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The Newborn; Physical Development
1- Babies grow about 1 1/2 pounds, and 1' during the first month.
2- They have broad flat noses
3- Newborns have thin dry skin. -
The Newborn; Social-Emotional Development
Difference in babies cries;
1-Pain, begins with shrills/screams, followed by silence.
2- Hungry/bored, slow cries that become louder and rythemic.
3- Upset, fussy, quiet, sounds forced. -
The Infant; Physical Development
- Most infants reach 1 1/2 times their brith length during the first year.
- By about nine months the infant gets chubbier.
- from birth to six months the head is bigger than the chest.
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The Infant; Intellectual Development
1- Communicate feelings by making sounds.
2- A babies brain and sense organs mature alot in the first year.
3-Babies attempt to grasp things at two-three months.
4- Between one-three months babies start looking at objects with both eyes.
5- nine months may make sounds of animals. -
The Infant; Social-Emotional Development
1- Babies are often happier if they get more attention.
2- Babies love to be around other children.
3- Trust is one aspect of personality development. -
The Toddler; Physical Development
1- After age 2 infants grow slower and at a steadier pace.
2- Most toddlers begin walking, around the first birthday.
3- Age two infants begin to 'real' run. -
The Toddler; Intellectual Development
1-Childrens actions involve reaching a goal.
2-begin to solve problems themselves.
3- 18-24months children think before they act.
4- show they think by imitating what someone else does.
5- spoken languages develops at a faster rate between one and three years. -
Toddler; social-emotional development
1-begins when the baby begins to trust or distrust
2- During 2nd year they tend to interact more with children
3-Most fears are evident after the first birthday. -
The preschooler; Physical Development
1- Most grow steadly at about 2 1/2 inches a year. Girls are shorter than boys,
2-gain skills in balancing
3- can hop on preffered foot. -
THe preschooler- Intellectual Devlopment
1- Attempt to draw, not scribble.
2-Develop concepts about size, shape, color, and texture.
3- Try to understand cause and effect.
4- speach is egocentric
5- sentence structures become much more complex -
Preschooler- Social-emotional development
1-To many failures may lead to quilt
2-Take first steps to becoming dependable people
3- sibling and peers are more important -
The School-age Child ;Physical Development
1-No longer completely depend on adults to meet their physical needs.
2-Need and want space of theid own
3-Develop their own preferences for color and style -
The School Aged child- Intellectual Development
1-Slowly using more advanced thinking skills
2-Bwgins seeing others have ideas that differ from their own.
3-Start to understand reversablilty
4- Use deductive reasoning
5-Older school aged children may begin to use inductive reasoning. -
School aged child- social-emotional development
1-Become keenly aware of them selves
2-Become almost totally concerned with what others think of them.
3-Generally evaluated in comparison to other childrens skills.
