Single Miss Greenfield Flashcards
What is growth
A variable across different parts of the body and is measured using height, weight and dimensions
What is Development
Follows an orderly sequence and is the acquisition of skills and abilities
How many bones do babies have at birth
300 but then they fuse into 206 bones that adults have and are made of cartilage
What are the six life stages
- ) Infancy (0-2 years)
- ) Early Childhood (3-8 years)
- ) Adolescence ( 9-18 years)
- ) Early adulthood ( 19 - 45)
- ) Middle adulthood ( 46-65 )
- )Later adulthood ( 65+)
What does PIES stand for
Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Social
What is physical development
Growth, visually in height and weight, physical activity such as walking
What is intellectual development
Also named cognitive, progression of thinking and learning skills main areas = language
What is emotional development
learning to deal with, recognise and express our emotions,
What is social development
Formation of relationships and acquiring ability to be part of a group
How to measure infancy in growth
Length, weight, diameter of head
What is a reflex
Actions that are not in our control, babies have primitive reflexes
Rooting reflex
Causes babies to turn their cheek in the direction of touch and helps to navigate to mothers breast
Sucking Reflex
Causes babies to suck any object near their mouth, helps them to feed
Moro reflex
Causes babies to fling their arms outwards, arch their back and bring their arms together as if holding something, response to loud noise
Grasping reflex
Babies curl their fingers tightly around object placed in palm
Tonic neck reflex
Causes babies to turn their heads, arms and head to one side when laid on their back , flex limbs to opposite side
Stepping reflex
Causes babies to lift their legs, as if about to walk when upright
Babinski reflex`
Causes babies to fan then curl their toes when the bottom of their foot is stroked.
What is a gross motor skill
large movements that involve using the large muscles of the body which are required for mobility,
running, throwing, walking, jumping
What is a fine motor skill
Smaller movements, precise direction
Picking up a pencil, dressing yourself, feeding yourseld
Gross motor skill milestone
- ) Born - babies have no control over head
- ) 6 months - babies have full control over head
- ) 9 months - able to sit up unaided, begin to crawl
- ) 12 -15 months - walking alone
- ) 18 month - climb on furniture
6) 2 years - walking up and down steps 2 feet on one
Fine motor skill milestones
- ) Born - automatic grasp reflex
- ) 6 month - child will grasp whats put In hands
- ) 9 month - child can use finger and thumb for pincer grasp
- ) 12 months - hold a crayon, manipulate toys
- ) 15 month - take a spoon to mouth
- ) 2 year - draws lines and circles
Types of intellectual development
- Problem solving, work things out, predict
- Language, express thoughts
- Memory, storing and recalling info
- Moral, making choices and reasoning
- Abstract thought, thinking things cant be observed
What is egocentric
where you can only see the world from your point of view