Infancy Flashcards
What Age Range Is Infancy?
0-2 Years.
What is a Gross Motor Skill?
Ability to move and co-ordinate the movement of large limbs of the body.
Give examples of Gross Motor Skills.
- Crawling
- Walking
- Climbing
- Running
What is a Fine Motor Skill?
The ability to move and co-ordinate the movement of the hands and fingers.
Give examples of Fine Motor Skills.
- Writing
- Painting
- Holding a spoon
- Tying shoe laces
Define Growth.
An increase in size, height and eight which can be measured.
Define Bond.
To form an attachment with the parent or carer.
Define Development.
How the child gains skills and is able to control the actions their body makes.
Define Language Development.
The process which children go throught as they learn to communicate with others.
What Does the P stand for in the PIES Developmets?
Physical.
What Does the I stand for in the PIES Developmets?
Intellectual.
What Does the E stand for in the PIES Developmets?
Emotional.
What Does the S stand for in the PIES Developmets?
Social.
Give one Emotional Development that occurs in Infancy.
They start to bond with their parent/carer.
Give an Intellectual Development that occurs in Infancy.
by 18 months - 6 words
by 2 years- 2-3 words in a sentence
Give a Social Development that occurs in Infancy.
Children start to create a relationship with their ‘main family’ (Brother, Sisters, grandparents etc…)
What types of activities encourage sharing?
Waiting In Line Pace The Parcel Sharing Food Sharing Toys In Nursery In-Turn Games
What type of activities help physical? (In terms of Gross Motor Skills)
Baby Walkers Jumperoos Baby Gym Scooters Bikes Climbing Toys
What type of activities help physical? (In terms of Fine Motor Skills)
Pens Pencils Colouring Books Independant Feeding Jigsaws Shape Sorters Building Blocks
What type of grasp is used for Gross Motor Skills?
Palmer Grasp
What type of grasp is used for Fine Motor Skills?
Pincer Grasp
What Kind of toys help intellectual Development?
Books!
