child development

By ashleye01

  • The Newborn: Birth to 1 month

    Physical Development:
    - Height and weight will change
    -facial body parts will change and grow along with hair
    -keep their hands in fist
    -Will start to figure out body parts
    -kick their arms and legs
    -cry and scream
    Social-Emotional Development
    -Influenced by care takers
    -fussy when your're short tempered
    -unique in there own way

  • The Infant: 1 month to 1 year

    Physical Development:
    -Growth Predictors
    -Height and weight Milestones
    -Physical features, swollen eyes, dry skin
    -Crawl and Walk
    -Hold bottle by themselves
    -Start waving and shaking
    Intellectual Development
    -Start learning from parents
    -picking up on yes and no
    -starts listening better
    Social-Emotional Development
    -Show happiness to parents
    -Fear with new situations
    -Pays more attention

  • The Toddler: 1 year to 3 years

    Physical Development:
    -Body starts to grow and change
    -Hair grows
    -Face shifts
    -Walks independently
    -squats to pick up things
    -stacks objects
    Intellectual Development:
    -Can understand around 50ish words
    -Follows simple directions
    -May use 5-15 words
    Social-Emotional Development:
    -Interacts w people
    -enjoys new toys
    -claps hands in response to social interaction

  • The Preschooler: 3 years to 5 years

    Physical Development:
    -grow 2 1/2 - 3 inches
    - 3-5 lbs per year
    -teeth begin to form
    -can walk, run
    feed themselves
    comb hair
    Intellectual Development:
    -Learns alphabet
    -learns numbers
    -makes friends
    -can talk and understand some things
    Social-Emotional Development:
    -Showing Responsibilities
    -Failures may lead to guilt
    -starting to have initiative

  • The School-Age Child: 5 years to 12 years

    Physical Development:
    -Six years molars/ Permanent teeth come in
    -Muscles grow, become more attached to bones
    -Growth spurts
    -Improved Flexibility
    -able to stretch, move around more easily
    - fine motor skills, improved help in arts and crafts, writing, etc.,
    7-11 Piaget concrete operations stage, which depends more on logic and less perception
    -operational stage think abstractly
    -Start seeing from others pov
    Social-Emotional Development
    -more independent
    -friendships
    -develop self esteem