1) Identify the areas of child development and write briefly about each one. Child development is a process every child goes through, and each stage of development child is learning in several areas at the same time. Children develop these skills in five main areas of development: S - Social development P- Physical development I - Intellectual development C- Communication development E- Emotional development Social Development: It involves the development of the social skills of the child, how child interacts with others. The child’s identity, their relationships with others and understanding their place within a social environment. Physical Development: As the child grows change occurs in their bodies in mean of body shape, their strength to do the different task, the change in size, shape, and physical maturity of the body which includes physical abilities and coordination.
Unit 1 – Child and Young Person Development Children typically go through certain stages of development around the same time. The time frame is quite broad as children will individually develop at different times (some may advance in particular areas or be a late developer) but on average they will experience the same milestones at around the same time. There are three main areas of development Physical – Small and large muscle control, co ordination and physical fitness ➢ Fine motor skills (writing, threading, painting and drawing) ➢ Gross motor skills (running, jumping, hopping, skipping, balance) ➢ General co-ordination ➢ Hand-eye coordination Social, emotional and behavioural – Make and keep social relationships with adults and other children. Learning to recognize and express their own feelings more effectively. Gaining experience understanding and responding to the emotions of others.
Creative learning is about helping children develop imaginative thinking through an exploration of materials, objects and problem-solving skills, such as construction and ICT and crafts. It is about how children are actively involved in their own learning and ability to make choices and decisions. It is also about giving children opportunities to make connections between different areas and to relate to them. Some creative learning activities may be goal orientated
For example they may use growth assessments to measure and assess the children’s height, weight and head circumference, auditory assessments to monitor and assess the children’s levels of response, reasoning assessments to monitor and assess children’s reasoning carried out by educational psychologists, cognitive aptitude assessments to monitor and assess children’s intelligence and they are widely carried out in schools. The assessment framework is the way in which a child is assessed to determine whether they are in need and what the nature of those needs is in order to meet their needs appropriately. In
Physical development- How children gain control of their bodies, use equipment’s successfully and how they learn to use equipment. Personal, Social and Emotional development- How children understand who they are and what they can do, understand themselves in relation to others and understand their feelings as well as others. Literacy- Ability to read, write, speak and listen
Language acquisition is the cognitive process where humans acquire the ability to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate with one another (Friederici 2011). It is known that as physical development occurs in infants, the voice box dropping down, enhanced control of tongue muscles and the ability to hear, language development and acquisition occurs (BBC, 1998). Also, cognitive development is related to language development, where the inner processes such as remembering, reasoning, problem solving and creating are forming mental activity that leads to the ‘knowing’ (Berk, 2013). Children build on these developmental processes with physical movement and touch, gathering perceptions of the world using all the sense organs (Berk, 2013). Piaget and Vygotsky both identified the most important source of cognition is the child itself.
Intellectual – the child needs to be able to recognise colours, shapes and patterns in order to be able to complete the puzzle. Emotional – this area of development is very closely linked to social development. In order for the child to work in a group their emotional development needs to be at the expected range so that they are able to cope with not being the only one making decisions. Physical – fine motor skills are required to be able to pick up the puzzle pieces and manipulate them into the correct places. Depending on the size of the puzzle (e.g.
Preparing the child for his daily life.3. Development of order, coordination, concentration, independence.4. Development of self-discipline, attention, self – esteem, etiquette.5. Development of the fine motor skills, thus the pincer grip, wrist movements.6. Development of hand and eye coordination and mathematical skills (understanding volume and capacity).
Furthermore there are verbal learners. Verbal learners use speech and writing as a way to attain the information being presented. If those styles do not work, there is also a physical learning style which involves the use of touch, action, movement or just overall hands-on work. The logic learning style is when someone needs to expand and know how you came about the answer. They need to see the whole picture in order to understand the subject.
The development of language, literacy and numeracy are fundamental to enable children to function responsibly in everyday life and contribute effectively to society. Language is the most important aspect in life. Language is used to express inner thoughts and emotions. Literacy is the ability to use this learned language to read, write, speak and listen enabling effective communication. In the same vein numeracy is defined as being literate in managing and responding to the mathematical demands of life and having the ability to reason.