SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING LEVEL 3
Unit Core 3.1- Child Development.
Task 1
What is Child Development?
Child development does not just refer to the physical development of the child but also to the skills and knowledge that they are developing. Child development can be broken down into several areas:
• Personal, Social and Emotional – this are of development concentrates on relationships and understanding the child individually. Being able to feel sorry for someone, knowing what behaviour is acceptable and what is not and also gaining the ability to control their emotions. This area can also be connected to cognitive and language development.
• Communication and Language – this area concentrates on learning to communicate with others and understanding how their actions …show more content…
• Cooperative Play – this area of play focuses on the children working with each other, some children may fetch more blocks that are needed to build a tower while the others carry on building. They will be working and building the tower together (team work).
Types of play:
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Difference between rate and sequence of development:
Rate – is the speed that the child develops at for example; one child may be able to walk unaided at the age of 11 months, another at 13 months, where as another may be 16 months.
Sequence – sequence is the order that development happens for example; a babies physical development may begin with rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking and then running. Another may sit up, walk, run and completely miss out rolling over and crawling.
These two are very important as they help to assess a Childs development rate, the order development is taking and how quickly the child is progressing. This can vary in each child as they are all very
Unit Core 3.1- Child Development.
Task 1
What is Child Development?
Child development does not just refer to the physical development of the child but also to the skills and knowledge that they are developing. Child development can be broken down into several areas:
• Personal, Social and Emotional – this are of development concentrates on relationships and understanding the child individually. Being able to feel sorry for someone, knowing what behaviour is acceptable and what is not and also gaining the ability to control their emotions. This area can also be connected to cognitive and language development.
• Communication and Language – this area concentrates on learning to communicate with others and understanding how their actions …show more content…
• Cooperative Play – this area of play focuses on the children working with each other, some children may fetch more blocks that are needed to build a tower while the others carry on building. They will be working and building the tower together (team work).
Types of play:
•
Difference between rate and sequence of development:
Rate – is the speed that the child develops at for example; one child may be able to walk unaided at the age of 11 months, another at 13 months, where as another may be 16 months.
Sequence – sequence is the order that development happens for example; a babies physical development may begin with rolling over, sitting up, crawling, walking and then running. Another may sit up, walk, run and completely miss out rolling over and crawling.
These two are very important as they help to assess a Childs development rate, the order development is taking and how quickly the child is progressing. This can vary in each child as they are all very