CHILDHOOD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Beyond Infancy….

Physical Development -

• growth of body tissues

• Fine motor - growth of small muscles

• Gross motor - growth of large muscles

Social Development -

• progress from being self-centered and dependent to becoming independent and capable of behaving in socially acceptable ways

Emotional Development

• - development of positive feelings about oneself, family, friends and the world at large

Intellectual

- how we learn, which depends on brain growth stimulated by the five senses

Human growth depends on nurturing relationships.

• The 3 key element of a nurturing relationship are:

a) the ability to comfort

b) the ability to play with

c) the ability to teach……..children

These abilities grow with the human’s maturing needs

THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

Brain development affects our physical, social, emotional and intellectual growth.

****Brain development with nurturing in the early years is the KEY TO GROWTH in the following years **********