Chapter 1 Learning About Children Find someone who

Chapter 1 Learning About Children Find someone who shares your same hair color & share three reasons you think we should study children.

Why Study Children? Understand Yourself Responsible Parenting Work with children

What is Child Development? Development: gradual process babies become adults. Child Development: scientific study of children from conception to adulthood.

Individual Life Cycle stage changes throughout life

Stages of The Life Cycle Prenatal - inside mom’s body Neonatal - outside mom’s body Infancy Toddler Preschool School-age

Heredity v. Environment “Egg or the Chicken” kind of issue.

Heredity Genes - sections of DNA Genetics - study of factors involved in passing of traits from one generation of living beings to the next.

Environment includes all conditions and situations surrounding and affecting the child. Affects physical dev. brain development soc/emotional development

Balance - a blend of both Physical growth Genes - decide how quickly muscles and bones grow Diet - needed to help muscles grow Walking Genes - dictate muscles and bones must be ready Exercise - the parents can help and guide the baby

Summarize this image. What does it mean? Environment Heredity

Principles of Growth and Development Growth & Development are… Constant Continuous Sequenced Steps Happen at different rates Interrelated

Brain Development of Children Wiring - network of fibers of the brain Neurons - (brain cells) send and receive electrical impulses throughout the brain Axons - long heavier cables Dendrites - Short, bushy cables Synapse - tiny gap, signal JUMPS Which one send and which receives?

ACTIVITY! Assigned a group - 5 min to work Your group gets to come up with a creative way to help our class remember one of the brain development terms. (Acronym, song, poem, movement, school appropriate joke, etc. ) Teach us!

Brain Development of Children Pruning - use it or lose it! Plasticity - ability to be shaped and reshaped Window of opportunity - prime time for a child to develop a particular skill (i. e. language)

Window of Opportunity cont. Engage them! Choices and freedom to become who they are Repetition and opportunity

Window of Opportunity cont. With a partner - come up with an example for each Engage them! Choices and freedom Repetition and opportunity