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Specific body changes and increases in the child's size such
as a child's height, weight, head circumference and BMI -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Growth
An increase in complexity, a change from relatively simple to more
complicated and involves progression where child gains refined
knowledge, behaviors and skills. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Development
, The following are between children in growth:
1. growth proceeds from head down
2. control of head and neck first, then arms, then legs
3. brain, heart and spinal cord are fully functional at birth
4. arm and leg muscles first then fingers and toes -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Similarities between children in growth
The following are :
1. Developmental sequence is similar for all
2. Development proceeds from general to specific
3. Development is continuous
4. Development proceeds at different rates
5. All areas of development are interrelated - ✔✔✔ANSWER-5
basic principles of child growth and development
Principle : children develop in relatively the same ways, there is
a typical sequence of development that occurs as the child
grows, behaviors and skills emerge in the same order -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Principle 1
Principle : body changes in a sequence and gives new abilities;
as brain develops, cognitive skills improve - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Principle 2