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Toddlerhood - 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years old
www.earlyexperiences.org/ At this age the toddler is learning abou their own mobility, such as climbing stair and onto furinture. When learing to draw the toddler will attempt to draw a straight line, but it would look more like a scribble. Can feed its self from a spoon, like to dress themselves and can run and speak 20-50 words. Cognitive develpoment is progressing where the toddler can stack six blocks, find hidden objects and can turn on lights and push buttons. -
Toddlerhood - Emotional attributes of a toddler
tips4specialkids.com/ The emotional stage for this age group is a new learning process, where the toddler is learning about themselves in a new way.At this point the toddler is showing separation anxiety, knows boys from girls (knows their own gender), knows how to play different games, can mimic activites (like cleaning the house or talking on the phone), and shows preferences (movies, food and entertainment). -
Toddlerhood - 2 1/2 to 3 years old
www.parenthelp123.org/ As a toddler the child is accomplishing more and more every year. At this time the child is speaking atleast 350 words, unable to share everything is "mine", and can obey simple commands. With the large vocabulary the child is speaking in sentences, is able to do problem solving through expirements and can anticipate routins. Has started toilet training, has learned a form of social behavior like feeding a doll or hugging a bear. -
Toddlerhood - Cognitive attributes of a toddler
www.essentialkids.com.au/ In this age range form 1 1/2 to 3 years old the toddler is growing in so many ways espeically in the cognitive sense. The child is learning so much about world around them some of the things that the toddler learns at this time are: language and speaking abilities (starting from one world syllables to stentences), they have learned how to play with their toys in new ways (like playing pretend), and they have learned how to sing songs at daycare or preschool. -
Toddlerhood - Physical attributes of a toddler
www.spectrumhealth.ie/ During this time from 1 1/2 to 3 years old the toddler is growing physically everday. Here are some ways they are chnaging: the toddler can feed themselves from a spoon, are learning to use the toilet, and can dress themselves. They are very adventurous at this stage and love to climb on things, epesically furniture and climbing stairs. They are very mobile and love to move about, even if its in a wobbly way. They also have increased dexterity with their fingers. -
Early Years - Gross Motor Skills 3 to 5 years old
www.sublette4chair.com/ The motor skills for ages 3 to 5 have changed quite a bit. Starting at age 3 children are not able to turn or stop suddenly or quickly by age 5 they are able to start, turn and stop effectivley in games. a 3 year old can jump a distance of 15 to 24 inches a 4 year old 24 to 33 inches and a 5 year old can run and jump 28 to 36 inches. -
Early Years - Fine Motor skills 3 to 5 years old
erwinroad.org/ A three year old is able to cut paper by 5 years old they can fold into havles and quarters. At 3 they can build a bridge with three blocks, at 4 they can string beads, then at 5 they can use crayons effectivley. A 3 year old can paste with fingers, a four year old can print name and a 5 year old can draw triangles, rectangles, and a circle. A 3 year old can draw a doll at 4 can build a bridge with five blocks and at 5 can copy letters. This is examples of the significant changes. -
Early Years - Potty Training
www.wellsfargo.com/ Potty training is an important part of the preschool years and is a big milestone in the development and growth of children. Since most preschools require the child to be trained before being allowed into the program parents are having to get more serious on the training. According to the textbook (Feldman pg. 213) children might start showing signs of readiness bewteen 18 and 24 months although some arent ready until 30 months or older. -
Early Years - Left or Right handed?
