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Stages Of Development
Stages Of Development
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- Stages Of Development
Developmental Milestone:
18-24 Months
Social-Emotional:
- Learning self confidence and self control
- Often shy
- May tantrum due to an inability to communicate
Cognitive:
- Needs lots of repetition and one-on-one attention for learning
- Understands simple one-step directions (may need help in executing directions)
- Limited attention span
- Able to memorize simple songs and games
- Uses their bodies and senses to interpret new information
Physical:
- Working on developing gross motor skills such as walking, running, squatting
- Limited ability to throw, kick and roll balls
- Learning balancing movements
Developmental Milestone:
24-36 Months
Social-Emotional:
- Shy
- Plays alongside peers rather than with peers
- Possessive (doesn’t fully understand the concept of sharing)
- Easily frustrated
- Needs transitions from one activity to the next
Cognitive:
- Increased curiosity and understanding of how things work, asks a lot of questions
- Improved memory, can follow 2-step directions (will still need help with execution)
- Improved language
- Building sense of independence
- Counts
- Better sense of self control, though still impulsive
Physical:
- Can walk up and down stairs
- Can walk on tip toes
- Can walk backwards, kick a ball forwards
- Hops on one foot
- Can throw a ball overhead and attempt to catch large balls
- Experiments through senses (touch, smell, etc)
Developmental Milestone:
3-4 Years
Social-Emotional:
- Enjoys playing with other children
- Increased importance of peer relations
- Attention seeking
- Loves to talk, be silly and tell jokes
- May have jealous feelings
- Begins to understand danger, so may be fearful
Cognitive:
- Loves creative/dramatic play and learns best through using those means
- Speaks in complex sentences and is able to understand more complex directions
- Learning to initiate action
- Has an increased desire to do things on their own
- Becomes less impulsive
- Has an eagerness for adventure, in imaginative and curious
Physical:
- Mastering running kicking, throwing, hopping and jumping
- Hops on one foot
- Able to kick a ball forward with intention
Developmental Milestone:
5 Years
Social-Emotional:
- Likes to try new things
- Likes to show off, is often boasting and seeks approval from adults
- Knows right from wrong
- Understands sharing, but doesn’t always want to share
- May express anger and frustration physically
- May be exclusive in terms of playing with others
- May get embarrassed when they make a mistake
Cognitive:
- Improved attention span and ability to concentrate
- Can follow more complex instruction
- Improved vocabulary and better grasp of language
- Likes to reason or argue
- Loves dramatic play and is more elaborate with fantasy play
- Interested in cause and effect
- Has basic understanding of time
Physical:
- Runs well, gallops, skips, hops
- Improved balance, can balance on one foot
- Is now capable of more complex body coordination skills
Developmental Milestone:
6-9 Years
Social-Emotional:
- Peer world is expanding and is more important to them
- May compare themselves to others
- May have a strong desire to do things well/right and be upset with failure
- Find criticism difficult to handle
- View things in very black and white terms (good or bad, right or wrong)
- Continue to be self-centered
- May be preoccupied with rules
Cognitive:
- Though children at these ages aren’t able to think and act like adults do, they do possess skills to understand and follow more complex instruction
- Need concrete examples (detailed description or actual demonstration) with instruction
- Increased attention span
Physical:
- Good sense of balance
- Fine motor skills are improving
- Can catch and throw balls (ability improves with age)
- Enjoys testing muscle strength