Formal Operations This final stage begins at around age 12 and continues into adulthood. He "claimed that this stage was characterised by orderly thinking and mastery of logical thought. Children can manipulate abstract ideas, make hypotheses and see implications of their thinking and that of others." Piaget suggested that each child should be taught to match their individual needs. In my setting if a child needs extra support or help with an activity we will make sure there is a member of staff available to do this with the child.
1. Understand the pattern of development that would normally be expected for children and young people from birth – 19 yrs. 2.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspects of development that would normally be expected in children and young people from birth – 19 years. Children’s development is continuous and can be measured in a number of different ways. Although all children will develop at different rates and in different ways, the sequence in which they develop will be roughly the same as they need to have developed one skill, for example walking, before they move on to develop another such as running and jumping.
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.
Also during this period, the child will make great strides in language and social skills (Lockman, 2009, p.6). The text suggests that there are three major periods of a baby’s development through the first two years of life (Brooks, 2010, p. 211). During the development of self-period, infants’ visual, sensory and motor responses emerge and so it is important for new parents to ensure their baby is stimulated with things such as mobiles or even just playing with their newborn. Babies, even newborn babies, like being around people and engaging with people (Brooks, 2010, p. 215). 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.
Does it stimulate verbal, written or reading development? The LeapPad2 is a very good tool to help children learn how to read. The LeapPad2 Learn to Read Phonics is designed for 4 to 7 year olds. The toy builds upon the child’s reading skills and helps them move at their own speed as they move forward to reading by themselves. It also helps the child recognize how letter sounds come together to form words.
Final Exam Questions 1. Describe how language develops in listening, speaking, reading, and writing both initially (as a young child or during English language acquisition) and academically. Language develops first through listening. Babies, children and even English Language Learners listen to the people around them. It should not be considered odd or uncommon for students learning a new language to be silent in their new environment because, much like a little child, they are taking in language exchanges and developing their vocabulary.
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.
The final stage is Formal Operational, which is ongoing from age 12, the child learns to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems. As the child develops into an adults the knowledge they acquire constantly adapts and changes the way they see the world. Piaget felt that children don’t
Communication and Intellectual development starts from the moment a baby is born. In cases where a baby has been neglected from this early stage it is found that they will experience difficulties in effective communication later in life. Babies enjoy listening to songs and games and most sill start to speak by around 12 months old. Between the ages of 1-2 they will be able to form short sentences and by the age of 2 will have a vocabulary of around 200 words. By the age of 3 a child will be using negatives and plurals in their speech and vocabulary will increase rapidly.
So I feel teachers need to know and be aware of the one-to-one, extended, cognitively challenging conversations and how to engage in such communication, even with students that are reluctant talkers. Teachers need to know how the lexicon is acquired and what instructional practices support vocabulary acquisition. They also need to know how to conduct story reading and other early literacy experiences that promote phonological awareness and prepare children for later success in reading (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998). Most early childhood teachers do not have sufficient training in how to support early literacy learning. They need to know how much phonics children need to know, how to know which children need more or less explicit phonics instruction, and when to stop teaching phonics to which children.