E1- Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in 2 areas of development. Physical Development: Physical development is important for 3 reasons Allows new learning to take place Allows further development-build on skills already perfected Enhances confidence/self esteem 0-6 months Babies learn how to control their muscles and movements. Baby’s development of fine motor skills can be watches hands and plays with fingers, clasps and unclasps hands and can hold a rattle for a moment. Its development of gross motor skills are, lifts head and chest up and waves arms and brings hands together over body. By one month, a baby can turns its head from side to side when lying on the back or belly, and can move its hands and arms.
There are 5 stages that typical development is measured in from new-born to 8 years old. These are Physical, Intellectual, Social, Emotional, and Language. Physical. From birth, physical human contact begins. A baby will lie on his back and have the ability to turn his head to the mother’s breast.
In a babies second year a babies physical development will continue and develop quickly. They will start to develop fine motor skills such as being able to hold small objects, dressing and undressing and will also enjoy climbing. Most babies at this stage will be walking. In their third year when they are toddlers they will be running and walking with more confidence, enjoy looking at books and feeding themselves. Communication and Intellectual development starts from the moment a baby is born.
Playing with a ball may become more fun as children develop the abilities to catch and throw more accurately during this year. They can walk and run properly. Most of the children can draw and hold colors properly. Most notable thing, they can easily ride bike, jump and climb sometimes. Social and Emotional Development: Children of age 3-5 years age enjoy being with other children.
Child and Young Person Development Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years. |Age (years) |Physical Development |Communication and intellectual development |Social, emotional and behavioural development| |0 – 3 |If the baby is pulled to sitting position, |The baby responds to sounds, especially familiar |A baby’s first smile in definite response to | | |the head will lag, the back curves over and |sounds. |carer is usually around 5-6 weeks. | | |the head falls. |The baby shows excitement at sound of approaching |The baby turns to regard nearby speaker’s | | |The baby turns its head towards the light and|footsteps or voices.
From 9 months to 1 year a child will be able to look in the correct place for an object that has rolled out of sight. They have developed enough to copy behaviour such as crying and laughing. From 1-2 years a child should be able to build a tower of at least 3 cubes when shown how to do so. They will be able to turn pages of a book and point to things that interest and excite them. They should be able to point to some named objects in a book and know parts of their body.
Allowing for the newborn to have many interactions with both their parents and other newborns will start the development of their social and emotional skills. When it comes to physical development, babies quickly develop muscle tone and by three months, most can raise their head when lying on their stomach and can open their hands and suck on their fingers (Spock, 2001, p.102). Their eyes can track a moving object and they are beginning to recognize faces. By seven months, an infant will reach for an object, sit up, roll over, babble and begin to show an interest in a mirror image. By their first
They also start to develop good balance which will help them in the process of walking and standing. By 2 years old, the child has good coordination, stability and improvement of holding a ball. By 3 years old, the child can jump of low steps and can ride a tricycle. 4-9 In this stage, the child will have developed hand-eye coordination; and therefore they can catch a ball from a distance. They can also hop on one foot, walk up and down stairs alone and is able to hold a fork with 3 fingers instead of a fist.
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
Every child is different and some children can go from shuffling to walking attempts, missing a big milestone such as crawling. Between a child’s first and second birthday, they will become much more mobile and from their first attempts at walking, they will become more confident with walking, running, climbing and throwing. By three years old a child will have learnt most methods of movement. They will be able to walk backwards, sideways and on tiptoes. They may even be confident enough to jump from low heights, and be able to ride a tricycle.