Physical Development of Children

The expected pattern of children’s early years development from 0-5 years consists of Physical, Intellectual and Social and Emotional development. Children aged 0-5 years are expected to be able to walk, talk and interact with other children and adults by the time they are aged 5. Social Development is where a child learns to interact with other people and how to behave in different social situations and how to understand other people 's feelings and their own feelings and how to manage them.

Physical development is the growth of movement skills in both fine and gross motor skills and development in hand to eye co-ordination. Each of these is

Physical development is the explanation of the development of the body and its functions; below is an explanation of physical development from 0-19 years of age.

As a child grows they will need less physical contact and will start to use more words an more complex words, they will also start to ask a lot more questions, understanding this will allow the child to develop and help them to grow

The aspects of development are defined as Physical, Social & Emotional, Language and Intellectual. There are different stages of development for each category, 0-3 years, 3-7 years, 7-12 years and 12-19 years.

*Physical development: At this stage the child learns to hop, write, sew, skip, ride a bicycle, jump from height, thread a needle, and do buttons and shoe laces.

Physical development: this refers to the body increasing in ability and functionality and comprises of gross motor skills (using large muscles) with movement in their legs and arms whilst also developing fine motor skills (precise

Physical development in children is an important area and is usually expected to happen automatically as they grow. The important areas are gross motor skills,

1. Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19years.

1. From birth to 19 years of age, children and young people tend to follow a broad developmental plan. Although children and young people are different, the way they grow and develop is often quite similar. This means we can work out a pattern for development and from this we can pinpoint particular skills or milestones that most children can do at different age ranges. Milestones describe when particular skills are achieved, such as walking, usually achieved by 18 months. These milestones have been draw up by researchers looking at children’s development and working out an average from their recordings. However as children grow older the variations between individuals grow

| Walking, pointing with arms, starting to dress themselves, holding light objects.Interacting with balls, climbing stairs or furniture, using crayons etc with more controlled, starting to run with confidence and feeding themselves.

Because of research Physical development is part of the three prime areas of learning in the EYFS, joining Communication and Language and Personal, Social and Emotional Development, these three areas are particularly important for the learning development of the under threes, this will Secure the foundations for future success in all aspects of their life and learning. Early year’s providers and practitioners are required to enable their environments to ensure that they are giving the children quality experiences and resources to allow them to naturally learn and develop the physical skills necessary to support them throughout their lives. At our nursery we follow the EYFS guidelines which give us the approximate age and what the child should be able to do or aiming towards and what us, as practitioners should be supporting the child to achieve or help them to move on to the next stage. Providing Physical play experiences for the children such as books to explore, messy play, painting, climbing equipment and balls and other equipment to throw, kick and catch will give the children opportunities for moving and handling.

Beginning with cognitive skill, babies have an innate ability to not only make facial expressions of their desires but also

The five main stages of growth and develpment are Infancy, this is the time beetween birth and five years old, in this stage young children need constantly support, help and care . Although they learn at a very fast rate, during this stage they change from being baby to a child, who to walk, talk and begin to look after themselves.

Starting from 1-3 months of age, children are able to imitate some movements and facial expressions. From the age of one, children can imitate behaviors, especially the daily work of adult such as sweeping, mopping the floor. At about 18 months old onwards, your child can imitate adults in cooking, childcare through social games such as sales, doll caring, pretending a doctor, etc…. When children can mimic those behaviors and show them in playing, children just take a significant step in the development of cognitive, social skills that contribute to the development of other skills. This is an important stage that you need to pay attention closely to your kid.