1. Growth and development involve the progressive increase in size and skills over time. Growth refers to increases in size, while development is the acquisition of abilities. 2. Milestones indicate the typical ages when children gain certain skills, though each child develops at their own pace. 3. Factors like genetics, environment, lifestyle, and experiences influence a child's growth and development. Favorable factors like nutrition, learning opportunities, and emotional support promote development.

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Growth & Development
1. Differences Between G & D
2. Scope of G & D: Physical,
Mental, Emotional, Social
3. Readiness

2. Definition of Growth &
Development
• Growth
– the progressive increase in the size
of a child or parts of the human body
• Development
– the progressive acquisition of various skills
(abilities) such as head support, speaking,
learning, expressing the feelings and relating
with others
• Growth and Development go
together but at different rates.

3. Milestones
• Understand the age-range when the
average child acquires specific skills.
• When children are ready to acquire
specific skills is called milestones.
• Every child develops at own rate or pace.

4. Importance of Assessing Growth
and Development
• Keeping Record
– helpful in finding out the state of health,
– nutrition of a child.
• Continuous normal growth and devt.
– good state of health and nutrition of a child.
• Abnormal growth or growth failure
– Malnutrition;
– Malfunction;
– a symptom of
disease;

5. Factors affecting Growth and
Development
• Genetic Factors
– determine the potential and
limitations of growth and
development
– congenital malformations,
hormonal disturbances,
disability, genetic diseases
– Traits and talents also inherited

6. Factors…
• Environmental Factors
– Favourable factors
• adequate nutrition, learning
opportunities
– Unfavourable factors
• malnutrition, infections,
lack of emotional support,
lack of play, and lack of
language training.
Both
factors
influence
children

7. Factors Affecting Growth &
Development:
Genes – inherited
from parents
Social – influence of
other people
Lifestyle – choices
that one makes
Environment –
situation &
opportunities
• Genetic
Inheritance
• Gender
• Twins
• Physical
features
• Family
relationships
• Ethnicity and
religion
• Friendships
• Life Experiences
(birth, marriage,
death and divorce)
• Income
• Diet
• Material
• possessions
• Exercise
• Employment &
unemployment
• Alcohol &
smoking
• Pollution
• Housing
conditions
• Educational
experiences
• Access to health
and welfare
services
• Experience of
illness or disease

8. Factors that Promote Development
• Good nutrition,
• Emotional support,
• Play and
• Language training
• Exposure to various
opportunities for learning

9. Growth & Developmental Areas
• Physical (psycho-motor skills)
• Mental (Cognitive skills)
• Emotional
(Affective skills)
• Social (Interpersonal skills)

10. Readiness to learn
• Level of development at which
an individual (of any age) is
ready to undertake the learning
of specific materials.
• Level of preparedness to learn
more complex skills

11. Preparing to Learn
• Cognitive readiness
– Alphabets & Numbers
– Communication
– ?
• Affective readiness
– Manage emotions
– Provide love
– ?
• Psychomotor readiness
– Encourage movements
– Coordination of movements/skills
– ?
• Social readiness
– Interpersonal skills
– ?