guess the stage!

guess the stage!

Can you guess the stage of development?

WORD BANK: Prenatal, Infant, Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood

• Growth in height slows down.
• Weigh can fluctuate.
• Cognitive functions are active.
• Socially interact with friends, family, co-workers.
• . Focused on work and relationships

• Organs, fingers & toes develop.
• Hearing develops.
• Brain grows at a rapid rate.
• 32 weeks bones are developed.
• 34 weeks muscles developed

• Plays with toys.
• Social skills, imaginative play, and basic problem-solving abilities emerge.
• Enjoy making friends.
• Child uses more complicated sentences.

• Babies interact with their environment by using reflexes, muscles and sensory capabilities developed prenatally.
• Physical development is rapid - doubles by 6mo. and triples by 1 yr.
• Humans are born with every brain cell you will have

• Discovering identity and limits.
• Social Development is the focus.
• Physical changes occur as puberty hits and growth spurts.
• Cognitive abilities enhanced with complex thinking and problem solving skills

Adulthood

Childhood

Prenatal

Infants

Adolescence

How do these stages build on one another?

What happens if one stage’s needs aren’t met?

Cognitive Development Theorist

Quote: “Children are little scientists.”

Jean Piaget

Next

Sensorimotor Stage

Babies learn object permanence

Birth - 2 years

Next

Preoperational Stage

2-7 years old

Preoperational Stage

Concrete Operations Stage

Logical and concrete thought develops

Ages 7-11/12 years old

Formal Operations Stage

Ages 12-Adulthood

Sociocultural Theory

Quote: “Through others, we become ourselves.”

Lev Vygotsky

❤️ Erik Erikson

Quote “Life is a series of lessons and challenges.”

Psychosocial Theory

🪞 Sigmund Freud

Psychosexual Theory

Focus: Learning through social interaction and language. Concept: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Typical: Learns best with adult/peer help. Atypical: Struggles to collaborate or communicate.

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• They know the candy bar if broken up is still the same size and one piece.
• They know if they are around a cat and get runny eyes and start to sneeze they determine they are allergic to cats.
• They know they have a lab and it's a dog and their neighbor has a lab too.
• They understand that others have a different perspective from them.

Focus: How children think and learn in stages. Stages: Sensorimotor → Preoperational → Concrete → Formal Operational Typical: Child uses pretend play. ex. fireman, nurse, construction worker. Atypical: Struggles with cause/effect thinking. ex. Question: “Why did the dog get out?” Answer: “Because the gate was left open.”

• Children think about their own activities and actions.

ex. I want my drink now not when you are finished with the laundry

• Parallel Play - play alone but next to another child with very little interaction.

• They don’t use logic yet.

Focus: Emotional and social stages (Trust–Mistrust → Identity–Role Confusion). Typical: Child tries new things confidently. Atypical: Avoids challenges or fears failure.