Early Childhood Development

1. SKILLS OF EARLY
CHILDHOOD
• Early Childhood-
Ideal age to learn skills.

2. 3 Reasons why:
1st – young children enjoy repetition
2nd -young children are adventuresome
3rd- young children learn easily and quickly

3. Early Childhood
• Teachable
moment

4. TYPICAL SKILLS OF EARLY
CHILDHOOD

5. TWO CATEGORIES :
1. HAND SKILLS
2. LEG SKILLS

6. 1. HAND SKILLS
SELF-FEEDING
DRESSING
BRUSHING HAIR
BATHING

7. 2. LEG SKILLS
HOP, SKIP, GALLOP AND JUMP
CLIMBING
TRICYCLING
SWIMMING
BALANCING ON RAILS
JUMPING ROPE
ROLLER SKATING
ICE SAKTING
DANCING

8. TYPES OF BODY BUILD IN CHILDREN
1. ECTOMORPHIC BODY BUILD
- SLENDER BODY WIYH SLIGHT MUSCULAR
DEVELOPMENT
2. MESOMORPHIC BODY BUILD
- HAVING A HUSKY MUSCULAR BODY BUILD
3. ENDOMORPHIC BODY BUILD
- HAVING A HEAVY ROUNDED BODY

9. HANDEDNESS
• The tendency of using one hand than
the other.

10. IMPROVEMENTS IN
SPEECH DURING
EARLY CHILDHOOD

11. • REASONS FOR
MOTIVATING CHILDREN
TO LEARN TO SPEAK.
• 1ST
• They must improve their
ability to comprehend.
• They must improve their
own speech.

12. IMPROVEMENT IN
COMPREHENSION
COMPREHENSION – influenced by how
attentively children listen to what is said
to them.
Children must understand what other
says to them.

13. IMPROVEMENT IN SPEECH SKILLS

14. 1.Parents of today talk more to
their children.
2.Children have more contacts
with their peers.

15. • PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS
- certain words
• VOCABULARY BUILDING
- general vocabulary words, numbers, and
colors.
• FORMING SENTENCES
- 3-4 sentences for 2 to3 years old.

16. CONTENT OF SPEECH
The speech of young children is egocentric.
Unsocial
Unkind
Name-calling
Boasting
More social & less egocentric
Themselves & their activities.

17. • Intelligence
• Type of discipline
• Ordinal position
• Family size
• Socio-economic status
• Racial status
• Bilingualism
• Sex-role typing

18. EMOTIONS OF EARLY
CHILDHOOD

19. COMMON EMOTIONAL
PATTERNS

20. COMMON EMOTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
Anger
Fear
Jealousy
Curiosity
Envy
Joy
Grief
Affection

28. NEGATIVISM
AGGRESIVENESS
ASCENDANT BEHAVIOR
SELFISHNESS
EGOCENTRISM
DESTRUCTIVENESS
SEX ANTAGONISM
PREJUDICE

30. -Treating a pet a real person
-Imaginary playmates

31. TWO TYPES:
TYRANNICAL BOSSES
DIPLOMATS