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Physical, Social and Emotional Development of Children Physical development is "the gradual process by which children develop the use and control of muscles"(Yvonne Nolan: BTEC National Early Years), thus the child is gaining a wider range of movements. As a child begins life as a being with "little control of movement and progresses to one who can run, jump, laugh, sing, write with a pencil and control their own small and large muscles with growing confidence. This progression is physical development." (Enfamil: article on physical development.) Physical Development includes: * Changes in motor behaviour - newborn babies display involuntary reflex actions. A fifteen-month-old child can increasingly voluntarily control their movements. * Fine motor development involving movements of the hands and fingers - the early primitive grasp shown by babies as young as four weeks old develops into a very neat and co-ordinate grasp using the forefinger by five years of age. * Changes in the sensory...

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