childrens development
Assignment 1 – Know the main stages of child and young person development
Throughout the early years, children will grow and change. Piaget was a major theorist psychologist who developed stages to understand cognitive development. When we talk about normal development, we are talking about developing skills like:
Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit, stand, walk, run, etc., keeping balance, and changing positions.
Fine motor: using hands to be able to eat, draw, dress, play, write, and do many other things.
Language: speaking, using body language and gestures, communicating, and understanding what others say.
Cognitive: Thinking skills: including learning, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning, and remembering.
Social: Interacting with others, having relationships with family, friends, and teachers, cooperating, and responding to the feelings of others.
Physical 0 – 3 Years
From birth up to two months babies can grasp simple reflex movements such as sucking and grasping. From two to four months they develop into opening and closing fingers repetitively. From four to eight months actions and movements such as kicking feet to move a mobile is developed. Eight to 12 months movement becomes more coordinated into more complex sequences. Actions take on an "intentional" character such as baby putting bottle to their mouth. At 12-18 months they discover new ways to produce the same goal, such as toddlers pulling a ball toward them so they can roll it. There is evidence at 18-24 months the toddler can start to problem solve a sequence of events before actually responding. For example they can take a toy out of a cupboard if it’s not in sight and play with it.
Language, Communication and Intellectual
Babies start to communicate by crying to display discomfort or hunger and also by smiling. They learn to communicate with hand movements, sounds, and words. Two to four years brings increased use of words, but speech is egocentric. They
Throughout the early years, children will grow and change. Piaget was a major theorist psychologist who developed stages to understand cognitive development. When we talk about normal development, we are talking about developing skills like:
Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit, stand, walk, run, etc., keeping balance, and changing positions.
Fine motor: using hands to be able to eat, draw, dress, play, write, and do many other things.
Language: speaking, using body language and gestures, communicating, and understanding what others say.
Cognitive: Thinking skills: including learning, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning, and remembering.
Social: Interacting with others, having relationships with family, friends, and teachers, cooperating, and responding to the feelings of others.
Physical 0 – 3 Years
From birth up to two months babies can grasp simple reflex movements such as sucking and grasping. From two to four months they develop into opening and closing fingers repetitively. From four to eight months actions and movements such as kicking feet to move a mobile is developed. Eight to 12 months movement becomes more coordinated into more complex sequences. Actions take on an "intentional" character such as baby putting bottle to their mouth. At 12-18 months they discover new ways to produce the same goal, such as toddlers pulling a ball toward them so they can roll it. There is evidence at 18-24 months the toddler can start to problem solve a sequence of events before actually responding. For example they can take a toy out of a cupboard if it’s not in sight and play with it.
Language, Communication and Intellectual
Babies start to communicate by crying to display discomfort or hunger and also by smiling. They learn to communicate with hand movements, sounds, and words. Two to four years brings increased use of words, but speech is egocentric. They