CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE
Meaning and Stages of Child Development
Growth is an increase in the physical size of the whole body. It is measured in metres and kilograms.
Development is an increase in skill and complexity of function.
Child development is the story of how infants become toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children, and preadolescents. It traces how they develop social, emotional, physical and intellectual abilities that will serve them for the rest of their lives. Child development also involves other areas such as language, symbolic thought, logic, memory, emotional awareness, empathy, a moral sense, and self-identity. Children develop at different rates. Some may be fast and others slow.
Stages of Child Development
1st month:
Head sags needs support.
Hands tightly curled or fisted.
Sleeps most of the time, feeds and cries.
2nd month:
Weaves arms about when lying on his back.
Turn head towards direction of sounds.
Have a regular routine such as sleeping all night.
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