CHILDREN´S DEVELOPMENT , Apuntes de Desarrollo Infantil

¡Descarga CHILDREN´S DEVELOPMENT y más Apuntes en PDF de Desarrollo Infantil solo en Docsity! CHILDREN´S DEVELOPMENT Think about these areas of development in 3-6 year old children and what would be their educational implications: • Control of muscular movement • Emotions • Intelligence • Language • Sociability • Behaviour CHILDREN´S DEVELOPMENT The chart below outlines children´s basic development, from three to six years old. It aims to show what you can and cannot expect from children in these age groups, and how you can teach them in ways that are appropriate for this stage of development. These are just general guidelines, and there can be great differences between individual children. (ROTH, Teaching Very Young Learners, Pre-school and Early Primary, Richmond ) Areas of development 3-6 Educational implications Control of muscular movement • Still developing, so a great need for • Activities should be varied and should help develop large physical exercise motor movements (running ,jumping ..) and hand –eye coordination(cutting out, modelling...) • Teacher should remember that physical changes can generate insecurity. Emotions • Very unstable: can have sudden tantrums and whims. • Feels both insecurity and omnipotence. • Does not know how to wait, which causes frustration. • Activities should be short, with lots of variety. • Teacher should be warm, well balanced and able to restore child´s equilibrium. Should offer constant encourage- ment. Intelligence • Symbolic thought begins (can substitute drawing or game for real object). • Thought is subjective and egocentric. • Activities should use toys that imitate real life (toy cars, toy food...)