The Child study data gathered has originated from observations taken at Water of Life Christian School. Water of Life Christian School is located in Fontana‚ California. In this morning class there is approximately 24 students‚ 3 teacher aids‚ and 1 lead aid named Tara. The child that this child study focuses on is named Jonathan‚ Jonathan is 3 years and 7 months old. Jonathan was chosen for this study for he was very active and vocal‚ when overlooking the whole class Jonathan was seen playing by
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Lindy Warwick Life Span Development June 23‚ 2013 Child Development Project Piaget and Vygotsky believed that play gives children good practice in adult-like behaviors. Vygotsky believes that various forms of play enables children to develop increasingly sophisticated ways of thinking about relationships between objects and what they mean. Piaget suggests that knowledge is the product of direct motor behavior. For my project I observed my children playing the Uno card game. The age limit
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Stages of Child Development and Related Developmental Theories Physical development Age | Gross Motor Skills | 2-3 years | Walks more rhythmically; hurried walk changes to run. Jumps‚ hops‚ throw‚ and catches with rigid upper body. Pushes riding toy with feet; little steering. | 3-4 years | Walks up stairs‚ alternating feet‚ and down stairs‚ leading with one foot. Jumps and hops‚ flexing upper body.Throws and catches with slight involvement of upper body; still catches by trapping ball
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Exam 2 Part 1 of 1 - 100.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0 Points The principle Children’s bodies are dynamic systems means that: A.Development in one component of the body may affect development in another component. B.Children’s growth reflects a continuing pattern of speeding up‚ slowing down‚ speeding up‚ slowing down again‚ and so on. C.Development proceeds in a top-down fashion‚ from the head to the feet. D.Development proceeds in an in-out fashion‚ beginning with the head and torso
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of self confidence by creating a safe environment where they can explore and yet be safe. I want them to be comfortable about who they are. Understanding each child is different and their needs are similar but yet different given the back ground their from. I try to give them a more positive self concept. I let them know how important they are‚ and they can do any thing. Our class motto is “Yes I Can”. I try to teach them about love and respecting each other and helping them to communicate their
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2 out of 2 points The field of child development Answer Selected Answer: is part of a larger‚ interdisciplinary field known as developmental science. Question 2 2 out of 2 points The common goal of investigators who study child development is to Answer Selected Answer: describe and identify those factors that influence young people during the first two decades of life. Question 3 2 out of 2 points Why is the field of child development considered interdisciplinary? 2
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Brown and Brownell (1990) found that toddlers who frequently initiated conflicts with peers: A. a. were the most sociable and initiated the most interactions. B. b. were unpopular with peers C. c. were insecurely attached to their parents. D. d. were socially immature. Reset Selection Question 2 of 36 2.77 Points What kinds of attributions are socially incompetent children likely to make in ambiguous situations? A. a. nonthreatening. B. b. external. C. c. hostile.
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Child Development and the Environment Many key factors contribute to and determine the development of a child‚ be it positive or negative. However‚ in my opinion the most influential factor is the environment; it has the potential to enhance or interrupt both their early years and later development. In her poem‚ Dr. Dorothy Law speaks about the link between the environment and a child’s development. When I read this poem for one point really stood out at me which was ‘if children live with hostility
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when a child is placed in a crib he may start crying‚ because being in the crib would be mean that he couldn’t be with his mother. The second one is repetition. These are habitual practices that we do over and over to the point where‚ if we don’t do it‚ things will seem out of place. The third is imitation. Children often like to imitate others‚ like repeating the same utterance their caregiver may have recently said. Or‚ for example‚ if child A starts playing with an aggressive child B‚ child
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At one time‚ play was what children did while their parents got on with the housework or needed a bit of rest in between chores. Nowadays‚ the saying that "play is the child’s work" from child psychologists and educators has led parents to believe that play is something that has to be "worked at" for the success of their children. They seem to think that play must have a purpose‚ that it has to be time-tabled into their already over-crowded day‚ or else they did feel guilty for being a ’bad mother’
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