Intellectual Development 0-5 Years.

Ready to learn Choose three pictures that would be relevant to children in the 0-5 age range and answer the questions that go with them in sentences  

Child Development and Care Intellectual development

LOFT A* - A -Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years B – illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 C-D - Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years Bronze Silver Gold Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years

What is intellectual development? Intellectual development is about how children learn, think and develop ideas. It is an interesting area of development, and is one in which research continues to broaden our knowledge. It is hard to give an accurate picture of children’s development especially as children become older. This is because children’s development will be strongly shaped by the different factors. Bronze Silver Gold Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years

Experience Language Interests Factors affecting a Childs intellectual development Experience The more experiences a child has the faster their intellectual development will be For example if an adult points out different colours of things the child will learn colours more quickly. Language Children with good language skills will develop thinking skills more readily because we use language to think For example when we think we often talk to ourselves to organise our thoughts. A child with good language skills will problem solve more easily Interests As a child get older their development is linked to their subject or interest preferences A child who enjoys maths is likely to learn maths more easily. Bronze Silver Gold Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years

Paired Task For example Create a list of keywords that explains intellectual development O-5 years. Give an activity for each age bracket For example 12 – 18 months - Learning by trial and error banging two cubes together to find out what noise they make Bronze Silver Gold Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years

Homework/Classwork Create a poster based on Intellectual Development. Give images and examples for each age bracket. Remember the age group is 0-5 years. Bronze Silver Gold Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years

Review your LOFT A* - A -Explain why it is important for early years workers to understand the pattern of children's holistic development from birth to 5 years B – illustrate using examples the expected pattern of intellectual development for children 0-5 C-D - Describe the expected pattern of intellectual development of children aged 0-5 years

• Watching adults closely • Exploring by using the mouth and by touch Age Play and learning development 0–6 months • Watching adults closely • Exploring by using the mouth and by touch • Playing alone with toys such as rattles and baby gyms 6–12 months • Watching and copying adults • Repeating movements such as dropping a rattle • Enjoying simple games such as peek-a-boo • Exploring toys alone 12–18 months • Learning through trial and error, e.g. banging two cubes and discovering the sound it makes • Repeating actions that they have enjoyed • Beginning to play with adults and notice other children • Playing and ‘talking’ alone 18 months – 2 years • Learning through trial and error • Imitating other children and adults • Exploring things with mouth • Possibly carrying out repetitive actions, e.g. putting things in and out of boxes or scribbling on several pages • Watching other children but not joining in • Enjoying playing with adults as well as by themselves 2–3 years • Beginning to show some reasoning skills and asking questions such as ‘why’ • Starting to concentrate for longer on a play activity that interest them • Recognising shapes and letters • Solving jigsaw puzzles through a mixture of reasoning and trial and error • Playing cooperatively together and taking turns • Playing imaginatively, e.g. playing in the home corner, dressing up 4–6 years • Showing more understanding and using reason based on their experiences • Starting to use and understand symbols, e.g. writing and reading • Starting to understand simple rules in games • Playing cooperatively, taking turns and enjoying table-top games  

Intellectual Development 0-12 Months Intellectual Development 1 month ‘freezes’ on hearing a soft sound, such as tune from a cot mobile 3 months Is more alert Will follow movements of objects if they are close by Recognises parts of familiar routines, for example, becoming excited on hearing the sound of water for a bath 6 months Explores objects by handling them and mouthing them Recognises voices 9 months Begins to look for things that are put out of sight 12 months Enjoys dropping things such as toys to the ground and watching them fall Will repeat actions if pleasurable and interesting. This approach is called trial and error learning

12 – 36 months Intellectual Development (12 months- 3 years) 15 months is interested in the sight and sound of objects and is keen to explore may still be exploring by putting objects in the mouth, although with less frequency than before 18 months is very curious and constantly explores objects and how things work remembers where objects that are used often belong, for example will get spoon from a drawer or put toy back in a toy box 2 years recognises self in a mirror and knows that this is not another child can remember things that have happened in the past and shows this by remembering actions, skills, toys and people 2 ½ years can point to a photograph of self can complete a simple puzzle with some help 3 years is starting to understand the difference between past and present can complete a puzzle with 12 pieces

36-60 months Intellectual Development (3- 5 years ) 3-4 years can recognise and name primary colours- blue, red, and yellow understands what is mean by ‘more’ can tell whether an object is heavy or light arranges objects into categories makes connections between people and event 4-5 years can count accurately up to 10 can add two sets of objects together can match equal sets of objects, for example, which two boxes have the same number of beakers can understand the need for rules names times of day associated with different everyday activities, for example, bedtime is at night