Early Childhood Flashcards
when is early childhood?
2-7 years
physical development in early childhood
- slows down
- changes in body shape, getting taller and slimmer
what are rate of physical growth and development effected by?
heredity and maturation
gross motor skills in early childhood
- increase in coordination and large muscle development
- enjoy gross motor activities like running and jumping
- enjoy moving around
- physical activity contributes to physical development
gross motor skills ages 2-3
run, hop on two feet, throw a ball
gross motor skills ages 4-5
hop on one foot, catch a ball, ride a bike/tricycle
gross motor skills ages 6-7
ride a bike, swim
fine motor skills in early childhood
- develop more slowly than gross motor skills
fine motor skills age 2
scribble, hold crayon with fist
fine motor skills ages 3-4
draw circle, cut with scissors
fine motor skills ages 5-6
print name, tie shoes, three finger hold for marker
language development in early childhood
- vocab increases to 14,000 words by age 5
- actively learning language
–unique utterances
–overgeneralization of grammatical rules
–WUG test - pragmatics
pragmatics
social uses of language
- parents and other adults model and reinforce social uses of language
- examples: please and thanks, indoor voices, halloween routines
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage
- 2-7 years
- thought is symbolic, but illogical
- ask many questions
- trying to figure out world, fooled by appearances
examples of symbolic thought
- language
- pretend play
- symbolic representation
- deferred imitation
