LESSON 6: Development in toddler Flashcards
toddler age
1-3 years old
a toddler as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is a child who is just learning to ___ or one who ____
- walk
- toddles
CDC stands for
centers for disease control
physical changes of age groups ____:
- growth and development slows
- reduced appetite
2-4 years old
physical changes of age groups ____:
- 3 inches increase in height each year
- 4-5 pounds increase in weight each year
- will have all of 20 of their primary teeth
2-6 years old
physical changes of age groups ____:
- large head and stomach
- short arms and legs
3 years old
age in which toddlers will have all 20 of their primary teeth
2-6 years old
physical development at _____ months:
- walk alone
- run
- pull toy while walking
- help undress self
- drink from cup and eat with spoon
- use one hand more than the other
18 months
physical development at _____ years old:
- climb onto and down a furniture without support
- throw ball overhead
- stand in tiptoes
- kick a ball
2 years old
_____% of brain growth happens before kindergarten
90%
at _____, a quarter size (25%) of the average adult brain is developed
at birth
50% of the average adult brain
1 year old
about 80% of the adult size brain
3 years old
90% to nearly full grown adult size brain
5 years old (kindergarten)
growth in the ____ hemisphere in which:
increases inactivity which correlates with the burst in language skills
left hemisphere
activity in the _____ hemisphere grows steadily
right
_____ hemisphere is involved in tasks that require spatial skills
right
connects the two hemispheres of the brain
corpus callosum
the corpus callosum undergoes a growth spurt between ages ____ to ____ which results in improved coordination between right and left hemispheres
3 to 6
_____ development involves physical growth and strengthening of a child’s bones, muscles, and ability to move and touch their surroundings
motor development
typical motor skill development follows a predictable sequence that starts from the ___, including the ___, ____, ______, and _____, then moves to the _____ such as ____, ____, and _____
- inner body (head, neck, arms, and legs)
- outer body (hands, feet, fingers, and toes)
voluntary movements involving the use of large muscle groups
gross motor skills
at _____ years old:
- children enjoy simple movement (hopping, jumping, running back and forth)
4 years old
at _____ years old:
- children are still enjoying the same kind of activities, but they have become more adventurous
- scramble over low jungle gyms as they display their athletic prowess
4 years old
at _____ years old:
- it is not unusual to perform hair-raising stunts on practically any climbing object
- children are even more adventurous then they were 4
5 years old
at ____, can walk steadily and stop safely
18 months to 2 years old
can jump from a low step
3 years old
good sense of balance and may be able to walk along a line
4 years old
can walk backwards and sideways
3 years old
has good spatial awareness
3 years old
squat to pick up or move a toy
18 months to 2 years old
can catch, kick, throw, and bounce a ball
4 years old
bend at waist to pick up objects
4 years old
can run up and down stairs
4 years old
begin to kick a large ball
18 to 2 years old
more exact movements of the hands and fingers and include the ability to reach and grasp an object
fine motor skills
at ____ years old, children have had the ability to pick up the tiniest objects between their thumb and forefinger for some time, they are still somewhat clumsy at it
3 years old
at _____ years old, children’s fine motor coordination has improved substantially and become much more precise
4 years old
at _____ years old:
- children’s fine motor coordination has improved further
- hand, arm, and body all moved together under better command of the eye
5 years old
point to known objects
18 months to 2 years old
can wash and dry hands
3 years old
can build a tower of 10 or more cubes
4 years old
may use and hold a pen in adult fashion
4 years old
can copy simple letters
4 years old
can turn pages of a book
18 months to 2 years old
can hold a pencil in their whole hand or between the thumb and first 2 fingers (primitive tripod grasp)
18 months to 2 years old
can eat using a fork and spoon
3 years old
process by which children learn to use language
language developmen
make sounds with changes in tone
10-15 months old
known as the one-word period before children start to combine words
single-word utterances
refers to the one-word expression that children use around age 1
holophrastic speech
begin to play and explore the patterns of intonation, stress, pitch and tone which characterize more adult speech
10-15 months old
common nouns used to denote real objects
referential words
errors in language development
- underextension
- overextension
- overlap
- mismatch
when a child uses a word to refer to only a sub-group of the category of objects to which that word applies
underextension
occurs when there are no correct associations between a word and its category of referents
mismatch
can be thought of as a cross between underextension and overextension
overlap
occurs when a child uses a word to refer to the whole category of objects to which it refers
overextension
point in language development where the rate of acquisition of new words is thought to accelerate rapidly
vocabulary spurt
uses gesture and tones to convey meaning with just two words
combining two words