1. INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Here is basic information used in this class…take notes and keep them in your notebook for reference.

2. P HYSICAL NTELLECTUAL (cognitive, mental, thinking) MOTIONAL OCIAL
AREAS of CHILD DEVELOPMENT P
P HYSICAL
NTELLECTUAL (cognitive,
mental, thinking)
MOTIONAL
OCIAL I E S

3. AGES and STAGES INFANTS - 0 to 12 MONTHS (1 YEAR OLD)
Of Child Development
INFANTS 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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