Child Development

1.1 Aspect of development | Physical | Intellectual and cognitive   | Language and Communication | Emotional, Social, Behavioural and Moral |
0 – 3 Years | When babies are born they only have little control over their bodies. They depend on reflexes i.e. sucking or grasping. In year one they develop mobility skills such as crawling and rolling. By year two they will grow and develop quickly most will learn to walk. They will start to use gestures such as pointing holding objects dress and feed themselves and climb by year three they will have more fine motor skills i.e. control over pencils and crayons. Looking and turning pages in books. Use a cup feed themselves, walk and run with more confidence. Explore new things using toys and tricycles. | Babies will enjoy looking at world around them and repetitive activities in which they can predict the outcome will start to understand more i.e. an object is still there even if hidden and identify items even the ones slightly similar and point to them and recognise different colours. Between two and three can point out familiar people and objects in a book. Can imitate adult’s actions. Between two and three children can match objects and there uses take simple direction and organise items such as order of size when stacking rings. Identify themselves by name when looking into a mirror. | The crucial years of language babies are like sponges. Babies will be listening to language all around them enjoy songs and games. 4-6 weeks will be the first smile; 3-6 month babies will make throaty sounds at 6-9 months they will be able to locate the source of sounds. Between 9-11 months’ babies will imitate tongue clicks and kisses and babble two syllables. At around 12 months’ babies will start to talk. Between 1-2 will put words together. Can point to ears nose mouth and hair. Vocabulary will increase around 150 words by 3 years old language will be longer sentences now several hundred words and can mark paper remember both...