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26 years ago Birth
I was born at 9 pm, weight 2.3 kg -
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The first two years
Growth and Development of Infants and Toddlers -
My first word!! I say bye-bye to my mom.
Cognitive - by age one, infant usually speak a word or two: by age two, language has exploded- toddleers talk in short sentensec and add vocabulary each day -
My first walk
Biosocial - I can stand and begin to walk alone, can change self from prone to sitting position -
I don't want my mom go work!!
Psychosocial - Parents and infants respond to each other by synchronizing their behavior. Toward the end of the first year, secure attachment to the parents sets the stage for the child's increasingly independent exploration of the world.Mother, fathers, and day care providers encourage infants' social confidence. -
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Early Childhood
Growth and Development of the Preschool Child: 3 to 6 Years -
I love cake and candy!!
Biosocial - Children continue grow from age 2 to 6, but at a slower rate. BMI is lower at about age 5 than at any other time of life. Children often eat too much unhealthy food nad refuse to eat certain other foods altogether, insisting that food and other routines be" just right". -
i know how to swim!!
Cognitive - Young children are avid learners. Child-center, teacher directed, and intervention programs can all nurture learning. The outcome depends on the skill and attetion from teachers, as well as on the specificc of the curriculum. -
I am a girl!!!
Psychosocial - Children develop stereotypic concepts of sex differences and gender differences. Current theories give contradictory explanations of nature and nurture, but all agree that sex and gender identities become increasingly salient to young children. -
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Middle Childhood
Growth and Development of the School-Aged Child: 6 to 10 Years -
I lost my first tooth.
Biosocial - Physical, Dentition, at about age 6, the child starts to lose the deciduous teeth, usually beginning with the lower incisors. At about same time, the first permanent teeth, the 6-year molars, appear directly behind the deciduous molars. -
This is my best friend!
Psychosocial - The peer group becomes increasings important as children become less dependent on their parents and more dependent on friendds for help, loyalty, and sharing of mutural interesteds. Rejection and bullying become serious preoblems. Moral development, influenced by peers, advandces during these years. -
My first reward in Math!!
Cognitive - Education, International comparisons reveal marked variations in overt and hidden curriculum, as well as in learning, between one nation and another. The reading and math wars pit traditional education against a more holistic approach to learning. Alternate school structures, involving vouchers and charters schools, are an attempt to increase learning among U.S schoolchildren.
