Childhood Physical
Early
DevelopmentCh51
GrowthPatterns Cephalocaudalprinciple headtotoe
Top tobottom
1 Mass to specific MotorSkilldevelopfromgeneral detailedcoordination
2 MotorSkills Gross motorSkills Large muscleinuseExrunning climbing orthrowing first
FinemotorskillsSmall precisemotionsExwriting
knitting orbuttoning hen
3 Threats to PreschoolPhysicalDevelopment Lack ofoutdoorPlay
Undernutrition
Causes stunting
impairs
finemotordevelopment Tiredweak to explorepracticeskills
4 TeachingImplications Encouragehandsonself
directed
activities likedrawing building
iAvoidpushing
children
toperform letthemexplore attheir ownpace
Supporting finemotordevelopmentin funwayscan indirectlyboostearlyacademic
skills.Social Developmentand
Pretendplay
PlayTypes
ofPlay Exercise
playrunningchasing 2RoughTumble
Infancycaregiverguiding Age34
playwrestling 3Pretendasifscenarios w props
transferto
peer play Middle
collaborative childhood declines Structured
Practice adultroles Sense
games.Functions
of social
rulescan
ofmind
control
assumeauthority Teaches
normsTheory
safely.collaboration
boundaries.Impact
ofScreenTime
Positive Guided tech
useimproves finemotorskills tech literacy Earlyexposure predictslater academicsuccessiftaughtresponsibly
NegativePassivescreen Loweracademic performance compared
to
linked lowerTomskills
use tohands onlearning
, Piaget's
TheoryEarly
childhood 3 6
The mentalShift Theory ofMind Understanding other's
perspectives
When their world starts to that
grow
Piaget believes children'sthinkingiscapturedbywhattheysee can'treason logicallyyet
Cognitive Development Piaget head
Preoperational Stage 2 7110
cab
Centration
striking feature naive
Focusing on one
Egocentrism Canonly see their perspective
Animism Belief in personification
Artificialism Humans have control over natural phenomena
IdentityConstancy Can'ttellpeople are still themselves after changingappearance
Theycan't grasp
Conservation
reversibility
Classification classInclusionCan't
grasp theidea of
subcategories can exist
Concrete Operational Stage
8 12,10 have the ability to reason
about the world in a logical adultlike
way
use logic to solve problem andnotjust
what their eyes see
Early
DevelopmentCh51
GrowthPatterns Cephalocaudalprinciple headtotoe
Top tobottom
1 Mass to specific MotorSkilldevelopfromgeneral detailedcoordination
2 MotorSkills Gross motorSkills Large muscleinuseExrunning climbing orthrowing first
FinemotorskillsSmall precisemotionsExwriting
knitting orbuttoning hen
3 Threats to PreschoolPhysicalDevelopment Lack ofoutdoorPlay
Undernutrition
Causes stunting
impairs
finemotordevelopment Tiredweak to explorepracticeskills
4 TeachingImplications Encouragehandsonself
directed
activities likedrawing building
iAvoidpushing
children
toperform letthemexplore attheir ownpace
Supporting finemotordevelopmentin funwayscan indirectlyboostearlyacademic
skills.Social Developmentand
Pretendplay
PlayTypes
ofPlay Exercise
playrunningchasing 2RoughTumble
Infancycaregiverguiding Age34
playwrestling 3Pretendasifscenarios w props
transferto
peer play Middle
collaborative childhood declines Structured
Practice adultroles Sense
games.Functions
of social
rulescan
ofmind
control
assumeauthority Teaches
normsTheory
safely.collaboration
boundaries.Impact
ofScreenTime
Positive Guided tech
useimproves finemotorskills tech literacy Earlyexposure predictslater academicsuccessiftaughtresponsibly
NegativePassivescreen Loweracademic performance compared
to
linked lowerTomskills
use tohands onlearning
, Piaget's
TheoryEarly
childhood 3 6
The mentalShift Theory ofMind Understanding other's
perspectives
When their world starts to that
grow
Piaget believes children'sthinkingiscapturedbywhattheysee can'treason logicallyyet
Cognitive Development Piaget head
Preoperational Stage 2 7110
cab
Centration
striking feature naive
Focusing on one
Egocentrism Canonly see their perspective
Animism Belief in personification
Artificialism Humans have control over natural phenomena
IdentityConstancy Can'ttellpeople are still themselves after changingappearance
Theycan't grasp
Conservation
reversibility
Classification classInclusionCan't
grasp theidea of
subcategories can exist
Concrete Operational Stage
8 12,10 have the ability to reason
about the world in a logical adultlike
way
use logic to solve problem andnotjust
what their eyes see
