Child Development
What are the four main areas of child development?
Physical, cognitive, social and emotional development.
What does Cognitive Development refer to?
How children learn, think, reason, remember, solve problems and understand the world.
What does social development involve?
Learning how to interact, communicate, cooperate and build relationships with others.
What are gross motor skills?
Skills involving large muscles, such as running, jumping, climbing and balancing.
What is receptive language?
The ability to understand language.
What does "developmental milestone" mean?
A skill or ability that most children develop around a certain age.
What is problem solving?
The ability to identify a problem and find a way to solve it.
What is emotional regulation?
The ability to understand and manage one's emotions and reactions.
What are fine motor skills?
Skills involving smaller muscles especially in the hands and fingers. such as writing, drawing, buttoning and using scissors.
What is expressive language?
The ability to communicate thoughts, needs and ideas using words, gestures or other forms of communication.
Why is play important for young children's development?
Play helps children develop physically, cognitively, socially ,emotionally and creativity.
What is memory?
The ability to store and recall information or experiences
What is empathy?
The ability to understand or share another persons feelings.
Which skill is an example of gross motor development: cutting with scissors or jumping?
Jumping.
Give one way an EA can encourage language development.
Reading with children, talking with them, asking questions, modeling language or encouraging them to describe their experience's.
True or false: all children reach developmental milestones at the same age.
False, not every child will develop at the same rate as other children.
Give one example of an activity that can support cognitive development.
Puzzles, sorting activates, building blocks, matching games or problem solving activities.
A child becomes upset because they lost a game but takes a few deep breaths and calms down. what skill are they demonstrating?
Emotional regulation.
Which skill is an example of fine motor development: running or using a pencil?
Using a pencil.
Their receptive language may be stronger than their expressive language.
Why is it important for an EA to consider the whole child rather than focusing on only one area of development?
The different areas of development are connected, so difficulties or strengths in one area can affect other areas too.
A child figures out that a block can be used to reach a toy that is too high. what cognitive skill is this child demonstrating?
Problem solving.
Why is building positive relationships with adults important for children's development?
Secure, supportive relationships helps children feel safe and can support their confidence, emotional development , learning and social skills.
Why can physical development affect a child's participation in classroom activities?
Difficulties with motor skills , coordination, strength or endurance can make activities such as writing, cutting, playing or moving around the classroom more difficult.
Why should an EA give a child enough time to respond to a question rather than answering for them?
Giving extra time to process and respond can give the child opportunity to understand the question, organize their thoughts and communicate independently.