1) Chart showing the different stages of Development against different ages
DEVELOPMENT 0-19 YEARS
Physical Development:
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|Age Range |Description of Stage |Impact on Development |
|0-3 years |Period of fast physical development. |During their first year they gradually learnt to have more |
| |New born babies have little control |control developing a degree of mobility such as crawling or |
| |over their bodies. Their movements |rolling. During the second year they will continue to grow |
| |are dependent on a series of |and develop quickly and usually begin to walk, climb and |
| |reflexes, which they need in order to|start using their hands for pointing, holding and feeding |
| |survive. |themselves. By their third year children will start to have |
| | |much more control being able use cups, feed themselves, use |
| | |pencils and turn pages. They will be able to walk and run |
| | |with more confidence. |
|3-7 years |Children at this stage are growing in|Have more control over fine motor skills such as writing, |
| |confidence and are able to carry out |drawing and cutting. They will also be able to do activities |
| |more co-ordinated movements. |such as running, kicking a ball, hopping etc. |
|7-12 years |As children continue to grow and...