Explain the difference between sequence of development & rate of development & why the difference is important.
1. What is meant by “sequence” of development?
Sequence of development is when there is a define pattern to a child’s physical development.
A baby may start their physical development with rolling over & crawling, another may sit up and walk missing out the rolling over and crawling.
For an activity plan for a child to develop order of sequence I ask them to think of numbers one to five and ask them which number comes first, second and so on until the last number. When we made our jam sandwich I drew the directions in order of sequence for the children to understand they then recited this back. The children are