First published July 2011. Updated 2018. I’m going to sound a bit like a textbook right now. I’m sorry. Bear with me. You’ll be glad you did…I hope. :) I was taught in my early childhood courses that there are 6 domains of early childhood development. I say there are 7, but we’ll get...
Playtime is More Than a Fun Activity, It's a Learning Experience! Learn About the 6 Stages in Play Development That Build Your Child's Social Skills!
CHCECE010 Holistic Development of Children In Early Childhood-Open Colleges Australia assignment is to prepare a set of child development charts that summarise major achivement under each developmental area for children
Cognitive Learning - A clear explanation of early childhood cognitive development including preschool activities to develop your child's thinking, reasoning and problem solving
As Early Childhood Educators would agree, observing and documenting children’s learning and development makes up a large part of the job. Too much paper work and documentation is one complain…
Do you know how my 5th grade teacher taught us the planets? She sang it to us. When her former students would come back and visit, she would always ask if they remembered the order of the planets. And they’d all end up singing it back to her. Imagine these big high school juniors and seniors singing
Social and emotional development in children can be hard to track. See this list of social-emotional milestones and skills to expect at different ages.
Childhood Fears by Age As children grow they have different worries and fears. There are common childhood fears that tend to coincide with different stages of development. Below are the most common childhood fears by age. As with most things – this list isn’t exhaustive and some children will have different fears – or will have a
According to Erik Erikson, there are a series of eight psychosocial crises' that neurotypical individuals pass through from birth to late adulthood (Crain, 2011). Furthermore, each stage unfolds based on a natural scheme and one's ecological and cultural upbringing. Each stage increases in complexity and builds on earlier stages, but every stage does not require full mastery to advance to the next stage. Stages that are not completely successful are expected to reappear as problems later down th
Research-based curriculum embeds skills naturally through play-based experiences that adapt to each child's developmental level and interests.
The following posters of 11 popular child theorists provides a brief description of their theory and how their theories are implemented into practice within the early childhood environment.
I loved reading Sandra Smidt's book, An ABC of Early Childhood Education: A Guide to some of the Key Issues. It's so wonderfully laid out and easy to read. It's based on research but written so that anyone can understand it with lots of stories and anecdotes to keep you glued to the page. Here
The research demonstrates that trauma often paves the way for a person to use substances or compulsive behaviours as a way of self-medicating. Learn more about the link between trauma and addiction disorders.
Strategies to improve child development - 1. Providing a loving environment 2. Providing high-quality education 3. Promoting healthy lifestyle
