Understand Child and Young Person Development

They enjoy playing and show it by smiling and squealing with delight. They are able to focus on an object and explore it if it seems interesting. Babies also start to show us that they understand a little of what we are saying and try to communicate with us.

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

Desires to be perfect and is quite self-critical Worries more; may have low self-confidence Tends to complain; has strong emotional reactions

* Have different cries for different needs. For example one cry for hunger, another when they are tired.

Social and Emotional Development: Developing sense of own identity and wanting to do things for their selves, demanding of adults attention and being jealous of adults attention being shred, reluctant to share play things, acts impulsively, requiring needs to be met instantly, prone to burst of emotion tantrums, enjoys playing with adults or older child who will give attention, beginning to play with others of own age for short periods of time.

Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years

In the initial few months babies will recognise familiar voices and faces, they will try to 'people please' and bay for attention by performing for their audience through laughter and giggles. They will enjoy playing games with others such as peek a boo.

| * Scribbles in circles, will copy in lines and sometimes will draw a V * Holds pencil nearer to the tip and uses tripod grasp * When shown a photo of someone they know, they can identify them * Can build a six cube tower * Will carefully turn the pages of a book * Can do simple jigsaw puzzles

|Development Theory. |themselves. They will begin to play ball, enjoy climbing |Intellectual development – Delays to motor skills will delay |

Recognising routines of the day (e.g. becoming excited when having a bib put on or seeing the bath)

From 3 to 7 years the child’s movements will be more coordinated. They will learn to balance when hopping, skipping and playing with balls. The fine pincer grip when holding pens, pant brushes will be more defined.

Can use blocks to create simple structures. Enjoys filling and emptying containers. Parallel play (plays near other children). Begins to talk while playing (pretend play). Will imitate adults actions.

Understand the concept of “on” “in” and “under” e.g the chair is under the table

| 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.

6. Dad is sitting in the bed with the baby girl (birth -8m) playing with a rattle toy. She drops the toy on the floor and Dad picks it up, she repeats the action over and over. The baby is developing problem solving skills in the cognitive domain, dropping the toy and waiting for her Dad to pick it up, and experimenting a different use for the object. She is developing also gross motor skills in the Physical and Motor domain, sitting by herself, moving body and arms with coordination, she moves her body with a purpose to achieve a goal.