children it is important that we understand their development. Children develop in an individual way and at varying rates. There are various stages of development such as physical‚ cognitive‚ linguistic‚ spiritual‚ social and emotional. They all are equally important and all have an impact on each other. I’m going to talk through and give you a brief description of some of the areas of development. Physical development refers to the development of large muscles also known as gross motor and small
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expected pattern of children’s development. Age | Communication | Physical Development | Moral Development | Cognitive Development | Social and Emotional Development | 0-3 Months | Babies cry to attract attention for its needs‚ e.g. when hungry or upset. Around 6-8 weeks old‚ sounds develop - coos and chuckles join crying as a way to attract attention. | Babies are born with instinctive reactions‚ for example‚ rooting‚ swallowing and suckling‚ These ensure the baby can feed. Babies lose their scrunched
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Environmental factors effecting motor skill development Child development is defined as to how a child ables itself to complete more difficult tasks as they grow in age. Development is often confused with growth‚ which refers to a child’s tendency to grow bigger in size. Parents can become concerned easily when a child’s developmental skills take longer then the “normal” or when pressures of milestones are not satisfied “on time”. Developmental milestones are functioning tasks or skills that should
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Supporting children’s development Physical development There are two different ways of physical development‚ which are gross motor and fine motor. Gross motor means the whole body movements‚ and‚ fine motor skills are the way when children use their hands in co-ordination with the eyes and this allows children to perform very gentle procedures with their fingers‚ with the eyes persuading the detailed movements of the fingers. Grass motor: Cruise along using furniture as support Crawl on hands
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NO. 5 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Aim: To observe a child‚ who is 4 years 3 months old‚ in a construction area during a free-play in order to identify her social skills. Objectives: To observe and record Rebecca’s ability to share toys with other children. Record of observation Three children are sitting at a big round table and playing with different constructional toys. Rebecca is playing with big plastic letters. The teacher approaches the children. Rebecca (to the teacher) I know how to make
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THE EFFECTS OF CHILD CARE 1 A variety of changes in the world have demanded an increase in the need for child care. Some of theses changes include migration‚ poverty‚ and urbanization. These economic and societal changes are forcing more and more woman into the workforce. Among these are young women and mothers. From the 1970’s to the 1990’s there was a major increase in the need for child care. In March of 1970‚ 26% of mothers with children under the age of 2 were working outside the home. By
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variable that a child ’s mental health is dependent on is the way that the child is raised‚ and how their parents treat him or her. If the parents treat the child with love and respect‚ then the child is more likely to grow up to be a mentally healthy‚ well-rounded individual. If a child is abused either physically or verbally‚ then the child is more likely to grow up with mental issues that will make it harder to survive in this world. A person develops mental health when he or she can recognize‚ adapt
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Assignment #2 Early Childhood Cognitive Development For this assignment‚ the student will use and apply knowledge of child development and learning‚ appropriate observation‚ and documentation and assessment to gain a fuller understanding of early childhood development as time is spent observing a child. NAEYC Standard 1: Promoting Child Development and Learning: 1a. Know and understand young children’s characteristics and needs 1c. Using developmental knowledge to create healthy‚ respectful
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Child and young person development Explain the difference between sequence and rate of development? Sequential development is the sequence of development. This means that you must finish with one area of development before you move onto the next one. The cephalocaudle principle believes that development moves from the head downwards. This is to do with small children and understands that infants get full control of their heads‚ then arms then finally feet ‚ from the top down. This is also
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the main development of a child from the age range 0 – 2 years‚ 3 – 5 years and 5 – 8 years. Development is the process of learning new skills in all areas of life. When we talk about child development we use the baseline of an ’average child ’. Most children will go through the same stages of development but not necessarily at the same age/time. Some children may miss a stage altogether e.g. Missing out crawling and going straight to walking. When thinking about child development‚ although
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