Child Development Midterm Essay

The expected pattern starts at 0-3 years where a child is expected to develop the most. They have little control over their bodies at 0-1 years and are dependent on their natural instincts eg: sucking, grasping.

The preschool years which are the ages between 2 ½ years to five years old is an exciting time for children. It is during this time that they use all of the development learned during the infant and toddler stage to actively explore and engage in school. Preschoolers learn how to make their own choices, develop socially, and explore their environments. Parents and caregivers still play an important role in helping children during this time take initiative and explore their environments. Adult’s behaviors, attitudes, and styles of thinking contribute to preschooler’s

In this stage the toddler gains ability to use own initiative in planning and carrying out plans; or if cannot live within parents limits develops a sense of guilt over misbehavior. Wuornos grandparent’s limits were distorted and so from a young age she was confused and never developed a sense of guilt.

Describe with examples the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development, including:

Directions: Read the captioned book. Then answer the questions contained in this study guide. Post your completed document to the appropriate assignment box on the course website.

My dad, because he has a good job and he can be lazy whenever he wants to and he gets to buy whatever he wants.

Identify the developmental stage of this family; what are the developmental tasks this family must achieve during this stage? What do you believe is their present ability to achieve these tasks? (See Chapter 5).

TDA 2.1 Child and young person development. 1.1 & 1.2 Age Physical development Communication and intellectual development Social, emotional and Behavioural development Birth to 3 months Looks at hands. Plays with fingers. Clasps hands.

I would teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees and to fight” (320). In this quotation the narrator stated that his pride got in the way of his judgement. The narrator got carried away when he successfully taught Doodle how to walk even with his disability. When the narrator stated that his “own infallibility” got in the way of his judgement he meant that his pride had escalated to the point where his acumen became impaired. The narrator lets his pride get in the way of his perception of his brother’s capabilities.

For my Child Development 301 class at Grand Valley State University we were assigned a project where we each had to choose a child to observe/test between the ages of five and twelve years of age. The purpose of this assignment was to give us hands on experience observing and testing a child and also to relate to the material that we have learned in this class. We tested the child on their current social, moral, memory and cognitive areas of development. The child I tested is a girl named Andrea who is eleven years old and in the fourth grade.

When babies are born, their brains are ready to learn. As they learn, their brains grow. This helps them learn about the world around them. This also gives them a chance to explore the world around them in new ways. Exploring and trying things out is how babies learn. Although brain development is natural, there is a lot more to it than developing on its own. Brain development comes from moms, dads, siblings, aunts, uncles, caregivers and just the people around the babies. We help babies learn about the world around them. We give babies chances to touch, taste, see, hear, and smell as they can. We give them chances to do and learn many of things. We just have to do the right things that support brain development, such as, being caring and supportive, paying attention to the babies, giving them what they need, and providing a rich learning environment. In this essay I will focus on what babies and toddlers need from caregivers for normal brain development.

This semester in Child Development has helped me a great deal. I came into this class wanting to be a Child Development teacher at the high school level. I am leaving this class with the same ambition to become a Child Development teacher. I have learned so much by taking this class and I know it will all be helpful in the future once I am standing at the front of a classroom. Also, just by watching the way Mary teaches the class, I have learned things that I want to take into my own style of teaching.

The child rocked back and forth for no apparent reason; this was due to intrinsic motivation. He did it because it gave him pleasure; his cognition motivated him to do it from within. An example of extrinsic cognition is the school instruction he was receiving from his teacher. He was receiving motivation from outside sources such as his teacher and the housekeeper. The child’s participation in the social world led his to cognitive, social, and emotional development, as he was able to start learning to identify letters, act normal with his teacher, and somewhat control his emotions. It was clear at the end of the film that the child had matured greatly from a cognitive perspective due to his participation in a social world.

Define the term sensitive periods and link them appropriately to the child’s first stage of development. Explain how you would support these sensitive periods during this first crucial stage.

“Experience which destroys innocence, Also leads one back to it.” From James Arthur baldwin “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and “The Tunnel” By Doris Lessing both present two characters that attempted to benefit themselves and as a result they experience a transformation from Innocence to awareness. The narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” has a brother that goes by the name of Doodle. Doodle was not expected to live long and his dad even buys him a coffin because he was born very sickly but miraculously overcomes his issues. The Narrator tries to kill his brother at a young age because he knows doodle will never be normal and doesn't want him as a brother. As James Hurst points out “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kills him by smothering him with a pillow” This reveals his embarrassment because he is so ashamed of his own brother he attempts to suffocate him. By the age of 5 Doodle still did not know how walk the narrator shows by stating ”When doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk, so i set out to teach him” his brother was embarrassed and decided to teach him how to walk. Brother teaches doodle how to walk on his 6th birthday. Brother would take doodle to Old Womens Swamp a extremely beautiful place, and he would also show him the barn their that contained doodles coffin. Doodle started school and one day during