Physical Development
This type of development involves growth of muscles and movement.
What is physical development?
This type of development focuses on thinking, learning, and problem-solving.
What is cognitive development?
This development area involves feelings, relationships, and self-awareness.
What is social/emotional development?
Teachers help children feel safe, supported, and ready to learn.
What is creating a positive environment?
These are widely accepted expectations of what children can do at certain ages.
What are developmental milestones?
What is gross motor skills?
Remembering information and recalling it later involves this cognitive skill.
What is memory?
Playing alongside other children without interacting is called this.
What is parallel play?
Teachers observe children to track growth and learning. This process is called what?
What is assessment?
Proper nutrition and sleep support this area of development.
What is physical health?
Using scissors or holding a pencil shows development of these skills.
What are fine motor skills?
Sorting objects by color or shape shows growth in this cognitive ability.
What is classification?
Sharing toys and taking turns shows development of this skill.
What is cooperation?
Adjusting activities to meet individual needs is known as this teaching practice.
What is differentiation?
This program provides education, health, and nutrition services to young children and families.
What is Head Start?
This physical milestone usually appears during infancy and involves control of the neck and head.
What is head control?
This psychologist is known for stages of cognitive development in children.
Who is Jean Piaget?
A child’s ability to recognize and manage their feelings is known as this.
What is emotional regulation?
Teachers model behavior such as respect and kindness to support this type of development.
What is social/emotional development?
This everyday object becomes a phone, a wand, or a microphone during pretend play.
What is a block? (or any toy used in imaginative play)
This factor can strongly influence a child’s physical development, including height and body type.
What is heredity?
When a child understands that objects still exist even when out of sight, they have developed this skill.
What is object permanence?
Trust vs. mistrust is a stage from this developmental theorist.
Who is Erik Erikson?
Working with families to support learning at home and school is called this.
What is family engagement?
When a child melts down because their banana broke in half, they are showing difficulty with this skill.
What is emotional regulation?