2. Objectives
To bring Home and School in a Close Contact
To Have an Insight on Domains of Development and Major Milestones
Child Needs to Cover in Order to Complete his/her Age Appropriate
Developmental Task
To have an Insight on Development of Child in Light of Principles of
Development
3. Contents of seminar
Contents
•Growth and Development
•Principles of Development
•Stages of child development
•Domains of development
•Importance of Preschool years
•Developmental milestones of
preschoolers
16. Infancy and Toddlerhood
Begins at birth ends as the child gains
movement and language (begins to
walk and talk)
Period of dependency
Busiest time of lifetime
18. Importance of Preschool Years
-Experiences formed during preschool
year form the foundation for later years
-Child during this age learn through
experimentation
-This is the time when child starts to
interact with outer environment as well
21. EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Self-knowledge, moral reasoning,
understanding and expression of emotions,
self-regulation, temperament, understanding
others, interpersonal skills, and friendships.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Body size, body proportions, appearance,
brain development, motor development,
physical health
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Supports child’s ability to communicate and
express and understanding feelings.
Supports thinking and problem solving.
Basis for learning to read and write.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Thought processes and intellectual abilities
including attention, memory, problem
solving, imagination, creativity, academic
and everyday knowledge, and language.
DOMAINS OF
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
23. Physical Development milestones of Preschoolers
Gross motor skills improve as large muscles
mature
Run
Jump
Hop
Walk on tiptoe
Ride a tricycle
Skip rope
Catch ball
They are better able to control wrist and
finger movements as they practice fine
motor skills:
•Cut with scissors
•Scribble with large
•Crayons and pencils
24. Language development milestones of preschoolers
• Says his or her name and age.
• Speak 250-500 words.
• Answers simple questions.
• Speak in sentences of 5-6 word.
• Speak clearly.
• Tell stories.
25. Cognitive development milestones of preschooler
• Correctly name familiar colours.
• Follow three part commands.
• Understand time better(morning,
afternoon and night).
• Remembers part of a story.
• Sort object by shape and colour.
• Complete age appropriate puzzles
26. Socio-emotional development milestones of preschoolers
• Share toys, taking turns with help.
• Follow simple rules in game but will always want to
win.
• Might be bossy and defiant.
• Show more independence.
• Experience broad range of emotions.
• May show attachment to one friend.
27. “ The first five
years have so
much to do with
how the next 80
turn out’’
-Bill Gates
Thank
you