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Introducing Caring for Children and Young People

A Activity 1: Child development

Write down the age of a young child you know.

State two or three things that they can do by themselves.

E.g. child’s age is 18 months. She can: walk and feed herself using
a spoon.

Age:
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Children’s development is divided into key areas of development. These are:

• Physical

• Social

• Emotional

• Intellectual

• Language.

Physical development identifies how a child’s body develops skills of movement and
coordination. This may be a baby turning their head or rolling over, a young child who is
learning to climb up stairs, or a three year old jumping on and off balance beams.

Gross and fine motor skills are used to create these physical movements.

Key Facts

• Gross motor skills are large movements using arms and legs –
for running, jumping, throwing

• Fine motor skills are smaller movements – using hands and
fingers – holding a cup, picking up objects, drawing with crayons.

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