Child Development Chapter 5

If height/weight is below the 5th percentile or above the 95th the child is considered at risk

Sight is immature at birth and lacks acuity, but infants can scan from birth?

Babies are wired to learn things they are never taught?

Nearly 1 out of every 40 infants are victims of abuse and experience stress?

Poor quality childcare can lead to delayed language, lower reading skills and aggression?

Meet fire department and safety standards and have safety glass in low windows are?

Adequate space for children both indoors and outdoors is high quality child care environment?

Fecal materials is covered by folding the diaper inward and placing it in a waste container?

Safety and Illness Prevention

Height and weight percentage charts are used to obtain accurate measure of growth?

From gross motor movements to specific movements

High needs for nutrients and small stomach, feeding on demand is recommended for 4 months

Focus on learning specific behaviors in the best possible environment (baby tender)

Kids build mental pictures based on social experiences: imitation begins, learn by observation

Feeding is a source of nutrients and socializing?

Why kids can have delays..

Obesity can lead to major health problems beginning in infancy?

Fear and anxiety can disrupt brain development?

A term describing growth and development from the head to the toe?

Introducing semisolid foods too early or feeding cereal from a bottle may contribute to obesity

Safety and Illness prevention?

A term describing growth and development from the center out

Easily cleaned walls and floor coverings are important physical environments along with...

Develops in stages, each begins and ends with a crisis. Birth-2 months is first crisis.

71% of children have a serious ear infection before the age of 3?

Parent education, providing information and materials to parents of young children..

33% of kids have 3 or more ear infections before the age of 3, this may impair hearing/language

Combining specific movements to preform more complex activities, such as walking/climbing

Babies construct knowledge from their everyday life?

It is important for caregivers to read individual infant cues and respond appropriately.

Key indicators of quality childcare include programs based on child development and...

Obesity can result in diabetes, asthma, sleep apnea and a lower quality of life?

Environment should be...

The rate of physical growth is most rapid during the first year?

Self concepts begin at birth, parents need to be accepting of children and themselves.

The set order in which growth proceeds

Protection for disease through inoculation, only 75% of children get inoculations?

Children vary in growth rates-girls faster then boys until adolescence

Environmental hazards: pesticides, tobacco, toxic art material, lead, stale air and asbestos?

There are six systems of sensations?

The sense that tells us where are bodies are in relation to the whole.

RSV-is a viral infection that begins as a cold, then mild fever, wheezing and rapid breathing?

Adults should respect infant cues when full and not force them to finish the bottle?

Place disposable paper under the infant's bottom?

The six systems are?

Weighing more than is appropriate for one's height is

The process the child goes through as control is gained of specific parts of the body?

Reflexes: Involuntary movements presents at birth, include...

Safety and Illness Prevention

Trust develops through relationships during feeding and routines(trust vs mistrust)

Quality child care can lead to greater thinking and attention skills an fewer behavior problems

The idea that growth in certain areas may be more important at particular times

The teacher's role is to be?

Sturdy furniture, good lighting, adequate sanitary facilities are all what?

The way we know about what goes on outside our bodies?

Infants oral gratification is a critical influence on emotional and personality development.

Sensiormotor period, birth-2 yrs. Use senses to learn info and build motor skills