Early And Middle Childhood Developmental stages
Early childhood stage This is the period of childhood below 6 years Physical growth The rate of child growth slows down at this stage. There is increase in height and weight ie a child increase in height gradually and the weight of the body compared to the previous stage of neonate. By 12 months the child will tripple their birth weight. There is also the development of muscles . At birth the muscle tissue is at 35% water.muscular fibres begin to grow at the cell fluids and the muscle is replaced with protein and salt. There is development of brain and nervous system. At birth the brain is about 25% its eventual adult age , at 1 year is about 66%.,at 2.5 years is about 76% and at 5 years is about 90%. At birth the skeleton of the bone are soft and easy to break. They are too small and flexible. At the child growth the bones harden. Factors affecting the physical development of the child Heredity This is inherited from the family Heredity Determin...