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EDU 1003 Child Development Study Notes Chapter One: Aspects of Holistic Child Development

This document summarizes key aspects of holistic child development from a study guide on child development. It discusses the holistic nature of child development, including intellectual, emotional, physical, social, moral, cultural and spiritual domains. It also outlines developmental norms and milestones for physical development, cognitive/language development, and emotional/social development. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of play in allowing children to develop confidence, creativity, problem-solving skills, emotional control, and social skills. Finally, it provides examples of how information and communication technology (ICT) can both communicate information and promote interactivity for children.

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EDU 1003 Child Development Study Notes Chapter One: Aspects of Holistic Child Development

This document summarizes key aspects of holistic child development from a study guide on child development. It discusses the holistic nature of child development, including intellectual, emotional, physical, social, moral, cultural and spiritual domains. It also outlines developmental norms and milestones for physical development, cognitive/language development, and emotional/social development. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of play in allowing children to develop confidence, creativity, problem-solving skills, emotional control, and social skills. Finally, it provides examples of how information and communication technology (ICT) can both communicate information and promote interactivity for children.

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EDU 1003 Child Development Study Notes

Chapter One: Aspects of Holistic Child Development

Holistic development sees the child as a whole person:

Intellectually, emotionally, physically , socially morally, culturally and spritiually.

We study patterns of growth which are guidelines for normal development.


Developmental norms (the pattern of growth that children should follow) are also called
milestones.

Physical Development = way in which the body increases in skill.


Gross Motor Skill = the use of the large muscles. Example= walking
Fine motor Skills= the use of all muscles. Example= throwing
Sensory Development- vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste, and PROPRIOCEPTION= the sense
that tells people where the moving parts of the body (arms and legs) are in relation to the rest
of the body.

Cognitive and language Development


cognitive = development of the mind
Perception = helps us understand what we see, touch , feel hear, etc.

Language = development of communication


receptive Speech= what a person understands
Expressive Speech = the word the person produces.
Articulation =the persons actual pronunciation

Emotional and social Development

Emotional = the development of feelings about oneself, towards other people and the
development of self esteem- - self concept.
Soical development= how the child relates to other people.

The Pattern of Development


From simple to complex

From head to toe

From inner to outer From general to specific

EDU 1003 Child Development Study Notes


The Importance of Play
Play provides opportunity for a child to:

Develop confidence and self-esteem


Use creativity and imagination.
Develop problem -solving skills
How to control their emotions.
Learn social skills

ICT and Child Development


Two features of ICT resources (technology): Give examples of each
Communicate information
Email
Mobile phone
DVD
Internet
Video

Promote interactivity
Computers
Children websites
Musical keyboards
Activity centers

IMPORTANT :
Not all people(educationalists) agree with the importance of using technology
with very young children (nursery school age). Some believe it is a good idea,
others believe it is a bad idea.

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