Child Development

........................................ refers to children who walk unsteadily, beginning usually around age one.

• Infant

• Toddlers

• Preschooler

• Teen

........................................................... are children ages 3 to 5.

• Infants

• Toddlers

• Preschoolers

• Teen

Toddler’s growth is slower than when they were babies:

• Gain only about ½ pound per month

• Gain only about 1/8 pound per month

• Gain only about 1 pound per month

• Gain only about 2 pounds per month

Between ages 2 and 3

• Chest becomes larger than head and abdomen

• Arms, legs, and trunk grow rapidly

• By age 3, posture is more upright

• All of the above

Toddlers' teeth

• • Age one average 6 teeth • During 2nd year usually 6 or more added

  • Last 3 back teeth emerge early in 3rd year giving them complete set of 15 primary teeth

• • Age one average 1 tooth

  • During 2nd year usually 2 or more added

  • Last 3 back teeth emerge early in 3rd year giving them complete set of 6 primary teeth

• • Age one average 8 teeth • During 2nd year usually 8 or more added

  • Last 4 back teeth emerge early in 3rd year giving them complete set of 20 primary teeth

• • Age one average 4 teeth • During 2nd year usually 8 or more added

  • Last 8 back teeth emerge early in 3rd year giving them complete set of 20 primary teeth

Going to bed with a bottle of milk or juice

Eating too much sugar and carbohydrates

• 2 common practices of soothing little ones

• 2 common causes of tooth decay in little ones

• 2 common nighttime routines that are good for little ones.

• 2 common causes of tummy aches in little ones

Best way to prevent cavities –

• brush 2 times a day

• brush 1 time a day

• do not brush 2 times a day

• rinse 2 times a day

Toddlers' Motor Skills

• Recall 3 patterns of physical growth:

  – Head to foot

  – Near to far

  – Simple to complex

• Cannot recall 3 patterns of physical growth:

  – Head to foot

  – Near to far

  – Simple to complex

• Recall 1 of the 3 patterns of physical growth:

  – Head to foot

  – Near to far

  – Simple to complex

• None of the above

Involve use and control of large muscles of the back, legs, shoulders and arms:

• running

• walking

• throwing a ball

• all of the above

Small motor skills depend on use and control of finer muscles of the wrists, fingers, and ankles.

• of finer muscles of the wrists, fingers, and ankles

• of larger muscles of the legs, arms, and chest

• of finer bones of the wrists, fingers, and ankles

• None of the above