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Teacher introduces the principles of growth and development in infancy: ‘top to toe’ (from head down) and ‘inner to outer’ (large movements to finer movements). Plenary activity (homework task): Students discuss with or adults who know them well, their age when they first reached milestones such as sitting, crawling, walking, cycling, controlling a pencil and building with blocks. 4 Physical development: infancy and early childhood, gross and fine motor skills and growth patterns [Component 1, A1, PIES growth and development in the main life stages] Introductory activity: Students discuss their own development, e.g. when they could first walk and ride a bike. Main session activities: Teacher defines the term milestones and introduces: growth patterns in infancy and early childhood how children follow the same sequence of development but not always at the same rate how development starts from the head and moves down the body. Students watch a video clip of children at play using gross and fine motor skills. A teacher-led discussion covers their physical development. Students work in pairs to research and individually record key gross and fine motor milestones up to 8 years old. Plenary activity (homework task): Students observe infants and/or children (in their own family or on television) to review their acquisition of gross/fine motor skills. Video clips that detail infant observation, which can be useful for discussing gross and fine motor skills, e.g. several video clips of children 3 to 5 years at play produced by the Department of Education: development resource books (see ‘Resources’) Interactive whiteboard Access to the internet 5 Physical development in adolescence and adulthood: growth patterns and primary and secondary sexual characteristics Introductory activities: Students in groups discuss the statement: ‘When does childhood end and adolescence begin?’ ‘Kevin Becomes a Teenager: BBC Comedy’ a video clip that shows the change in behaviour/attitudes as Kevin reaches 13 years (or any similar-themed video): Interactive whiteboard
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