Support and Learning Tda Core 3.1

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CYP Core 3.1 Understanding child and young Person Development. 1.1 Explain the sequence and aspect of development from birth to nineteen years of age. Physical Development 0-3 years This period is of very fast development. Newborns have very little control over their bodies, their movements are dependent on a series of reflexes. In their first year they will gain more control over there bodies and by 12 months will have some degree of mobility such as crawling or walking. In their second year they will start to walk. Their ability to control their movements means they will start to use their hands for pointing or holding small objects, even starting to dress and feeding themselves. They will also be able to play with a ball and start climbing things such as stairs and furniture in their third year they will start to use pencils and crayons and enjoy looking at and turning pages in books, use cups and feed themselves, walk and run with more confidence and use toys such as tricycles. 3-7 years Children start to carry out more co-ordinated movements and start growing in confidence as a result. They will have more control over fine motor Skills such as cutting, writing and drawing. They will become more confidence at running, hopping, skipping, kicking a ball and use lager equipment. 7-12 years They may may start to have hobbies and interest which means they become more practised in certain areas such as sport and dance. They may also be able to make controlled finer movements used for playing instruments or sewing. Girls in particular will start to show signs of puberty from ages 10-11, when their will be another period of rapid physical growth. 12-16 years During adolescence young people will grow stronger. Boys will start to go through puberty whilst girls would have completed the process and have regular periods. So
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