Understand the stages of child development from birth to seven years
This video explains holistic development and demonstrates a couple of relevant activities. Watch ‘iTeach – Holistic development’ produced by the Ministry of Education, Singapore.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Stages of Development - Birth to 7 Years’ from the Social Baby website
- 'Early years foundation stage profile’ from the Standards and Testing Agency
- 'The national curriculum in England Key stages 1 and 2 framework document’ from the Department for Education
- '7 ways to implement a holistic approach to physical development across the EYFS’ from the Teach Wire website.
- 'Baby Brain Development' from the Childcare website
- ‘Progress check at age two: Non-statutory guidance for the early years foundation stage’ from the Department for Education
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Development from birth to seven'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Pattern of development'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ''Expected' development?'.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- ‘Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)’ produced by The British Association for Early Childhood Education covers development in several areas from birth to 60= months
- Click to read ‘Child development – Is your child developing holistically?’ on the Wisdom Times website.
- ‘Ages and stages’ webpage from Speech and Language UK, a website provided by ICAN, the children's communication charity. Click to read this section about the ages and standards of speech, language and communication development in children. The site offers information about how children typically develop communication skills, tips for supporting language at this age, and things to look out for - difficulties that some children have at these ages.
- ‘Holistic development from birth to three’ by Kathy Brodie. Click to read this article. If you want to find out more about this topic you may wish to borrow Kathy’s book ‘The Holistic Care and Development of children from birth to three’ from the library.
- Think And Challenge
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