Infant
The average weight of a newborn at birth
7 1/2 Pounds
A child from age one to their third birthday
Four and Five year olds are refereed to as
preschoolers
Refers to the span of years between ages six and 12
Middle Childhood
The bodies automatic response to a stimulous
reflex
Most infants can sit upright at
four to six months
parallel play
What is a self help skill of a FOUR year old
distinguishing the front and back of clothing
During middle childhood children usually grow about how many inches per year
two to three
The order in which a child is able to preform new movements
motor sequence
The average newborn baby measures how many inches
20
By two years of age most children can identify how many body parts
six
At what age are children able to recognize square and rectangle shapes
Five years old
Manipulation of ideas based on logic rather than perception
operation
Large muscles in the legs and arms
Gross Motor
Most infant's can roll over from stomach to back at about
four months of age
The gross motor skills of a two year old include
kicking a large ball
Reciting numbers in their proper order
rote counting
Ability to arrange items in in an increasing or decreasing order
seriation
The sequence of biological changes in children
MATURATION
The ability of an infant's brain to change according to stimulation is known as this
plasticity
What are the two types of language strategies that are important when working with two year olds
Expansion and Fedding-in
Four years old
This means they use logic but it is based on what they have experienced or seen
Concrete Observation
According to this principle, development proceeds from the head down.