The document outlines various areas of growth and development, including physical, motor, emotional, social, intellectual, and moral development. It emphasizes the importance of these developments in shaping an individual's overall functioning, from physical coordination and emotional understanding to social behavior and problem-solving skills. Each area is discussed in terms of its defining characteristics and developmental milestones.

1. Areas of growth and
development
BY
Dr.D.Vijayarani
Associate Professor of Home Science
V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women
Virudhunagar

2. Areas of growth and
development
• Physical and motor Development
• Emotional Development
• Social Development
• Intellectual Development

3. Physical Development
• Development of internal as well as
external organs
• Increase in bodily tissues
• Changes in height, weight, body
proportions, bone growth, muscular
development and development of nervous
system

4. Motor Development
• Control over the body, particularly muscles
and physical coordination
• Advancements and refinements of motor
skills, children's abilities to use and control
their bodies.
• Control over gross movements and finer
co ordinations

5. Gross motor skills
• Development and control of the whole body
and the larger muscles

6. Gross motor skills

7. Fine motor skills
• Development and control of smaller
muscles of the hands, fingers and feet
• For e.g. grasping, throwing, drawing,
fastening buttons and threading beads

9. Emotional Development
• Emotional development is about an
individual’s feelings for and about other
people, objects, situations and
experiences
• It is a process that a child develops from
dependence to a fully functioning adult
• Positive emotions- love, joy,
elation,affection etc.
• Negative emotions -fear, anger, jealousy,
anxiety etc.

11. Social Development
• Acquisition of the ability to behave in
accordance with social expectations

13. Intellectual Development
• Ability to learn and solve problems
• Intellectual development is all about
learning. It is about how individuals
organise their minds, ideas and
thoughts to make sense of the world
they live in

14. • Characterised by such abilities as Verbal
comprehension, Word fluency, Numerical
ability, Imagination, Problem solving,
Creativity, Concepts, Memory,
Concentration, Reasoning etc..

15. Moral Development
• Learn the differences between
right and wrong
• Development of conscience
• Learn to control their own
behaviour