Understand Child & Young Person Development

The age of nine months to a year, the infants can do a lot of things without help. They can sit up by themselves. Infants can stand up without the assistance of an adult. They can decide which toys to pick up and they can pick up the objects they would like to entertain themselves with. Infants can also sit unaided as well, they have built enough support for their neck to support their head weight

|Physical |At 24months children can now run safely avoiding obstacles and are very mobile, this has developed from the unsteady first tentative steps taken at around 12 months. | |

When lying on front babies can lift their arms and legs balancing on their tummies; they can reach and grab a toy and they can pass it from one hand to another; they can also roll from their backs to front; around sixth month babies are

By 7 and 8 months, they will try to stand-up or try to hold on to things for supporting in standing up. At 8 and half months, he/she should begin crawling on hands and knees. The ability to stand without support can occur at 11 months. Your child may respond to ''Mommy'' and ''Daddy'' names or attempt to say it.

A). Changes in crawling and walking in early days were seen to be due to the maturity of neural structures. Now a days, they are also giving contribution to infant’s adaptive abilities as they move through the environment as they grow. Infants begin to experiment crawling at 7 to 8 months of age and continue to crawl until they begin to walk on their own. As they become better at crawling they begin to pull themselves up and take steps while supporting on to something such as, the couch or a coffee table. At first they are wobbly but as they progress they begin to be more stable and exploring becomes more flexible. At about 12 months infants begin to walk without the support of on object and tend to fall often as they still need a lot of practice. Once their legs are strengthen and their limbs are better coordinated they become more stable and fall less frequently. They also begin to pick up

By one year old they are beginning to crawl or shuffle, pulling or pushing on furniture to stand and then cruise using furniture or adult for support. Sitting has progressed to unaided and they are rolling from their front to their back.

Infancy, the first year of a child's life. During infancy the child will go from a newborn with little motor control and being to advance. The first stage of a child’s development includes physical growth that supports their abilities and skills. Infancy milestones include the ages 4 to 6 months. At 4 months the infant can try to sit up unassisted, at 6 months the infant can crawl and by 12 months the infant can walk. By the end of the infant stage the child will have fine motors skills, emotional skills, hands on skills, skills to use a pincer grasp to pick up and put down small objects and scribbling with a crayon or other writing tools. As the child reaches 4 to 6 months you will notice they will begin to babble and laugh or squeal with

Newborn babies grow extremely quickly. During ‘Infancy’, which lasts from birth to eighteen months, babies change from a helpless newborn, to a child who can lift up their own head at three months, sit up unsupported at six months, walk at sixteen months and kick and throw a ball at two years old.

Infants – When babies are less than 2 months old, they spend most of their time sleeping (up to 16 hours a day) or eating. They can turn their heads and focus on people’s faces, but have a hard time with head control. Crying is main way of expression, and they cannot tell the difference between family and strangers. Infants between 2 and 6 months old have a strong sucking reflect, active extremity movement, and a strong cry. They will use their hands to examine the world. Infants between 6 and 12 months old start learning to speak. They can sit, crawl, and begin to walk. There is a risk of foreign bodies entering through their mouth. They are also not afraid of strangers. Assessing infants should be done with the parents holding or close to the baby.

Infants may be able to stand while holding onto an object at six months, pull themselves to standing between eight and ten months, and walk independently at around twelve to fourteen months”(Kamptner, 2015). Although not all the babies start to walk at the same time, it is around the round their first birthday is when they learn to walk. The most memorable stage for the parents during the infancy is the first steps of the baby. The first steps marks the end of the infancy and start the toddler

By 3 years the child has gained enough balance and strength to know how to jump, walk up and down the stairs and how to tiptoe. At 4 years’ hand eye coordination would improve a lot when throwing an object to someone, they are also able to gain grip and know when to let go with aim. As they get older they are able to gain confidence and start to run, hop, skip and much more. When they start school they learn how to use scissors and thread beads onto a thread. From when they were 2 drawing scribbles to try to identify shapes are being made but by 4 years they start to use them shapes to draw people and houses.

From 0-6 months the developmental milestones are neck holding, rolling over, sitting with and then without support. From 6-12 months the developmental milestones are crawling on their stomach, creeping on hands and knees, pulling themselves up to stand, walking with holding onto furniture or people, and walking a few steps without any support. At 18 months, they sit, crawl, walk, and become less

At the age of 3 most children will be able to paint a recognisable drawing of a person, with a head, 2 arms and legs. They will learn to use a knife and fork further developing hand/eye co-ordination. Continued growth, growing approximately 2 ½ inches a year with speech and language skills fully developed although continuously learning new words. They become more active, want to explore and develop further fine and gross motor skills. They will be developing the ability to balance by standing on one foot, do roly poly’s and somersaults, walk backwards and forwards with ease, learn to pedal and ride a bicycle, ride a scooter, throwing and catching more easily using smaller balls, dress and undress themselves without much help and brush their own teeth.

Babies do not have to be taught basic motor skills as rolling over, crawling, and walking. They need room to move and freedom to see what they can do. When the central nervous system, muscles and bones are ready, and the environment offers the right opportunities for exploration and practice, the learn new

3) Early childhood: two to six years: body becomes longer and leaner, motor skills are refined and the