1. Child Development

2. “Let’s Talk”
Examine your present personality – do you believe your personality is similar to, or different than, your personality as a child.
Identify three or four factors in your childhood that have influenced your personal development and have aided in forming your present personality. These factors may be individuals, events, places, etc.

3. “Let’s Talk”
When you are become a parent or child caretaker, what will you do differently than your parents?
What you would do the same with your own children or children for which you may care?
Why do you think it is important to learn about how children develop?

4. Did You Know…?
When you learn about children, you are learning more about yourself

5. Stages of Development First Stage: Prenatal Second Stage: Infancy
Third Stage: Childhood
Fourth Stage: Adolescence

6. Stages of Development Prenatal: The time from conception to birth
The baby develops inside the mother’s body
Fastest development stage
Lasts about 9 months

7. Prenatal Growth Chart

8. Let's see how a baby develops!

9. Stages of Development Infancy: Birth to 1 year
Rapid growth and development
By the end of the first year of life it is possible to:
Triple birth weight
Grow 1-1 ½ times in length

10. Infancy Stage
Babies are born completely dependent and rely on others to care for them
Physical appearance
Skinny arms and legs, narrow chest, large abdomen
Large head
Weak muscles

11. Infancy Stage Fontanels
Soft Spots on the top of the infants head to make delivery easier
Survival Reflexes
Grasping reflex
Rooting reflex
Sucking reflex
Startle reflex
Babinski reflex

12. Timeline for Growth – The First Year
Birth to One Month:
Born with the 5 senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste
Communicate by crying
Hungry, cold, scared, diaper, attention
Two to Three Months:
Smile
Head movements
Kick legs

13. Timeline for Growth – The First Year
Four to Five Months:
Stronger muscles
May be able to hold head up
Enjoy being held in a sitting position
Social: smile, coo, laugh, interact
Explore
Six Months:
Sit up
Recognize faces
Seven to Eight Months:
Strengthen muscles
Constantly in motion
Learn through senses

14. Timeline for Growth – The First Year
Nine to Ten Months:
Begin to crawl and talk
Mouthing
Important to keep small and sharp objects out of their reach
Right and wrong
Reaction to “NO”
Eleven Months:
First steps
Standing and bending
Independent drinking and feeding
Twelve Months/One Year:
Sleep
May be shy around strangers

15. Stages of Development Childhood: age 1 to 11-12
Childhood is divided into three smaller groups
Toddler: 1 to 3 years old
Preschooler: 3 to 5 years old
School-age: 5-6 years old to adolescence

16. Stages of Development Adolescence: child matures into an adult Girls
10-13 years old
Boys
12-15 years old
Ends around age 18 to 24

17. Types of Development
Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Social
Moral

18. Physical Development
Growth and development of a child’s physical abilities
Motor Development
Gross Motor Development: development of large muscles
Fine Motor Development: development of small muscles

19. Physical Development Review of first year First 5 years
Turn body from side to back
Complete roll over
Sitting
Reach, grasp, mouth
Walking
First 5 years
Master control of larger muscles
Gain better control of smaller muscles

20. Intellectual development
Growth and the ability to learn, think, and judge
brain develops
language
longer attention span

21. Timeline for IntellectualDevelopment
Infants
Learn with senses
1 to 2 years
Begin to talk
Three years
Full sentences
Four years
Constant questions

22. Emotional Development
Growth in the understanding of how to control emotions
Learned by imitation
Moods and emotions change rapidly

23. Emotional Development
Toddlers
Rapidly changing moods and emotions
Separation anxiety
Frustration, anger, and tantrums

24. Emotional Development
How to handle a temper tantrum
Stay calm
Speak firmly in a low tone
At home try to ignore but stay in room with child
In public place take child to a quiet spot to cool down
Handling a tantrum properly is important

25. Emotional Development
Children of all ages need praise and affection
Emotional needs not met, problems can arise:
Very quiet or withdrawn
Loss of appetite
Incorrect speech
Short attention span
Difficulty socializing

26. Emotional Development: Children's Feelings
Anger
Intense but short‑lived
Causes
Too many demands, not able to do what they want to, have to do something they don't want to
Fear
Jealousy
New baby, favoritism, comparisons

27. Social Development Growth and the ability to interact with people
Steps
Trust and security
Independence
Acceptable behavior

28. Social Development Trust and security Infants
Learn when someone answers their cries
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Interactions with other children
Adolescents
Interactions with adults and friends

29. Social Development Independence Toddlers/Preschoolers Adolescents
Try new tasks
Adolescents
Independence from parents
Acceptable behavior
Toddlers and preschoolers
Take direction
Accept adult authority
Develop a moral compass

30. Moral Development
Growth and development of a child’s ability to tell right from wrong
Morals
Rules of behavior
Learn at home, church, school, community, media

31. Moral Development Toddlers and Preschoolers Adolescents
Develop a conscience
Adolescents
Guides behavior
Awareness of rules