Lindy Warwick Life Span Development June 23‚ 2013 Child Development Project Piaget and Vygotsky believed that play gives children good practice in adult-like behaviors. Vygotsky believes that various forms of play enables children to develop increasingly sophisticated ways of thinking about relationships between objects and what they mean. Piaget suggests that knowledge is the product of direct motor behavior. For my project I observed my children playing the Uno card game. The age limit
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9-17-2011 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: CHILD AND PARENT OBSERVATION This observation took place on Saturday October 17th at Town Center Corte Madera at approximately 2:00pm. The day was bright and sunny and the Mall was full of all kinds of parents and children. I choose a male child approximately 3 years old‚ wearing blue top and black pants with sponge bob square pants sneakers. The mother was wearing a yoga outfit as most mothers in Marin seem to wear these days. She was in her mid-thirties. Dad
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organization? What type of activities and materials were available to the children? what were the adults doing? The first observation I did was at my friends house. Alishaba was coming over on sunday. the house itself was pretty big but since no kids lived there it was pretty boring if I look at it from a kid’s point of view. the sitting room where this observation took place was attached to the kitchen so we are all sitting on the sofa (me‚ my friend‚ and his dad.) and my friend’s mom was
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Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers‚ adults‚ and how they behave in different settings‚ you are getting to know the child without speaking to them. It may be important to observe a child but at the same time it may mislead you into being judgmental‚ to soon. For instance‚ if you observe a child misbehaving‚ not getting along with the other children or talking back to the teacher
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Physical Development. 0-3 years – This is a period of fast physical development. When they are first born‚ babies have very little control over their bodies. Their movements are dependant on a series of reflexes (for example – sucking‚ grasping) which they need in order to survive. In their first year they gradually learn to have more control over their bodies so that by 12 months‚ most babies will have developed a degree of mobility such as crawling or rolling. In their second year ‚ babies will
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Physical development (Gross and fine) Communication and intellectual development Social‚ emotional and behavioural development 0-3 months From birth babies have reflexes which allow them to turn their head to suckle when their cheeks are being touched. They can flex and extend their fingers‚ arms and legs. By 1 month their eyes are following moving light this may only be for a few seconds. When you put the baby on their tummy they will lift their head. When they are two months they
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Introduction red - Development blue – Conclusion orange Individualism– Giving priority to one’s own goals over group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identification. For the first time in my life I am being an individualist. I am giving greater priority to my own personal goals. I honestly don’t know what I was thinking changing careers at the age of 42 but I am determined to get my nursing degree. For the next 2 years it will be about
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develop their unique human potentials. In addition to determining children’s eventual height‚ hair color‚ and other physical characteristics‚ there is another cognitive plan which determines the unique emotional and intellectual qualities of each child. These qualities develop through what Montessori referred to as "the sensitive periods."Each sensitive period is a specific kind of compulsion‚ motivating young children to seek objects and relationships in their environment with which to fulfill their
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Theories of Child Development 1. Three Major Stages in Freud’s Psychosexual Theory a. Oral Stage b. Phallic c. Genital Stage 2. Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory in association with child development a. Stages 1 and 2 b. Stages 3 and 4 3. Piaget’s Cognitive –Stage Theory a. Sensorimotor Stage b. Preoperational Stage c. Concrete Operations Stage 4. Points of Similarity a. Similarities b. Differences 5. Why is understanding child development important
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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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