Childhood Development Milestones

Start with the milestones

Begin with the mind map “Three years” for an overview of physical, cognitive, language, emotional and social development. It also includes play and moral and spiritual development. You can use its branches to organize the areas you want to study.

Next, open “Milestones 3-5 Years” and look at the physical development examples. These include hopping on one foot, walking along a line and throwing a ball. The “4 years” mind map also covers gross and fine motor skills, sensory development, and cognitive and language development.

Compare areas of development

“Early childhood 3-8 years” brings emotional, social, intellectual and physical development together in one map. Compare its branches with the age-focused maps to see how they organize the material. You can look at one area at a time, then return to the wider picture.

The maps “Age 6” and “Age 10” include activities such as reading, swimming and sports. Both also include intervention. “Age 10” adds cooking and describes a possible danger associated with it.

Use flashcards alongside maps

The flashcard deck “3 - 5 years key words (cover)” includes terms such as gross motor skill, fine motor skill, communication and language. Study a term in the deck, then look for the related area in a mind map. For example, you could connect gross motor skills with the physical activities in “Milestones 3-5 Years”.

Place the topic in its unit

Childhood Development Milestones is a section of the Child Development unit in Health and social care. The maps and flashcards offer different ways to work with development areas and age-focused examples within that unit. Choose a resource to start exploring the topic.