Psychical Development of Early Childhood

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Psychical Development of Early Childhood From before birth a child begins its’ physical development. Once conceived, a child begins to grow, and mature into a baby. Throughout this paper, I plan on explaining some of the different stages that a child goes through, ways to stimulate a child, and along with ways that hamper a child’s physical development I am going do discuss how a child begins to request things through voice and physical actions. During this paper, I am also going to refer to personal experiences that I have seen with my son, Connor. This is hopefully going to give you a real life perspective of what is being presented to you.
There are many different stages that a child goes through when they are beginning their development. Weather it be physical, emotional or cognitive. Today I am going to focus on one of those, the physical development in early childhood. Which will encompass the years from birth to three years old. I am first going to list some of the key things that should be accomplished bye children at certain ages.


BIRTH – 6 MONTHS
They can sit with support
Hold their head up for short periods of time
Can roll from their side to their stomach
And by five months, most babies can roll over

6 MONTHS – 12 MONTHS
They crawl with their stomach touching the floor
They creep on their hands and knees
They can reach for, pick up and hold objects
They start to throw things
They pull up to stand,
They stand holding onto furniture,
They can walk when led.

ONE YEAR
Most walk without support by 14 months.
Most walk backward and up steps by 22 months.
They can drink from a cup with help.
They can scribble. They can stack blocks.

TWO YEARS
They stand on tiptoes.
They throw balls and kick them forward.
They walk, run, climb, walk up and down stairs alone and dig.
They jump with two feet together.
They take things apart and put them...