Child development

learned to crawl and then walk? How about language? Child development theories explain all these types of questions. I learned that there are many different viewpoints and theories of childhood development. Education, culture, and religious views can affect a parent’s decision on how to raise their children. Child development refers to the process through which individuals regularly develop and develop from early stages through adulthood. Child development theories are used to describe a child’s…

domain represented in this image is the physical development domain. This is evident to me because the image shows children participating in a physical activity. Another thing that stands out to me is the different ways each child is using the hula hoops in the movement and expressions they have. To me is seemed that some are grasping the concepts faster than others, leading me to believe that the each child is experiencing their physical development domain at different paces, some have…

Cognitive development in early childhood refers to how a child think or form a stable ideas when they are growing up as they expend their skill in a new environment, it is difficult to calculate the number of neuron, but theories like Jean Piaget, Erickson and Lev Vygotsky’s has come up with different ideas about how children develop their skill during early child hood development. Jean Piaget come up with an idea of reflex behavior, whereby a child will not think about what they are…

Introduction Development can be described as growth or change over time. Child development is a field that studies how biological predispositions, environment, and other factors affect children over the lifespan. A child 's development is often thought to begin at birth; however, while the child is still in the womb, there are months of development occurring. Parents are the primary influences over the life of a child and subsequently impact the child 's development. Moreover, events or…

Early development is very important for a human life because this impacts on their future life. It is very important to understand child development theory in order to get knowledge about children’s development and know children individually and their needs. Understanding theoretical perspective is very important for professional practice as an ECE. All child development theorists show connection that children learn when they are active and engage with people and environment around them. However…

Human development is a very interesting topic to study as well as becoming more knowledgeable about the many developmental stages in life. What makes it so unique is that each person develops differently in his or her own way. Studying each stage of human development made me more aware of certain things that may or may not occur around that time. After studying the different theories, I can now understand how I developed as a child many years ago. As I go through each discussion about the…

Reflective Practice in Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators Based on my personal own observations, Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers usually go through many professional developmental stages. Accordingly, the level of ECE competency for each of these professional developmental stages depends on mastery of teaching techniques, choice of appropriate learning tools, and implementation of effective educational methods or frameworks. Therefore, ECE teachers can progressively…

position of play as a cultural phenomenon. Children’s play varies from culture to culture and is one of the major factors that influence young children’s development and learning. Children learn and incorporate social norms, values and roles through play. It is essential to understand the dynamics of culture and its influence on child development especially in the contexts of family ethnic culture. Through play, children reflect and portray their own family practices, roles and values. For…

crucial in the early years to higher levels of cognitive, social and academic development and without play development would be delayed, but play is also essential in the later years. Smith 2010 identified many types of play including physical play, pretend play and rough and tumble play. There is a strong link between play and developing socially, developing language and cognitive competence. The use of play in supporting a childs de Crowley has identified the importance of ‘fantasy or pretend…

children develop through a combination of play interactions with others, through their culture and their environment. I feel everything a child does is a learning experience, whether good or bad. Learning experiences are contributing factors to a child’s development. My theory is called Freeman’s Child Development Theory. I believe there are five stages of development. The first stage would be pre-birth. The second would be the noticing of life stage, which occurs between the ages of the ages…