MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE CHILD
1.SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
2.PHYSICAL & MOTOR
3.AESTHETIC APPRECATION DEVELOPMENT
4.EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
5.LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
6.CREATIVE EXPRESSION DEVELOPMENT
7.COGNITIVE OR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
(1) INFANCY
Infancy itself is divided into two stages or steps of development , the first lasting from birth to three years, thereafter the second stage lasts till the child is six year of age.
The child development very rapidly in the infant stage. When born the child is about twenty inches in height, but grow another 10 inches before its first year is completed. Generally, the child is between seven and a half pounds in weight, the male child being taller and heavier than the female. In the first year, both weight and size increase at very rapid pace. Height or length increase about 50 percent in this period while the weight doubles in six months trebles in another six.
Weight of the brain increase rapidly during pregnancy and immediately after birth. The rest is acquired by his twentieth year. It is between the ages of 4 and 6 that the main part of the brain develops in weight.
Normally, the height of the child at birth indicates the height he will attain in adulthood ,but there are up to 20 percent exceptions to this rule.
Besides Harvard, other American universities such as Yale, Michigan, lowa and california, have also carried out detailed research into the development of children.Studies conducted by preyer, Stanley Hall and carl Murchison as well as Arnold Gessell, have yielded important data. It must , of course, be remembered that there are wide difference being attributable both to environment and heredity. Height and weight of a child in development are a testimony to his good health which influence his mental and emotional development also.
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL ORGANS
Teeth are absent at birth ,but within a year the child begins cutting teeth that are called milk teeth. The most prominent ones to develop are the digestive organs, lungs, muscles, nervous system and glands.
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT THE INFANTS DEVELOPMENT
CHILDHOOD
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
The mental development of the child comprehends the development of his intellect, mental, capabilities, imagination, thinking, emotion, volition and other mental processes. The teacher's duty is to assist the child in the development of his abilities.
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