Unit 1 – Child and Young Person Development 1.1.1.2 There are 3 stages of development in children which are Physical, Communication and Intellect and Social, emotional and behavioural. 0-3 Years – Physical development in this age group is accelerated. In the first year a baby will go from having very little control over their bodies to having some mobility such as crawling and rolling. Their movements at this stage are mainly focused on sucking and grasping. In a babies second year a babies physical development will continue and develop quickly.
-Sensory Motor Stage (Birth to 2 years): During this stage senses, reflexes, and motor abilities develop very fast. Children exorcise these motor skills by playing with toys, trial and error, and repetition to receive the same results. -Pre operational Stage (Ages 2 to 7 years): At this stage a child is not able to think logically yet. They are not yet able to see things from another point of view, only their own. This results in the phase where a child is very egocentric.
A child’s hand eye coordination improves and they develop the ability to do tasks such as jump rope, hit a ball and use things such as pencils and crayons with better control. Although growth has slowed down in this stage, children start to lose the baby look in appearance and their arms and legs begin to grow and balance out with the rest of their body. In middle childhood people will see a noticeable growth in a child’s size. They will develop in both height and weight. Primary teeth will also be
Fostering Creativity in children is important for today’s kids. Because of growing numbers of kids playing video games, watching television and going to structured play activities such as camps, there is very little free time for children to just play. Research is showing that play is beneficial for kids. The availability to unstructured play can lead to boredom. Many parents have asked if allowing their kids space to be bored is OK.
The rate of growth averages from two ½ inches and seven pounds per year for this age group (Rella, 1999-2012). Rapid physical growth comes with puberty from age six to 11 and is considered middle childhood stage of development. Between these ages gender is a concrete attribute to a child’s mind. The child establishes more eating habits at this time, the voice starts to mature, and there is an increase for more sleep time. Theses years are spent gaining physical
From birth through to adulthood children continually grow, develop, and learn. A child’s development can be measured through social, emotional, intellectual, physical and language developmental milestones. In general, child development progresses from head to toe. Beginning at the top of the body and gradually moving downwards from inner to outer. Firstly gaining control of muscles close to the head and then moving outwards so the large muscles in the shoulders and upper arms/thighs are first and the extremities last from simple to complex; children progress from simple words to complex sentences from general to specific; emotional responses involve the whole body in young babies but may involve only the face in an older child It is important to understand how children develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually and to know that all areas of development
The Development of Children from Birth to 19 Years Nobody is born the same therefore children and young people develop at different rates, but the sequence in which they develop and advance changes very little. Children’s development tends to progress from head to toe, inside to outside, simple to complex and from general to specific. Children’s Speech and Language, Intellectual and Cognitive, Social and Emotional and Physical development will be looked at and explained through their various stages. All of these areas of development are very important and can in turn have an impact on each other and therefore the child’s full potential as an adult. The child’s physical development is the growth of their movements, both gross and fine motor skills and the development of their hand to eye co-ordination.
As the new born grows into a young person he can take care of his or her own body and interact effectively with others. For these reasons, the primary developmental task of this stage is skill development. (Eamon, 2001) Physically, between the ages of three and five years, children continue to grow rapidly and begin to develop adequate motor skills. They began to master typical many skills like sitting, walking, and toilet training, using a spoon, scribbling and hand and eye coordination to catch and throw a ball. By age of five most children demonstrate fairly good control of pencils, crayons, and scissors.
Unit 1 - Child & Young Persons Development 1. Know the Main Stages of Child & Young Persons Development Key Facts about Childhood Development Early childhood is the most important phase for overall development throughout the lifespan. Brain and biological development during the first years of life is highly influenced by an infant’s environment. Early experiences determine health, education and economic participation for the rest of life. Every year, more than 200 million children under five years old fail to reach their full cognitive and social potential.
They also start to become more alert when awake and start to hold smaller items in a “grasp” such as a rattle. On their tummy they push with their hands and flex their feed and are able to rollover. 0-3 Months : Communication / Intellectual Within a week of being born, newborns know the voices