The Sequence Of Development Can Be Divided Into Five Aspects.

At the age of a year to 17 month children start to get interested in looking through books for a small amount of time. They begin to follow simple directions and answer simple questions with gestures. Children this age recognise familiar objects ,people

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0-3 years: New born babies start by off by just turning their heads towards soft light. By the age of three months the baby is able to follow moving objects and respond to bright colours and bold images. At six months the baby will start reaching for objects, watching them fall and put things in their mouths to explore. Around the first birthday it can use the hands skilfully and move around, including dropping things on the floor and looking to see where they are. (This is called object permanence, where the child will be aware of an object/person even if it is out of direct visible sight.) It will also be able to recognize familiar people at longer distance (6 meters). Between the age of one and two children enjoy hide and seek games and it will find partially hidden objects. It is able to build towers of cubes when shown, turn pages of books, look at correct picture when the image is named and point to parts of the body, match colours and shapes, do jigsaw puzzles and concentrate for longer. The child starts using objects correctly (drinking from a cup, brushing

Their development in these first few months revolves around their increased understanding of their surroundings. This leads to their consequent displeasure when removed from a familiar setting. They recognise adults and sounds and now begin to react to a greater degree. They have favourite objects and show happiness around the people they recognise.

Their movement improves going from just leg kicking to rolling over and crawling, exploring their environment, showing an interest in objects and learning to play with soft toys . They will now see people as individuals, recognising different voices and faces, smiling and eager to make themselves heard. Eager to learn and develop attatchment they can show their emotions facial expressions and gestures. The development at this early stage is probably quicker than at any other time in a childs life, The first few years are so important in their progression into adulthood. Between 9 months and 18 months a child will develop an understanding of simple instructions and their vocabulary should begin with a few recognisable and simple words. They move on from crawling to walking and continuing to explore and learn from their surroundings. Their dexteroty increases, being able to scribble and hold onto things more precisely. They become curious and will often concentrate on things for short periods. A child at this age is still very self centered and will have many tantrums when they dont get their own

They can now focus on objects and toys and explore them by using their mouth and fingers. Babies start to show that they understand a little of what is been said to them and lift arms to show that they want to be picked up. They are beginning to try and feed themselves by grabbing the spoon and should be enjoying their food. Teeth are now beginning to come through which can be painful at times. By this age babies are getting stronger and should be able to sit with support and should be able to roll over form their back to their fronts. They should now be settled into a routine and will nap and play throughout the day.

3. 6-8 months- Can imitate sounds, repeats syllables, responds to conversation with babble and responds to ‘no’. They are recognising varying emotional tones in the voices of carers.

From babbling and cooing for a few weeks the baby will start to sound like they are saying words which sound close to real words. They will start to experiment on different sounds such as expressing emotions e.g. squeals of excitement. They will also start using sounds such as ‘ma-ma-ma’ even though they don’t understand but they just want their mother.

“Social-emotional development is a child’s ability to understand the feelings of others, control their own feelings and behaviors, and get along with peers. “Behavioral health is a child's set of behaviors that are in response to early experiences and actions of others. Emotional development is a child's increasing ability to express emotions appropriately. Social development is the growth of a child's capacity to have relationships and to work cooperatively in the future” (Groark & Song, 2012).

Aged 18 months: Their way in communicating expands more so instead of babbling and cooing now the

The way they interact, and talk is not like everyone else. Deficits among social behavior or social understanding result in difficulty to understand other’s feelings, inappropriate body language and gestures, and difficulty to make friends their same age. Speech and language comprehension is another struggle. Symptoms of this may include speaking in an abnormal tone of voice, does not understand simple questions or statements and doesn’t pick up on sarcasm or humor, taking everything seriously. They also deal with restricted behavior and play this includes repetitive body movements such as, hand flapping, spinning, rocking. They may also have odd ways of moving, clumsiness and has a strong need for same day routines and schedules. Change is not often accepted. Learning and school is another difficult struggle for

The sequence of development for each child should follow a similar pattern. The 5 key areas of development are: social, physical, intellectual, communication and language, and emotional. The rate that general development should take place differs from child to child, but there are 9 age ranges which certain stages of development should fall into, for a child that is developing healthily and normally.

Begin to have object permanence and are not easily distracted by a toy or blanket as they were as infants

They may start to develop fears include real (the dark, animals, and thunderstorms) and imaginary (monsters, ghosts) subjects and may exaggerates and tells "tall tales". They enjoy talking about body functions, a sense of humor develops as the begins to share and take turns. This stage of development they start to hit less but will use name calling more, will enjoy playing with other children more at this

They form an attachment and bond with the parent/carer and vice versa, like my grandson formed a bond with his mum, grandpa grandma and the nanny. The attachment could be with skin contact, smell, feeding, bathing, play, eye to eye contact, talking and listening to parent’s voices. Babies respond positively to main carer by smiling or crying when they want something or comforts self with thumb or pacifier, my grandson used his thumb. They learn to trust that their needs will be met by the parent or carer and become interested in social interaction with other babies and children depending on the time spent with other children or his/her personality. They interact differently with various family members and seek attention constantly. They are interested in everything around them and recognise familiar and unfamiliar faces and shows fear of strangers and get distressed when separated from mum.