1. Why study children? To Understand Children To Gain Skills
Better understand why they do what they do
Better appreciate all characteristics of human development
Understand the importance of caregivers
To Gain Skills
Sharpen your powers of observation
To Understand Yourself
To Build for the Future

2. Understanding Child Development

3. Development is….. A process that includes growth- becoming taller, for example- as well as progress in skills and abilities.

4. The study of how children master new skills.
Child Development is…
The study of how children master new skills.

5. Developmental Tasks Challenges met at a particular stage of life.
1. Childhood
2. Adolescence
3. Adulthood
YOU ARE HERE!

6. Adolescence You must: Find your identity Become independent
Plan for your life’s work

7. Influences on Development
Heredity (Nature)
Passing on certain characteristics from parent to child
Eye color, blood type, etc.
Genes- small section of a chromosome
Chromosomes- threadlike structures found within the nucleus, or center, of body cells.
Environment (Nurture)
People – especially family
Society and Culture can transmit values and customs
Economic Conditions
Technology

8. How Did I Get This
List some traits that children would develop or inherit from their environment and then list some traits that children would develop from their heredity. Finally list 5 personal traits that you have and tell whether they came from environment or heredity.

9. Evaluating Your Personal Development
Examine your present personality – what you like and do not like, how you react to things or people, what your habits are, etc.  
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.
Write about these influences and how you feel about them. Include ideas that you as a parent or caregiver may do differently and what you would do the same with your own children or children for which you may care.

10. Areas of Child Development P.I.E.S
Physical
Gross (large) Motor
Fine (small) Motor
Social
Interactions w/ others
Expressing self
Emotional
Express feelings
Establish identity
Intellectual
Learning
Language
Moral
Personal beliefs
Right and wrong

11. Physical Development
Development including physical growth (weight, height) and muscle development.

12. Hand-eye coordination
How the hands work in relation to what is being seen.

13. Small & Large Motor Skills
Small: the use of the small muscles of the body
Large: the use of the large muscles of the body

14. Physical Dev. Examples Fine Motor Coloring Drawing Pointing
Working puzzles
Manipulating small objects
Gross Motor
Running
Jumping
Playing sports
Walking
Throwing

15. Cognitive/Intellectual Development
The development of the mind including thought processes and learning

16. Cognitive Dev. Examples
Vocabulary
Counting
Cause and effect
Trial and error
Incidental learning

17. Social Development
How children interact and get along with each other.

18. Social Dev. Examples
Parallel Play—two children playing next to each other, but not together
Solitary Play—a child playing by him/herself
Cooperative Play—two or more children playing and interacting together
Sharing

19. Emotional Development
How a child feels about him/herself and others and how he/she expresses those feelings.
Self-esteem: how a child values him/herself

20. Emotional Dev. Examples
Crying
Smiling
Separation Anxiety
Stranger Anxiety

21. Moral Development What is right and wrong
Through play children learn to follow the rules and act fairly toward others
They learn to share and to encourage the efforts of others.

22. Moral Examples Sharing Having Manners Following rules
Using appropriate language
Respecting others
Not lying
Not stealing

23. Developmental Showcases!
Your work will be displayed in the classroom and hallway!!! 

24. Developmental Showcase
Create a mini-poster showcasing the four areas of development
Physical
Social
Emotional
Intellectual
Have at least four examples of each area. Cut pictures out of the magazines provided. Be sure to identify the specific area of development.

25. Physical
Social
Areas of Development
Emotional
Intellectual

26. Characteristics of Development
Development is….
similar for everyone
builds on earlier learning
proceeds at an individual rate
interrelated
continuous throughout life

27. Development is similar for everyone.
Children go through the same stages in about the same order.
Examples—
all babies lift their head before they lift their bodies
all babies stand up before they walk

28. Development builds on earlier learning
Development follows a step by step pattern or a sequence
The skills a child learns at one stage build directly on those mastered earlier.
Examples—
Before a child learns to run, he/she has to learn to walk.

29. Development proceeds at an individual rate.
Children follow a similar pattern of development, each child is an individual.
The rate of growth differs from child to child
Examples
When did you first say dada?
When did you first crawl/walk?

30. Development is continuous throughout life.
The rate of development changes, sometimes it is fast and sometimes it is slow.
Development never stops!

31. The different areas of development are interrelated
PIES
Physical—the increasing ability to control and coordinate body movements
Intellectual—the process of learning to think, remember, understand, reason, and use language
Emotional—the process of learning to recognize and express feelings
Social—learning to relate to other people

32. Checking Your Understanding
Growth picture frame—draw a mirror or picture frame on a poster. Divide it into four sections (PIES). Write four words or draw four pictures that describe you in each area of development. You can only use something one time.

33. Area of Development Project
Choose one of the following or create your own…display of your development
Prepare a scrapbook illustrating your development in all four areas
Prepare a power point showing pictures of yourself as you developed in all four areas
Prepare a poster showing pictures of yourself as you developed in all four areas
Create your own display—just be sure to label PIES
Due on Friday at the beginning of class….be sure to bring pictures tomorrow to work on this!

34. Class Discussion
What are a list of ways a family can provide enrichment for children without elaborate or expensive toys?
Name some inexpensive toys or activities that can help children develop
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