Early childhood
Physical development
· Early childhood is characterised by slow and steady growth. The infants height increases by around 6 centimetres per year and weight by around 2.5 kilograms per year
· During the life span of early childhood motor skills development continues at a rapid rate such as climbing stairs, running, kicking, throwing and catching a ball. During this stage the child’s coordination improves, allowing the child to pedal and steer a bike.
· The child’s fine motor skills start to progress, the child can learn how to unzip zippers on clothing, hold pencils and tie their show laces up. As a result of these activities, left or right handedness starts to appear
Social development
· During early childhood the child will begin to participate in a wider range of family routines such as attending family functions, eating at the dinner table, helping with the shopping. These family events result in communication skills and acceptable social behaviours from experiencing these routines
· The child may attend a play group, a childcare centre group or kindergarten, and this provides many opportunities to further develop social skills such as sharing and taking turns. As the child attends these groups, they spend shorts periods of time away from their family and independence starts to develop. The child may want to start doing things for themselves such as dressing, washing and eating but are not always successful
· In Early childhood the child establishes behaviours such as eating with a knife and fork and those skills will be refined over time. Children at this age like to be accepted by others and may behave in a way that brings attention to them such as showing off performing or reading for family and friends
Emotional development
· During the early childhood stage the emotional development continues to occur at a rather fast pace during early childhood
· The child will begin to develop a sense of empathy and care for people around them and people that are crying or upset
· The child’s way of dealing with emotions is still undeveloped they are still in its early ages. Children may use physical violence to express their frustration particularly common with other children or family members
Intellectual development
· During the life span of early childhood the children learning new words and how to use language occurs quite rapidly during this stage. By the stage that the infant is 5, a child knows approximately 1500-2300 words
· During this stage the children begin to questions practically about their environment. They ask their caregivers ‘why?’ and wanting t learn about things that interest them, they like to share knowledge with others about different objects, animal’s and colours
· As the child’s attention span lengthens and knowledge of language increases, children can remember and follow up basic instructions that they get told to do by their caregivers. Such as getting a toy and bringing it to them, go to a designated place like bed when told
Physical development
· Early childhood is characterised by slow and steady growth. The infants height increases by around 6 centimetres per year and weight by around 2.5 kilograms per year
· During the life span of early childhood motor skills development continues at a rapid rate such as climbing stairs, running, kicking, throwing and catching a ball. During this stage the child’s coordination improves, allowing the child to pedal and steer a bike.
· The child’s fine motor skills start to progress, the child can learn how to unzip zippers on clothing, hold pencils and tie their show laces up. As a result of these activities, left or right handedness starts to appear
Social development
· During early childhood the child will begin to participate in a wider range of family routines such as attending family functions, eating at the dinner table, helping with the shopping. These family events result in communication skills and acceptable social behaviours from experiencing these routines
· The child may attend a play group, a childcare centre group or kindergarten, and this provides many opportunities to further develop social skills such as sharing and taking turns. As the child attends these groups, they spend shorts periods of time away from their family and independence starts to develop. The child may want to start doing things for themselves such as dressing, washing and eating but are not always successful
· In Early childhood the child establishes behaviours such as eating with a knife and fork and those skills will be refined over time. Children at this age like to be accepted by others and may behave in a way that brings attention to them such as showing off performing or reading for family and friends
Emotional development
· During the early childhood stage the emotional development continues to occur at a rather fast pace during early childhood
· The child will begin to develop a sense of empathy and care for people around them and people that are crying or upset
· The child’s way of dealing with emotions is still undeveloped they are still in its early ages. Children may use physical violence to express their frustration particularly common with other children or family members
Intellectual development
· During the life span of early childhood the children learning new words and how to use language occurs quite rapidly during this stage. By the stage that the infant is 5, a child knows approximately 1500-2300 words
· During this stage the children begin to questions practically about their environment. They ask their caregivers ‘why?’ and wanting t learn about things that interest them, they like to share knowledge with others about different objects, animal’s and colours
· As the child’s attention span lengthens and knowledge of language increases, children can remember and follow up basic instructions that they get told to do by their caregivers. Such as getting a toy and bringing it to them, go to a designated place like bed when told