childparenting.about.com/ In the preschool years children start to show a preference in using one hand over the other for writing (or even sometimes both) this is the development of handedness (Feldman pg. 214). By age 5 the tendency to use the right or left hand is clear, 90% being right handed and 10% being left handed, more boys than girls are left handed. Some educators in the past tried to force left handed children to use the right hand, now days teachers encourage students to use either. -
Early Years - Art: The Picture of Development
www.sfkids.org/ Art is a great way for preschoolers to gain motor control skills they can help them as they learn to write. The basic level of art involves practice with paintbrushes, crayons, pencils, and markers. When a 3 year old paints a picture they swish the paintbrush across the page with little thought to the final product. At age 5 children spend more time thinking about and planning the final picture, they also have a specific goal in mind when they start out and when they are finished -
Middle Childhood - Physical Development 6-12 years old
www.advancedpediatrics.com/ Height and weight changes while in elementary school according to the textbook (Feldman pg.276) children grow an average of 2-3 inches a year, by age 11 the average height is 4 foot 10" and boys 4 foot 9 1/2". Weight gain around this time is about 5-7 pounds a year. Weight is redistributed as the round "baby fat" look disappears, childrens bodies become more muscular and their strength increases. -
Middle Childhood - Fine motor skills 6-12 years old
simpsonmama.blogspot.com/ Fine motor skills are getting more precise with more practice. Children at this age can type on a computer keyboard, writing cursive with a pen or pencil, and drawing detailed pictures. Children at 6-7 years old can tie their own shoes and fasten buttons; by age 8 they can use each hand independently and by 11 & 12 they can manipulate objects with almost as much dexterity as an adult. -
Middle Childhood - Gross motor skills 6-12 years old
myregencyandbestoflife.blogspot.com/ At this point in the childs life according to the textbook (Feldman pg. 283) they are able to learn to ride a bike, ice-skate, swim, and jump rope. Patterns of performace between boys and girls at this age in these activities are similiar. The changes from 6 to 12 years old in gross motor skills, at 6 years old they can throw a ball with proper weight shift and step, at 10 years boys and girls can run 17 feet per second, at 12 years old they can jump 3 feet. -
Middle Childhood - Cognitive development 6-12 years old
www.momsgonerunning.com/ Piaget calls this stage of life the concrete operational stage and is characterized by the active and appropriate use of logic. Children at this age are less egocentric and can take multiple aspects of a situation into concideration this ability according to the textbook (Feldman pg. 297) is called decentering. They can also attain the concept of reversibility, which is the notion that processes of transforming a stimulus can be reversed. -
Middle Childhood - Intelligence Testing 6-12 years old
angrytrainerfitness.com/ At this time in the childs life they have had many years of education and learning, parents and schools will start testing their intelligence levels. Some of the tests used according to the textbook (Feldman pg. 313) are; Stanford-Binet Scale, Wechsler Scale for Children, and Kaufman Assesment Battery for Children these tests rate the child's intelligence levels in different areas of academics and smarts. -
Adolescence - Growth and Puberty 12 to 18 years old
showcase.netins.net/ The adolescent growth spurt (Feldman pg. 354) is the period of very rapid growth n height and weight. On avergae boys grow 4.1 inches a year, and girls grow 3.5 inches a year. Some adolescents grow as much as 5 inches n a single year. Girls start their growth spurt around age 10, while boys start about age 12. Puberty (Feldman pg. 354) the period during which sexual organs mature, Girls start puberty at around 11 or 12 years of age, and boys begin around 13 or 14 years old. -
Adolescence - Brain Development 12 to 18 years old
www.flickr.com/ Aldolescence brings teenagers to start asserting their independence, this independence is the chnages going on in the brain. The brain produces an excess of gray matter during this time, but starts to get more and more limited by 1 to 2 percent a year. The one area of the brain that changes significantly throughout adolescence in the prefrontal cortex, this part of the brain allows people to think, evaluate, and make complex judgements and provides for impulse control. -
Adolescence - Kohlberg's Sequence of Moral Reasoning 12 to 18 years old
www.flickr.com/ (Feldman pg. 384) Level 1 of moral reasoning is the preconventional morality, which is the concrete interests of the individual are considered in terms of rewards and punishments. Level 2 is conventional morality, is when people approach moral problems as memebers of society. They are interested in pleasing others by acting as good members of society, Level 3 postconventional morality, is people use moral principles, which are seen as broader than those of any particular society. -
Adolescence - Gilligan's Three States of Moral Development for women 12 to 18 years old
www.goodreads.com/ (Feldman pg. 386) The three stages for moral development are; stage 1 - orientation toward individual survival, is the inital concentration is on what is practical and best for self. Stage 2 - Goodness as self-sacrifice, is the initial view is that a women must sacrifice her own wishes to what other people want. Stage 3 - Morality of nonviolence, is a moral equivalence is established between self and others. Hurting anyone including ones self is seen as immoral. -
Adolescence - Ginzberg's Three Periods 12 to 18 years old
santafenewmexican.smugmug.com/ (Feldman pg. 396) Fantasy period- which is the period of life when career choices are made and changed without regard to skils, abilities, or available job opportunities. Tentative period - in which people begin to think in pragmatic terms about the requirements to various jobs and how their abilities fit those requirements. Realistic period - which people explore career options through job experience or training, narrow choices and make final decision.
