Introduction to Child
Development
Mrs. Brennan
Five Principles of Child
Development
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Physical
◦ Activities such as running, jumping or riding a
bike.
◦ Large and Small Motor Skills
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Social
◦ Play: Alone vs. With others
◦ Sharing
◦ Leading vs. Following
Five Principles of Child
Development (Cont…)
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Emotional
◦ Acting out roles of others
◦ Working through challenges
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Moral
◦ Right vs. Wrong
◦ Following rules, such as sharing with others
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Intellectual
◦ Activities to help children learn language,
balance, or how to organize things.
Why Study Children?
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To Understand Children
◦ Why do they act, feel and think like they do?
◦ Learn the importance of caregivers
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To Gain Skills
◦ As a parent, caregiver or just in life
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To Understand Yourself
◦ Your own childhood, personality, development
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To Build for the Future
◦ Wait to have children until ready, be prepared
Childhood: Past vs. Present
How is Childhood Different?
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Work
◦ Children expected to work in the past
◦ Today children’s job is to play and grow
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Play
◦ Fewer toys in the past
◦ No video games til 70’s
◦ New toys on the market everyday
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Education
◦ School was a privilege in the past
◦ School is required and modern today
How is Childhood Diff..(Cont)
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Health
◦ Children died young in the past
◦ A lot less disease today
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Dress
◦ Children dressed as small adults in the past
◦ Many fabrics available now
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Parental Love
◦ Still strong today
◦ Less discipline today
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