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WorksheetsHHD Unit 2 Development in infants and early childhood
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What needs do newborns have that care givers have to provide?
Feeding and being hydrated
Maintain body warmth and staying clean
Opportunities to play and explore the world
Appropriate language stimulation
In infancy growth can be described as?
Steady
Slow
Rapid
Fast
In infancy, which of the following is/are examples of Physical Development?
Birthweight doubles by six months
Infants get better at holding objects
Children get better at walking
Infants begin to smile in reaction to loved ones
The infant's body proportions and control can change following the cephalocaudal pattern of development. This means development occurs?
From the outside in. (Fingers first)
From the feet upwards
From the middle in a circle
From the head down
The infant's motor skills can change following the proximodistal pattern of development. This means development occurs?
From the body outwards
From the feet upwards
From the middle in a circle
From the head down
Infant social development includes:
Attachment with mother (especially when breastfeeding)
Infant begins to smile at around six weeks
Playing with others
Getting stronger bones
Emotional development in infancy includes:
A hurt infant can be comforted by caregivers
If attachment has occurred infant feels secure, safe and loved
By 8 months the infant has learnt to express anger and happiness
The infant becomes taller
Infant intellectual development includes:
Learning about hard, soft, bitter and sweet by putting things in their mouth
Learning that they have a name and will begin to respond
Learning new words so it is important to read to infants
Object permanence: they learn that an object that is out of sight still exists.
Development in early childhood can be described as?
Slow
Steady
Fast
Rapid
Physical development in early childhood includes?
Increase in height by around 6cm per year (longer bones)
Increase in weight by around 2.5kg per year
Body proportions change (arms and legs match head, decrease body fat)
Motor skills stagnate (stay the same)
Social development in early childhood includes:
Communication skills improve with more interaction
Acceptable social behaviours increase
If early child spends time away from caregivers their independence begins to develop
Infants can speak 10,000 words
Early childhood emotional development includes:
Developing a sense of empathy for those who are crying or upset
May begin to use physical violence to express their frustration
Moods can change quickly during early childhood
Adult's hair starts to go grey
Early childhood intellectual development includes:
Increased vocabulary: by 5 years they may know 1500-2500 words
They start to think about how things work so will ask more questions
Learning to classify objects and be able to separate them eg green blocks and orange blocks.
Learn how to write letters and numbers
Infancy and early childhood age ranges are?
0-2 years and 4 years to 8 years
Two months before birth to 2nd birthday and 2nd birthday to 6th birthday
Birth to 2nd birthday and 2nd birthday to 6th birthday
2-6 and 0-2
The three year old was very good friends with only 25 letters of the alphabet.
He needs to get out more
He doesn't know why
She is annoyed by the shape of the Z
She can't stand to be around O
