CHILD DEVELOPMENT

 

Overview

This is a semester course emphasizing an understanding of the physical, mental, social, and emotional growth and development of children. This course is designed to help young people acquire knowledge and skills essential to the care and guidance of children as a parent and/or caregiver in a child-related career. A "parenting simulation" experience is included in which each student has 72 hours' care of a computerized body called Baby Think It Over. Careers in this area are surveyed.

Textbook: The Developing Child

Requirements

Assigned chapter readings

Daily bellwork, homework assignments

Weekly tests

Journal entries

Biweekly child development article reviews

Baby Think It Over parenting simulation

Semester exam

Course Outline

Unit One: Children, Parenting and You

Learning About Children

Learning About Families

Effective Parenting Skills

Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood

Unit Two: Pregnancy and Birth

Prenatal Development

Preparing for Birth

The Baby's Arrival

Unit Three: Infancy

Physical Development During the First Year

Emotional and Social Development During the First Year

Intellectual Development During the First Year

Unit Four: Toddler

Physical Development from One to Three

Emotional and Social Development from One to Three

Intellectual Development from One to Three

Unit Five: Preschoolers

Physical Development from Four to Six

Emotional and Social Development from Four to Six

Intellectual Development from Four to Six

Unit Six: Special Areas of Study

The Child from Seven to Twelve

Safety and Health

Special Challenges for Children

Careers Relating to Children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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