Childcare Assessment

Learning in Children3

An Overview of Infant/Toddler Development3

Physical Development of children4

Strategies of Physical Development4

Gross motor Development5

Strategies for Gross Motor Development5

Fine Motor Development7

Fine Motor Skills Strategies7

Strategies to develop Safety Practices8

Effects of Play on Child's/Toddler's Brain9

Growth and Health Status9

Sensory Learning9

Communication Skills10

Language and Literacy11

Social / Emotional Learning11

Childcare Programs12

Vision for Children's Learning13

Belonging13

Being14

Becoming14

Holistic Approaches14

Help Children Think Logically15

Conclusion16

References17

Childcare Assessment

Learning in Children

To determine the depth of learning capabilities of children, it is necessary to evaluate the methodology of children's learning process.

Increasing Knowledge: Children learn from how you deal with them, or how they are told about things. They learn from facts that you tell them, like the lesson of a story.

Memorising: It starts from reading, writing or repeating things again and again. Eventually, things start going inside the brain so whatever you make them do again and again, they learn by memorising.

Acquiring details or measures that could be used: it is about learning the thing that they need to do again and again in the future, so they can do it right when they need to.

Learning is making sense: Learning is about attempting to know things so you can see what's actually happening. Just remember a thing is not enough children should be able to explain things.

Understanding reality: Learning facilitates you to see the world with a different angle. Creating their own sense to understand and realize the reality and existence of things around them. This phenomenon has also known as 'personally meaningful learning' (George Brown, 2004).

An Overview of Infant/Toddler Development

The growth of children during the first few years of their life creates the basis for the succeeding development in all aspects of their life. Although as a common practice, the discussion on early development is restricted within some specific fields. However, there is no defined standard for the number and types of these domains, and they vary greatly depending on the field in which the discussion is carried out. Most of these discussions however include large focus on a combination of the following domains.

Physical Development of children

It has long been established by the developmental scientists and educator, and caretakers that motor play help in healthy physical development of children. Recent study helps to identify specific motor skills that are improved due to play. Studies also establish how parents, caregivers, and teachers can improve play to build up its effects on physical development of children (Dr. Jeffrey Trawick-Smith, 2010).

Strategies of Physical Development

Some guidelines to encourage physical development in children are:

Provide safe learning environments to invite and motivate children to increase the physical use of their bodies, discover their environment, and practice their motor skills in both indoor and outdoor conditions.

Provide equipment and kits that allow them to exercise fine and gross motor skills encourage and support them to develop their motor skills to a higher level.

Involve families in the physical development of children and share information about physical health and development and advise them to engage in suitable home activities.

Serve as role models during health and physical fitness practices to enhance ...