Chapter 1 Flashcards
Simple activities help language & develop skills such as balance and organization development
Ex: nursery rhyme, sorting blocks
Intellectually
Play teaches valuable lessons about right and wrong
Ex: rules, fairness
Morally
Play helps children through lives challenges
Ex: role playing
Emotionally
Children learn how to communicate with and interact with others
Ex: sharing, making friends
Socially
The large and small muscles develop
Ex: Running, jumping
Finger painting, puzzles
Physically
Understand why act, feel, think Importance of caregivers Gain skills Understand yourself better Build future
Why we should study children
Seen as unimportant stage in their lives and expected to work at young age. Died at young age
History of child development
Involves writing down everything within a certain amount of time (getting to know a child or group)
Running record
Similar to running record but deals with same situation (when used to see Childs in new environment)
Anecdotal record
How often a certain behavior occurs (change undesirable behavior)
Frequency count
Identifies what skills should have by a certain age
Developmental checklist
Uses facts to describe things (more valuable)
Objective observation
Observation that uses opinion rather than facts
Subjective observation
Baby’s neurons at birth
Inactive
