Development is the term used to describe the changes in child’s physical growth, as well as the ability to learn the social, emotional, behaviour, thinking and communication skills the child needs for life. All of these areas are linked, and each depends on and influences the others.
In the first five years of life, child’s brain develops more and faster than at any other time in his life. The child’s early experiences – his relationships and the things he sees, hears, touches, smells and tastes – stimulate his brain, creating millions of connections. This is when the foundations for learning, health and behaviour throughout life are laid down.
The charts (refer below link) lists the ‘typical’ child development by age and the possible implications if a child has reached or not reached typical developmental milestones.
These charts can be used as a guide to screen if children are reaching roughly appropriate developmental milestones for their age. They can also be used to help prepare child care, or preschool curriculum or home-based activities.
These checklists can be used to by parents or teachers to screen an individual child’s skills, by giving ticking ‘Yes” or ‘No’ to a series of skills and then giving a rough indication of what is outside the developmental norm for that age.
Click to open the charts and checklists:
Note: These charts are only a guide and are not in a way definitive assessment tool. This can be used to prepare assessment tool for development and learning.
Source: Check list Source: kid sense- childdevelopment.com.au.
Other source of article- raisingchildren.net.au