Understand about cognitive development in children
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser Learning reading text: ‘Cognitive development'
- ‘Stages of intellectual development in children and teenagers’ webpage on the Child Development Institute website
- ‘Brain development in children’ by the Australian Early Development Census
- ‘Sensory and motor development, ages 1 to 12 months’ webpage on the Healthlink BC website
- ‘Childhood stimulation key to brain development, study finds’ webpage on The Guardian website
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click on the icon to the left to an article from the Baby Centre website which looks at what a baby can learn in the womb.
- Click on the icon to the left to read the foreword of ‘Cognitive Development: The Learning Brain’ by Usha Goswami (Psychology Press 2008) which looks at some of the theories to cognitive development and advances in cognitive neuroscience. If you find the book interesting you could borrow it and read more. Read pages xi to xix
- It has been found that the first six years of one’s life is significant for the brain to develop fully. Click on the icon to the left to read 'Children brain development 0-6 years' on the Daily Montessori website.
- Click to read 'Using brain-based teaching strategies to create supportive early childhood environments that address learning standards' by Pam Schiller and Clarissa Willis.
- The first twelve months of a baby’s life are full of sensory advancements. Sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste all develop faster during the first 12 months of life than during any time thereafter. Click to read more.
- Think And Challenge
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