Product Description

 

• Enables you to build up a picture of a child's progress throughout their development.
• Guides you through the age-related behaviour to expect from a growing child.
• It can reassure you that a child is developing normally or allow you to identify a child who, for some reason, may not be following developmental milestones.
• The safety, ICT and nutrition guidelines provided throughout offer useful tips to bear in mind when working with children.
• The book benefits from Carolyn Meggitt's vast experience as an early years teacher who has written several successful textbooks on childcare and education.

Bonus DVD edition now available!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2735 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

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Customer Reviews

Brilliant for Child care practitioners and all.
This book was a core book to use as part of my Cache diploma level three in childcare and education course at college 2 years ago. (I don't know what i would have done without it...)
The book contains sections regarding child development starting from birth to 8 years. I found this book really easy to use, furthermore, the language used in the book is also easy for us to understand and relate to.

I was particuarly impressed with the recommended actvities section for each age group situated within the book. Also there is a section on meeting the needs of all children including children with special educational needs which i thought was a good idea to include as i have a family member who has SEN and i also work with children with SEN too. This allowed me the opportunity to use some of the recommended actvities and helped me in the assistance of my assignments which are part of the course.

I am currently studying early childhood studies at university and i can reflect and refer to this book when needing information. I have told other students about this book and they are buying it.

A simple clear and concise guide to child development
This book is a gem to anyone wanting to know about stages in a childs development, parents, carers or students like myself.It is clearly set out, broken down in to age groups and within that sub headings discussing the stages a child may have reached in a variety of areas, Gross motor skills, fine motor skills sensory development, cognitive and language development, emotional and social development and play.The details of each section is simply bullet pointed underneath. To follow on from this Carolyn Meggitt has written ideas for activities and suggestions for promoting development for each age group. Overall this book has simplified detail of a child's development which is easy to read and refer to.

excellant
This book is a must for anyone doing courses in childcare.
It is written in clear and is very easy to understand. I have found it invaluable whilst attending my cache diploma course. I have even used it to assess my own children. This book focuses on all child development upto the age of 16.