Child Development Knowledge
Child Development Knowledge
Child development refers to how a child becomes able to do more complex things as they get older. Development is different from growth. Growth only refers to the child getting bigger in size.
PAT looks at four areas of development:
- Gross/fine motor: Gross motor involves the large muscles of the body and fine motor involves the small muscles of the hand and face.
- Language: Expressive language - what a child says; Receptive language - what a child understands.
- Intellectual: Thinking skills, including learning, understanding, problem solving, reasoning and remembering.
- Social-emotional: Interacting with others, having relationships, cooperating and responding to the feelings of others.
The PAT Foundational Curriculum offers activities and supports to parents to develop age appropriate goals for their child.
