The early stages of a child’s development is a vital part to how they will interact and function in society as they get older. Children are a collection of all their interactions with people of their environment‚ such a family and peers. Especially if culture or religion are strongly practiced‚ these beliefs are suggested if not forced onto the child for them to believe and act the same way. The kids are modeled different behaviors and encounters where they base their own behaviors off of what they
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Physical Development Birth to 3 month Babies develop basic reflexes that they need to survive e.g. sucking‚ swallowing‚ coughing‚ gagging‚ elimination‚ grasping‚ blinking and startling Babies keep their hands clenched in fist most of the time Babies can turn from side to back Arm and leg movements are jerky and uncontrolled Babies turn their head towards the light an stare at bright and shiny objects Babies use their fingers to grasp the carers fingers Can lift head and chest off
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Development of children and young people The development of children and young people‚ so called the period from the birth through to 19 years‚ is divided into five major areas: physical‚ intellectual‚ communication and language‚ social‚ emotional and behavioural. Often called with the acronym SPICE‚ all those areas are very important to individual growth and can affect one another. Physical Development The activities performed in this area are grouped by two categories: Gross motor skills
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place‚ but it also can be defined as people who live in the same location‚ share common interests‚ jointly own or participate in something‚ share common characteristics‚ or have mutual relations. Development relates to realizing potential‚ growth or expansion of something or making something more effective. Community development is the tool by which “people empower themselves by increasing their ability to control their own lives in order to create a more fulfilling existence through mutual efforts
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In this day and age one thing you don’t hear regularly is that learning is fun. For some it can be‚ however numerous kids aren’t that eager to learn. Kids today are more worried about video games or their phone instead of their education. Imagine if there was an approach to make learning enjoyable for children. Well there is‚ it’s called gamification. Gamification is the process of combining game mechanics into lessons to attract and engage students to learn according to Gabe Zichermann‚ an expert
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Understand Child and Young Person’s Development All children are unique and a lot of their developmental milestones happen naturally as they get older‚ however some can be affected by different life factors‚ such as health‚ environment and background and more specific skills can be learnt and encouraged. There is an expected pattern of development but all children are individual and therefore the rate will vary. There are four categories of development: Physical Development (Birth -
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Unit 1- child and young person development 1.1 The main stages and pattern of development from birth to 19 years including physical‚ communication and intellectual development and emotional and social development. Child development refers to the biological‚ psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence‚ as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. It is a continuous process with a predictable sequence yet having
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Play and early childhood education is not just a way to fill time for children who are too young to go to school. Some people think of play as the “work” of children (Berger‚ 2000).Through play and early childhood education‚ children build the foundation for later learning as they solve problems and increase their understanding of themselves‚ other people‚ and the world around them. Being in a stimulating environment‚ such as an early childhood center‚ provides a child with the much needed support
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Children began to grow and develop at a fast pace during their first years on earth. When the child gets older they go through a process labeled as child development. Child development is the process to the understanding of the aspects of human development from birth to adolescence. The developmental process should make the child grow‚ from dependency to increase independence. The early stages of development are the most important because the child is learning new things about themselves such as
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gradually increasing. It is mostly affecting young children and young adults. Many families think their child is healthy if the child eats more than they should be eating. Especially‚ if the parents come from a different generation‚ they believe that seeing their child with full thick skin that they are healthy. So what types of problems are happening with early childhood obesity? Obesity can be caused easily without people realizing it‚ and it may harm them in a way that they might not understand in the
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