Aspects of a child and young person’s development include:
• Physical Development: Gross motor movements (such as throwing a ball/ picking up a ball. Using the larger muscles such as arms and legs). Fine motor movements (such as tying shoe laces/ sifting through sand. Precise use of our muscles such as hands and fingers).
• Social and Emotional: This area of development involves the development of a child’s identity, self-image, understanding oneself. Also the development of relationships with others and learning the necessary skills of living in society.
• Communication: This area of development is about learning how to communicate, how to send your …show more content…
Most 4 year olds ask a lot of questions and enjoy talking. Their fine motor skills have already become skilful; to carry out activities such as pouring and using scissors.
Cooperative play between children and they enjoy the company of other children and are developing friendships. Mainly do things for adult approval and respond well to adult praise and recognition.
• At 5-6 years, have most likely begun formal education therefore increased fine motor skills for a more legible handwriting. They have the ability to count and do simple calculations and are more familiar with words and have a larger vocabulary basis. Keen to understand.
Started having friendship preferences and may become a bit more independent from parents/ carers and stay overnight at friends.
• At 7-9 years, children have started to gain confidence and have changed the way they think and reason, present in the games they play and their ability to solve simple problems. Start to experience responsibility and respond well to clear explanations for rules, and tell others the rules and are keen to point out if someone broke those