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Development
drawn from NAEYC (1996), &
Berk (2006)
Developmentally appropriate practices
Physical
Language Development in one
Aesthetic domain influences
and is influenced
Cognitive
by development in
Emotional other domains.
Social
1. Domains of children's
development are closely
related to each other
Physical
Language Development in one
Aesthetic domain influences
and is influenced
Cognitive
by development in
Emotional other domains.
Social
2. Development occurs in a
relatively orderly sequence
with later abilities, skills, and
knowledge building on those
already acquired.
3. Development proceeds
at varying rates
from child to child as well as
unevenly within different
areas of each child's
functioning.
4. Early experiences have
both cumulative and
delayed effects on
individual children's
development
optimal periods exist for certain
types of development and
learning.
5. Development proceeds
in predictable directions
Infant
Toddler
PreSchooler
Kindergartner
Primary
School age
Tweener
Infant
begins at birth
ends as the child gains
movement and
language (begins to
walk and talk)
Toddler
movement and language
are hallmarks of this
period
emerging independence
is capped by potty
training, self-managing
toiletries
PreSchooler
independence crafted
during toddler times
becomes the basis for
exploring the world,
expanding the
awareness of the world
around
Kindergartner
a unique creature in all
the universe – this child
is typically dependent
on caregivers, while
simultaneously being
wholly independent of
others
Primary
where the pre-schooler
is motivated by a
sensory exploration of
her world, the school
age child is engaging
her intellect
School age
early primary school is about
acquiring intellectual tools
(learning to read, learning to
count), later school age
objectives take prior
mastered tools and use
them for application (reading
to learn, counting to
manipulate numbers and
solve problems)
Tweener
this pre-pubescent
young adolescent is
shaped by enormous
forces within and
without