Human Growth and Development

Physical Changes
- Body growth
  - thinner proportions w/ increased height
  - brain changes
- Motor Development
  - Gross motor skills
  - Fine motor skills
- Nutrition
Cognitive Changes
- Piaget - Preoperational Stage
  - Operation
  - Symbolic Function Substage
  - Intuitive Thought Substage
- Vygotsky
  - Zone of Proximal Development
  - Scaffolding
  - Language
- Cognitive Immaturity
  - May be adaptive
  - Metacognition
  - Egocentrism
Language Development
- Rule Systems
- Vocabulary
- Actual conversations!
Early Education
- Does preschool matter?
- Learning to read
- Can intervention help?