Physical Development

How the body changes & grows

Social Development

Interacting with

others

Emotional Development

Feelings

Intellectual Development

• Brain...the ability to learn

• How they express what they know

Moral Development

Learning right vs. wrong

Near to Far

Development starts at the trunk of the body and moves outward!

Can get control of arms before fingers!

Simple to Complex

Start with being fed by mom/dad, to feeding themselves with their hands, to using

utensils.

Head to Toe

Prenatally - The head develops first, then trunk, then limbs.

This continues…

Lift head before they can sit, then sit before they can run!

6 weeks gestation