Growth Milestones
Factors that Influence Development
Brain Development
Principles of Growth
Children
100
Gradual process through which babies become adults.
What is development
100
Conditions and situations that surround and affect a child.
What is environment
100

I cry but will feel better when you hold and comfort me.

What is a growth milestone of an INFANT?

100
Results of studies that describe how humans are alike.
What is principles of growth and development
100
Introducing yourself to the person in charge and state why you are there, leaving promptly when finished, and trying not to distract children or adults from their activities.
What is child observation practice
200
Skills a person should master at a certain stage in life.
What is developmental tasks
200
Traits that are passed to a child from blood relatives.
What is heredity
200

I like to play with friends, but I don't like to lose.

What is a growth milestone of a PRESCHOOLER?

200
Developmental delay is when a child performs like an older child.
What is false
200
Stage of the life cycle begins at 12 months and ends at 36 months.
What is toddler
300
Learnings or skills in growth and development that follow one another in a set order.
What is sequenced steps
300
Heredity alone determines growth and development.
What is false
300

I can learn new words really fast now.

What is a growth milestone of a TODDLER?

300
Principles of growth and development fit all people in the same way.
What is false
300
Development is best described as a ___________.
What is process
400
Time when a person can learn a new task because the body is physically ready, caregivers encourage and support, and the child feels a strong desire to learn.
What is teachable moment
400
Development ends when the human becomes an adult. The sole focus of child development is on physical growth.
What is false
400

Distancing from parents; close with peers; social status is related to group membership; acceptance important

What is the growth milestone of an ADOLESCENT

400
Determined by a person's desire to achieve, different for all children, and changes throughout a child's life.
What is rate of growth and development
400
Learning to form relationships is a key ________ need.
What is social
500
Prime period in a child's life for developing a particular skill.
What is window of opportunity
500
__________ can affect both the existence and range of certain traits.
What is genes
500

I like to meet and play with more kids and I play more cooperatively now.

What is the growth milestone of a SCHOOL-AGER?

500
Before Sarah can learn to read, she must learn many skills, such as how to move her eyes from top to bottom and from left to right on the page. Learning this and other skills before reading is an example of_________.
What is sequenced steps in growth and development.
500
The scientific study of children.
What is child development
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