Child Development: Unit 1, Lesson 1

Child Development: Unit 1, Lesson 1

• Physical Development: Focuses on biological systems of the body and brain, including anything related to movement and how we perceive our physical surroundings.

• Musculoskeletal System: Composed of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints. It allows for movement. Developing gross motor skills involves practicing large muscle movements, while fine motor skills involve smaller movements.

• Nervous System: Central to understanding senses, especially those related to body movement, which are primary senses.

Primary Senses

• Vestibular System: The first category of primary senses, relating to balance, coordination, eye movements, and gravity.

• Proprioception: Understanding body position including 'over', 'under', 'forward', 'backward', etc.

  • Involves using information from muscles and joints to understand and alter posture.
  • Important for math concepts related to size and weight.

Child Domains

• Physical: Refers to the child's body.
• Intellectual: Covers the child's thinking and learning.
• Social-Emotional: Involves social skills and emotional development.
• Moral: Focuses on moral reasoning and judgments.

Social-Emotional Development

• Infants learn social skills through listening and responding to voices and sounds.
• Closely linked to emotions; how we interact, respond, and how those relationships affect us.

Social-Emotional Milestones

• Smiling
• Imitating
• Cooperative play
• Showing awareness of own emotions

Moral Development

• Moral development considers disagreements about what is right and wrong.
• Disagreements arise from potential personal, internal, moral, social, and external drives.
• Some believe we each have multiple moral "voices" based on situation and timing.

Child Development: Unit 1, Lesson 2 - Studying Growth and Development

• Data Collection: Gathering information through observing behaviors, habits, choices, and relationships.

• Methods: Using various methods to observe children's behaviors like watching them.

Explore the fundamentals of child development focusing on physical growth, the musculoskeletal system, and the nervous system. This quiz delves into primary senses like vestibular and proprioception, emphasizing their importance in movement and spatial awareness. Test your knowledge and understanding of these key concepts.