Physical development also supports a child’s personal social and emotional development. If a child can participate in physical activity they learn about the environment around them. By being able to participate in team sports a child can increase in confidence and control (Nurse, 2009). In the specific areas of learning and development, physical development supports throughout. It allows a child to be able to improve their literacy skills; as they develop their fine motor skills they can learn to write. Both fine and gross motor skills are used to hold and read a book. From books, develops imagination which can develop the brain and may involve activities with physical movement (Development matters, 2012). Mathematics allows a child to count …show more content…
Settings must comply with the relevant statutory guidelines which state at 3.58: “Providers must provide access to an outdoor play area or, if that is not possible, ensure that outdoor activities are planned and taken daily (unless circumstances make this inappropriate, for example unsafe weather conditions). Providers must follow their legal responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 (for example, the provisions on reasonable adjustments)”. (DFE,2014). In my opinion the outdoor area in any setting is often the childrens’ favourite place to be, as all the natural features engage children’s senses and provide opportunities for hands on learning. By letting children play with sticks, climb trees and roll around on the ground children develop physically and mentally. This is an area where there is often greater freedom and scope to investigate their surroundings and whilst there is exploration there is also very good opportunity to develop gross motor skills through physical activity. Such activities also spark their imaginations (Cooper, a …show more content…
It is vital that in any setting there is good and clear communication between a setting/early years practitioner and the parents. By working together, it gives each child the best possible chance to develop to their full potential. In an early years setting it is imperative that they have an environment that is set up to support physical development. Practitioners can support parents in many ways to help with further development at home (Spencer, K, & Wright, P. 2014). Displays of activities in the setting and good frequent communication of the sort of activities that a child is doing in a setting will help a parent to understand suitable activities and specific areas of development as a child will not be able to pass on information about all their activities in a day One way in which a practitioner could work with the parents is by giving parents many different types of activities to do at home. By setting activities you can make them flexible so that they can be completed indoors or outdoors (Durant, S.
A significant facet of an early childhood professional is the ability to work with families. This however can be an area in which many professionals entering into the field can feel inadequate. In order to fully support all areas of a child’s performance as a professional it is critical to work with their families. In order to effectively work with families, you must be able to understand the diversity and complexity of families.
This was established as part of a range of measures taken following the death of an 8 year old girl, whose death at the hands of her carers was seen as preventable. These areas are:
The first requirement for a good program for young children and any other children are the safety provided for them. Children should feel safe in their surroundings in the program that they will enter. Parents should always ask and know the safety precautions each program serves. Knowing the precaution the program does to visitors, drop off and pick ups, and around the whole facility is important. A good program should have a policy for visitors. It is also important to know that the program has a good policy for children’s drop off and pick up. To assure a secure facility to the safety of the children a program should not only be safe for them but for the whole environment.
A newborn child’s physical and motor development is an evident progression throughout their first years and later in life. A child’s motor development is more of a slower progress, from going to gross motor skills to more fine motor skills in a few months while physical development is an apparent process. The environment affects children in their physical and motor growth, as they learn and adapt to new stimuli everyday as they develop. Separately, these developments start at different times, but function hand in hand as a child grows. Physical development is apparent at conception, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence; while motor development
Physical activity enhances children’s quantitative development within middle childhood, supporting growth toward healthy strong people, physically and psychology. Middle childhood is documented as being between the ages of six to ten years old. A lack of physical activity affects children across all areas of development; it is not restricted within the domain of physical development. Discussed within are the expectations of motor development within middle childhood, the benefits of physical activity and the consequences of prolonged inactivity. Along with how a student’s physical development facilitates or restricts development in other areas and how the learning environment can accommodate and support the physical needs of students.
