1. GROWTH AND development

2. Infants head is 25% of its total body size
Patterns of growth
1. Growth proceeds from HEAD to FOOT
Infant needs to hold their head up before they can crawl
Infants head is 25% of its total body size

3. Patterns of growth 2. Growth proceeds from NEAR to FAR WAVE
Infant needs to move their arms before they can move fingers
WAVE

4. Patterns of growth 3. Growth proceeds from SIMPLE to COMPLEX
Infant holds their head up, rolls over, crawls, walks

5. Patterns of growth 4. Growth is CONTINUOUS and ORDERLY
Similar for everyone but proceeds at an individual rate and time

6. 5 areas of development 1. Physical 2. Social 3. Emotional 4. Cognitive
5. Moral

7. Physical development Motor Skills
Fine/Small motor skills-small muscles (hands and fingers)
Gross/Large motor skills-large muscles (legs and arms)

8. Finger aerobics
Spider push-ups- place both hands together with palms and fingers touching. Then, push the hands away from each other at the palm. Fingertips should remain in contact
Finger pick ups Fingertip Touch Finger Muscles
Spider crawl-stand up behind your desks and make your hands crawl across the desk like a spider

9. Fine motor skills

10. Gross Motor Skills

11. Social development
Learning self-expression, to get along and interact with others, and moving from being a self-centered individual to being able to relate with others

12. Emotional development
Process of recognizing and expressing feelings

13. Cognitive development
Intellectual skills, how one learns gains information, and understands the world around them.
Children learn through every day experiences that surround them and when someone shares with and talks about their experiences
Examples: Seeing a caterpillar on the ground
Boy who cried wolf story-Campbell kids
Language development-speaking correctly
Sensory stimulating environment-the tree house

14. Moral development Process of learning right from wrong
Being a good example (modeling) is the best way to teach moral development

15. 5 stages of development collage
Look through magazines and find 5 pictures that are examples of these 5 stage of development. Cut them out, paste them on the paper, and write next to the picture why it represents that sage of development.