1. An Overview of the Areas of Child Development

2. Areas Of Development
Physical
Cognitive
Language
Emotional / Social

3. Physical Development
The progress of children’s control over their body.
Shown by an increase in skill and complexity of performance.
Gross Motor – whole body movements
Fine Motor – hand –eye coordination

4. Cognitive The development of thought processes
How we acquire, organise and use what we learn
Involves thought, memory, problem solving, imagination and creativity
Sometimes refered to intellectual development

5. Language Main way in which we think and communicate
Learned through social interaction within the society in which we each grow and learn
Influenced by experience of language in the home, community and setting

6. Social / Emotional
Social – growth of child’s ability to relate to others appropriately within the social context of their life. Includes development of independence
Emotional – growth of child’s ability to feel and express an increasing range of emotions appropriately