learning and Development in the Early Years 1.1 Explain each of the areas of learning and development and how these are interdependent. The EYFS sets out seven areas of learning and development‚ all of which are important and interconnected. There are three prime areas which are important for firing children’s curiosity and enthusiasm‚ as well as helping them form relationships. The prime areas are: Communication and Language Physical Development Personal‚ Social and Emotional Development
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We spend our whole life exploring. At every stage in our development‚ even as adults‚ we seek different experiences that help us understand who we really are. As infants‚ we are stimulated by the touch and feel of objects‚ textures‚ shapes‚ colors‚ and movement. At preschool age‚ we let our curiosity to drive us and our imagination to stimulate us. Our mind is eager‚ free and moved by practically everything and anything. Playing hide and seek in a card-board box‚ building our very own castle with
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