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patterns of growth and development

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Becky Simon AO1 - Patterns of growth and development From 0-8 years of a persons life they grow and develop in many different ways. Physical types of growth are height, weight and teeth growth. There are different types of development; these are physical, intellectual and social/ emotional development. A description of these and what topics come in them are as follows; Physical development This is the way in which the body increases in skill and becomes more complex in its performance. It includes; *Gross motor skills - these are large muscles in the body, it includes being able to run, walk, jump and skip. * Fine motor skills- this includes gross skills and fine skills for example drawing, using a knife and fork. * Sensory skills - this is the process by which we receive information through senses for example vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, proprioception ( this is the sense that tells people where the...

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