Principles of Growth

Being able to use the large muscles to roll over, sit, crawl, stand, and walk.

• motor development

• fine-motor skills

• gross-motor skills

• large motor skills

Being able to control the small muscles, such as those in the fingers and hands is

• motor development

• gross-motor skills

• fine-motor skills

• small motor skills

The progression of development beginning with the head and moving down to the feet is

• motor development

• growth

• cephalocaudal development

• babinski reflex

The development from the center of the body to the extremities is

• cephalocaudal development

• motor development

• developmental milestone

• proximodistal development

Children mostly follow the same pattern of development but do this....

• at the same time

• a their own pace

• children do not follow the same patterns of development

Choose the photo that demonstrates the use of Fine Motor Skills

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Which principle of Development is shown by the letter A?

• Proximodistal Principle

• maturation

• Cephalocaudal Principle

Language is broken down into Receptive Language and Expressive Language. An example of receptive language is...

• How we respond to questions.

• Asking a peer for a toy.

• Using sign language.

• Following a direction.

Understanding child development

• Allows us to know what skills children should have

• Helps us to plan developmentally appropriate activities

• Gives us the tools to identify delays in development

• All of these

These things can negatively impact a childs development

• (A) Access to proper nutrition

• (B) Stress

• (C) Access to appropriate early childhood experiences

• All of these

• A and B