1. AREAS OF DEVELOMENT

2. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT  Growth of the body  Abilities of the body  Motor skills are those abilities that depend on the use and control of muscles.

3. MOTOR SKILLS  Fine Motor Skills  Smaller muscles  Fingers, wrists and ankles  Hand- eye coordination  Gross Motor Skills  Larger muscles:  Back, legs, shoulders and arms  Walking and running

4. INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT  Cognitive Development  The process of how a child learns to think, understand, reason and use language.

5. EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT  The process of how children develop feelings about themselves, others and the world.  Feelings are called emotions.  Feelings are described as Positive and Negative.

6. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT  Skills needed to get along with other people.  Skills that help us “fit” into society.  Self-help skills

7. DEVELOPMENTAL PRINCIPLES  Development is interrelated.  Development is similar for all.  Rates of development are individual.  Development is ongoing.  Development in sequential.

8. DEVELOPMENT IS INTERRELATED  You can study the different areas of development separately, but you can’t isolate them in real life. Inevitably, one area has impact on another.  Example: A child who builds a block tower.

9. DEVELOPMENT IS SIMILAR FOR ALL  Development follows a similar pattern for everyone.  Children from different parts of the world frequently go through the same stages in the same order.  Example: Most infants learn to hold up their head, roll over, sit up, crawl, and walk in the same order.

10. RATE OF DEVELOPMENT ARE INDIVIDUAL  Children typically develop new abilities in the same order, but not at the same time.  Each child develops new abilities at a pace that is unique to that child.  For the above reasons, it is very important to avoid comparing children!

11. DEVELOPMENT IS ONGOING People continue to learn as long as they live!

12. SEQUENCE OF DEVELOPMENT Development follows an orderly sequence. Sequence is a step – by – step pattern.  Top to Bottom  Center to Outside  Large to Small  General to Specific