Child Growth and Development

Factors that Impact the Growth and Development of Children

Physical Growth and Motor Development

sensory capabilities
fine and gross motor development
brain growth and physical development
factors that influence physical and motor
development eg nutrition, skills practice

Categorise each of the following under the correct sensory capability

Recognising Mother's scent
Distinguishing between light and dark shades
Distinguishing between pleasant and unpleasant smells
Putting items in their mouth

Turning head to follow objects
Recognising Shapes
Recognising Foods
Crawling
Recognising parents voices

Recognising people
Grasping items
Babbling to themselves
Reacting to noises

Fine and Gross Motor Development

Fine motor skills are those which require the use of small muscle groups to produce intricate movements. Often these are are movements with the hands, such as using a spoon to feed themselves, holding a pen or pencil and drawing or writing.

Gross Motor Skills are those using larger muscle groups and produce bigger movements such as walking, crawling, running, kicking.

Create a Continuum and place the following actions on the continuum

Fine _______________________________________________________________________________________________________Gross

Painting

Drawing

Crawling

Eating with a spoon

Pushing a button

Tying up a shoelace

Hammering a peg

Throwing a basketball

Using a key to open something

Swimming

Complete matching activity- Text book Motor development

Factors Influencing Physical Growth and Motor development

How can each of the following influence growth and motor development

Nutrition

Practice

Genetics

Environment

Exercise

Health

Culture

Social and Emotional Development

The Secret Life Of 4 5 And 6 Year Olds S01 E06 - video dailymotionWatch The Secret Life Of 4 5 And 6 Year Olds S01 E06

Watch the video and answer the followings

discuss the way that different ways that children interact with each other. (how do they speak tone, words, body language, how do they respond to others)
Would this be different with their families?
When or where do you think they may change the way that they interact?

Cognitive Development

Learning Through Imitation and Interaction

Explain how children can use imitation to learn-

Language
Adult actions/tasks
Social interactions with others
Right and wrong

Watch the clip above and explain how children can interact with adults or items to learn.

Exploring the Environment

Watch the following videos and discuss the importance of allowing children to explore their environment

Stages of Cognitive Development

Jean Piaget is a psychologist who has a theory about the way that we develop as human beings. He has created different stages to represent the developments that happen at different ages.

1. Summarise each of Piaget's Stages of Development in your book. Use the name of the stage first, the ages it covers and then what happens in each stage.

2. Research each of the Developmental Phenomena in the third column above:

Explain each of them.
What do they mean for the development of the child?

Language Development

Take notes on the video above about Language development.

Answer the following question.

Discuss the importance of language for children as they grow and develop. 1/2 page response

The Importance of Family in Growth and Development

The effects of domestic and family violence on children and young peopleHow domestic and family violence effects children and teenagers emotionally and physically at that moment and in the long term

Click on the link for NSW domestic violence. This can be a confronting issue.

Watch the clip with children talking about the impact on them and read information

1. Take notes on all of the ways that a violent family environment can impact the growth and development of children.

2. Using what you know about impact on child development. Suggest some long term impacts this may have on the lives of those growing up in violent families.

What Is the Family Impact on Early Childhood Development?Of all the environmental factors that influence a child’s development, family has the most significant impact. Family members are the first people that young children have regular contact with, and as patterns, interactions and relationships within the family unit develop, so does a child’s understanding of himself, ...

Read through information on how families can positively impact growth and development.

Summarise each of the different areas:

emotional
social
physical
cognitive

Contemporary Issues

Childrearing practices

Here are a variety of extreme parenting strategies, these can be very controversial. Watch the videos to give you an initial understanding of each.

Watch the clips about childrearing practices. Choose one you would like to research further and complete the following questions.

Find 4 different websites and read their information about the strategy, make sure you look at some that support the strategy and some that don't so you get both sides of the argument. List the websites

Explain the childrearing strategy?

What are the positives?

What are the negatives?

After researching the strategy what is your point of view on the parenting strategy? Justify your opinion

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