Physical, Psychosocial & Cognitive Development of 0-3
There are many developmental achievements that will occur in areas of physical, psychosocial and cognitive throughout the first three years. Normal developmental milestones nearly always occur in the same order but at different ages for different children. Caregivers are also teachers and must help cultivate their development and learning experiences through developmentally appropriate activities. There are no years more important then these first three years of life and it is of great importance that infants and toddlers get environmental stimulation through physical, motor, psychosocial, cognitive, language and literacy experiences.In the first 12 months of life, an infant’s size increases by approximately 50 percent and “In no other one year period until puberty are there so many physical changes.’ . There are many milestones in the infant’s physical and motor development and their motor development will move from gross to fine in two distinct patterns. The cephalocaudal pattern is where motor control of the head to arms is achieved first then to trunk and legs. The proxmidodestal pattern is where command of head to the trunk is achieved first, followed by arms to the fingers and feet. Newborns respond physically t
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Approximate Word count = 3386
Approximate Pages = 14 (250 words per page double spaced)
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