Physical Development: Infants - * Hold up heads
* Roll over
* Reach for things
* Sit
* Crawl
* Begin to Walk
* Increased coordination
* Manipulate
... [Show More] objects with hands
Physical Development: By Age 2 - * Feed themselves with hands
* Jump & run awkwardly
* Throw ball
* Use zipper
* Make tower of blocks
Physical Development: Toddlers - *Love to run
* Hop
* Tumble
* Play
* Swing
* Fine motor skills developing
* Can string beads
* Do jigsaw puzzles
Physical Development: By Age 4 - * Print name
* Dress and undress self
* Eat with utensils
Physical Development: Middle Childhood: 6-10 Years - * Slow, steady weight gain
* Speed and coordination improve
* Begin organized sports
* Refinement of fine motor skills
* Improved handwriting
* Drawings more representational
Physical Development: Adolescence: 10-18 Years - * Girls begin puberty earlier
* Boys grow taller
* Boys more muscular
* Girls' physical growth slows
* Boys physical growth continues
* Reach sexual maturity
At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes? - Primary school
How does female growth differ than male growth during the adolescent stage? - Females usually complete physical growth before males
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood physical development stage? - Ties shoelaces
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the middle childhood physical development stage? - Refining of motor coordination
Piaget - * scheme, schema
* adaptation
* assimilation, disequilibrium, equilibrium, & accommodation
* Learn from interaction with peers and environment
Vygotsky - * Scaffolding
* Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
* More knowledgeable other (MKO)
* Using language (as a mediator)
** explaining, giving examples, asking leading questions
* Social & Cultural interactions important
Piaget Stages - * Sensorimotor Stage
* Preoperational Stage
* Concrete Operational Stage
* Formal Operational Stage
Sensorimotor Stage - (Birth - 2 years)
* Learn through movement and senses
* Reflexive or active
* Sucking
* Grabbing
* Looking
* Listening
*Object permanence
** unseen things still exist
Preoperational Stage - (Preschool/Kinder)
* Prelogical thought
* Play and pretend
* Language develops
* Forms many new schemes
* Egocentrism
** all about me
* Centration
** focus on only one aspect at a time [Show Less]