Learning About Children

Chapter One

Parents & Teachers Provide:• Physical Needs

Clothing Food

ShelterProtection

Parents & Teachers Provide:• Intellectual Needs

**GOOD EXPERIENCES**

**CREATIVITY**

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Parents & Teachers Provide:• Social Needs

Ability to be with others and act appropriately.

The development of a persons character.

Parents & Teachers Provide:

• Trust Needs

Gain confidence in oneself and in others.

Parents & Teachers Provide:• Love/Discipline Needs

Listen

Set limits

Share reasons for limits

What is development?The development that turns babies

into adults.

What are the stages of development?

• Infancy• Childhood

(Toddler, Preschool, School-Age)

• Adolescence• Adulthood

What factors influence development?

Heredity• Body features• Blood type• Facial structure• Height/weight

potential• Athletic ability

Environment• Physical conditions• Experiences• Relationships with

others• What hear and

read

Growth and development is…• Constant• Gradual and continuous• Sequenced steps• Different rates• Interrelated parts