growth and other physical
changes that happen to our
body throughout life
intellectual/cognitive development
the development of language,
memory and thinking skills
emotional development
the ability to cope with
feelings about
ourselves and towards
other
social development
the ability to form
friendships and
relationships and to learn
to be independent
growth and physiological change
growth
growth is a term to
describe the increase
of heigh and weight.
growth continues until early adulthood
infancy/early childhood
children grow rapidly
and develop many
physical skills
adolescent
the body continues to develop. there
may be growth spurts. bodies will
change as they reach sexual
maturity
young adult
the body has reached physical maturity
older adult
the ageing
process begins in
mid adult
gross motor skills
gross motor skills allow infants to control large muscles in the body
grawl, walk, run
stages of GMS development
1. infants develop their GMS from the head down
2. they gradually control the
muscles in their neck and back
so they can roll, sit and crawl
3. the muscles in their legs and feet develop so they can stand and walk
4 /5. in early childhood the large muscles continue to develop and help to coordination and balance
fine motor skills
FMS i the skill that
allows young
children to be able
a cotrol the small
muscles in their
bodie
hands and fingers
manipulating
babies use their whole
hand to manipulate
objects. by 12 months
they start to use the
small muscles in their
fingers
building blocks, playing with
toy farm animals, playing
musical instruments are all
activities that are manipulating
gripping
by one months babies
can grasp an adult
finger. by 3 months
they can grip a rattle
playing with a rattle, holding a small toy, feeding self with spoon
hand-eye coordination
a child is able to use the muscles in their
fingers and can pick up building blocks and
use their eyes to guide their hands
playing with jigsaw, writing, sewing
physical development stages
adolescence
puberty
during adolescence you exprience a period of
change called puberty. this starts when the brain
releases chemicals called hormones
changes to primary characteristics
primary characteristic are what are present at birth. a
change to characteristic change during puberty and
hormones
change to secondary characteristics
secondary charateristic appear
during puberty. these can could in
form as change of height, shape of
body and they diiferent
characteristics that a certain sex
gets
male sexual characteristics
primary characteristics
penis enlarges
prostate gland produces secretion
testes enlarge and produce sperm
secondary
growth of facial hair
growth of armpit and pubic hair
increased muscle and strength
growth spurt
voice box (larynx) grows so the voice deepens
female sexually characteristics
primary
uterus and vagina grows
ovulation and menstrual periods begins
secondary
enlargement of breasts
growth of armpits and pubic hair
increased fat layers under the skin
growth spurt
physical development in adulthood
early adulthood
physically mature
reach full height and strength
fully develop and can reproduce
women are most fertile
middle adulthood
start showing ageing
being to lose muscle and strength
body shape can change
men may lose hair
womens menstruation end and can no longer have children