Understand Child and Young Person Development

They enjoy playing and show it by smiling and squealing with delight. They are able to focus on an object and explore it if it seems interesting. Babies also start to show us that they understand a little of what we are saying and try to communicate with us.

Recognising routines of the day (e.g. becoming excited when having a bib put on or seeing the bath)

When babies are born they only respond to light and the voice of their main carer. As babies grow they become more interested in what is going on around them starting to react to more things, for example smile back when being smiled at. At 8 months their brain starts to develop dramatically and they will start to respond when in different environments. Babies explore toys by touching and tasting them mostly, but by the age of 12 months they should be able to use single words and respond to a simple request, such as can you get me a book? While

From 3 to 7 years the child’s movements will be more coordinated. They will learn to balance when hopping, skipping and playing with balls. The fine pincer grip when holding pens, pant brushes will be more defined.

Understand the concept of “on” “in” and “under” e.g the chair is under the table

Desires to be perfect and is quite self-critical Worries more; may have low self-confidence Tends to complain; has strong emotional reactions

In the initial few months babies will recognise familiar voices and faces, they will try to 'people please' and bay for attention by performing for their audience through laughter and giggles. They will enjoy playing games with others such as peek a boo.

Intellectual Development (0-3 Years) Beginning to realise others are separate beings from themselves, imitates others and tries out ways of behaving in play, becoming more confident but still needs adult reassurance

Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years

| Walking, pointing with arms, starting to dress themselves, holding light objects.Interacting with balls, climbing stairs or furniture, using crayons etc with more controlled, starting to run with confidence and feeding themselves.

Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years.

* Have different cries for different needs. For example one cry for hunger, another when they are tired.

6. Dad is sitting in the bed with the baby girl (birth -8m) playing with a rattle toy. She drops the toy on the floor and Dad picks it up, she repeats the action over and over. The baby is developing problem solving skills in the cognitive domain, dropping the toy and waiting for her Dad to pick it up, and experimenting a different use for the object. She is developing also gross motor skills in the Physical and Motor domain, sitting by herself, moving body and arms with coordination, she moves her body with a purpose to achieve a goal.

At this age they start to grow rapidly, they learn to crawl and walk, and they start learning a few words and noises. They can start eating on their own with a knife and fork, learn to do new things such as kicking and throwing a ball, start scribbling using a pen, climb up and down the stairs and can sort shapes in a shape sorter. They can turn pages and knobs of doors and are able to pedal a tricycle. Some skills using

| * Scribbles in circles, will copy in lines and sometimes will draw a V * Holds pencil nearer to the tip and uses tripod grasp * When shown a photo of someone they know, they can identify them * Can build a six cube tower * Will carefully turn the pages of a book * Can do simple jigsaw puzzles