Teachers have a significant role with the children; they are their leader in learning and development. Teachers have to plan effectively so the students will be able to learn and grow from the different activity’s this it why it is important that teacher take the responsibility and know the goals of the programs and their curriculum so they can plan accordingly. Establishing reciprocal relations with the parents of a child are important. Teacher should seek to know more about the families and their culture. With this information’s teachers are able to enhance the curriculum. Communication is the key when it comes to relationships with
Friedrich Froebel was a German scholar born in 1782 who did a lot of work on child’s play and how children use nature in their development. Although one of the early theorists (1782–1852), Froebel’s theories are still relevant today. He stressed the importance of play and recognised that the outdoor environment is vital to children’s learning and development. Each child should be allowed the time and space to play and develop through play activities.
These individuals have daily contact with the child and through communication and actions shape the development of the child positively or negatively. Parents may use child development theories, such as B. F. Skinner’s behaviorism theory on rewards, to direct children to make correct choices that they deem proper. Through the parent’s participation in a culture and/or religion and the child’s exposure to the same aspects, including any parental conversation, the child gains the understanding and participation in the same culture or religion. Through parental involvement and a positive home environment, families support academic growth in children, the child gains more knowledge, skills, positive educational attitudes, school readiness skills and interest in learning (Parker, Boak, Griffin, Ripple & Peay, 1999). Finally, parental decisions on physical home environmental conditions, such as cleanliness and an area conducive to academics, as well as nutrition influence each child’s physical development and safety. Each choice family members make regarding daily events, including meals, religion, and culture, have an impact on the children within the
The topic I am going to being doing for my project at my placement at Camperdown nursery is the benefits of outdoor play. There are seven benefits of outdoor play for children, they are learning, creativity, health, social skills, wellbeing and independence. Outdoor play encourages children to go outside and get fresh air and burn off some energy, it can improve their physical development. This relates to my placement as the children get the opportunity to go outside and run about as much as possible on a daily basis.
Adults and teachers need to do everything possible to keep physical development from being delayed. Adults can provide children with opportunities to help them in development. By the age of three a child's brain is three quarters of its adult size. From infancy to the age of two development is very rapid (Santrock, 1996). For this reason it is essential for the child to be able to explore their world around them.
Physical development focuses on increasing the skill and performance of the body. The sequence of physical development involves firstly gross motor skills that require control of large muscles in the body, arms and legs. Gross motor skills are larger movements your baby makes with his/her arms, legs, feet, or his/her entire body. Physical and cognitive development are closely linked, especially during the early years. When most teens mature their frontal lobes continue to develop.
Physical and motor development are two similar but different areas that describe child development. Physical development encompasses all of the various changes a child's body goes through. Those changes include height, weight, and brain development. Motor development is the development of control over the body. This control would involve developing reflexes such as blinking, large motor skills like walking, and fine motor skills like manipulating their fingers to pick up small objects like Cheerios. It is important to objectively study physical and motor development in children to gain knowledge on what characteristics are considered typical for each age and stage of development. This will enable me to be aware of when a child or children are developing at an irregular pace, and devise recommendations or find experiences and other resources that can aid in stimulating their development and to work towards closing achievement gaps. This particular assignment was to observe the selected child and reaffirm the importance of studying physical and motor development, and to develop ideas on how to involve it in my work as an early childhood professional.
From preschool into early elementary school, children have begun to develop their gross motor skills. They have developed a “mature pattern of walking” and are ready to test their physical abilities to the limits. Also fine motor skills have begun to develop, however more slowly. Along with motor skills children are developing their visual, tactile, and kinesthetic senses. A child’s sensory skills are helpful in learning language.
Playing and getting exercise is crucial to your health and can cut down on childhood obesity which could also help prevent it in adulthood. Exercise, movement, any physical activity will have a direct impact on the behavior and the development of the brain. It’s simple really, increased oxygen flow to the brain aids in focus and function, exercise increases brain neurotransmitters. Any of these that will increase the ability of the brain, is an obvious benefit to learning and growing as a student. Many schools are cutting physical education in order to support a more rigorous academic schedule even though there have been studies to prove this theory
Each person’s life consists of normal stages of development; this is known as life span development. This development starts at infancy and continues through death. In each stage of development, each person experiences four types of development; physical, cognitive, social, and personality.