INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT Here is basic information used in this class…take notes and keep them in your notebook for reference.
P HYSICAL NTELLECTUAL (cognitive, mental, thinking) MOTIONAL OCIAL AREAS of CHILD DEVELOPMENT P P HYSICAL NTELLECTUAL (cognitive, mental, thinking) MOTIONAL OCIAL I E S
AGES and STAGES INFANTS - 0 to 12 MONTHS (1 YEAR OLD) Of Child Development INFANTS - 0 to 12 MONTHS (1 YEAR OLD) TODDLERS - 1year to 2 ½ years (12 mos. to 30 mos.) (learning to walk) PRESCHOOLERS – 3 to 4 years (sometimes 5) KINDERGARTEN - 5 years SCHOOL AGE – 6 to 12 years
DOMAINS (areas) of CHILD DEVELOPMENT HYSICAL ANGUAGE and COMMUNICATION PPROACHES to LEARNING OGNITIVE (INTELLECTUAL, MENTAL, THINKING) MOTIONAL (SENSE of SELF) OCIAL (SELF with OTHERS) L A C E S
CHARACTERISTICS of DEVELOPMENT Development is similar for everyone. Development proceeds at an individual rate. Development builds on earlier learning. Development is interrelated. Development is continuous throughout life. Physical development proceeds from the head downward and the trunk outward. Physical development proceeds from simple to to complex.
THE END and just the beginning! Created on 1/26/11 by Karen Brown at Fuquay-Varina High for use with Parenting and Child Development students