Explain children's neurological brain development from 0 to 7 years?
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I'm having to explain children's development from 0 to 7 years. I have found the book really helpful and completed all the questions apart from explain the neurological and brain development of children 5 to 7 years old. I am unsure what to write here, as I cannot find much information on this. In 0 to 5 for neurological and brain development I wrote about neural pathways and pruning, as well as brain growth. But I'm really struggling to find information about their brain growth from 5 up. Thanks so so much for any help :question help I hope everyone is well |
Hi, if you're refering to this book - Early Years Educator level 3, page 279 uses a table to outline the cognitive development that's expected of children from 0 to 7 years old.
On page 280, it explains how, as you already understand :smile:, neural pruning occurs, helping the speed of electrical pulses as they travel across the mylinated neural pathways. New connections are made as the brain is stimulated with information. Brain Growth: As well as connections forming in early childhood, parts of the brain also develop. An area of the brain known as the frontal lobe, associated with logic and reasoning, is one such area. The increase in neural pathways in this area seems to allow children to acquire concepts such as number and also to solve problems. This free chapter may also help: Birth to Eight - Cognitive, neurological and brain development EYE level 3 Unit 1 2014 Quote: Jargon buster: Cognitive – to do with acquiring knowledge. Neurological – to do with nerves and the nervous system. Cognitive and neurological development refer to the development of the mind. Between birth and the age of 5 years, babies’ and children’s brains will undergo the most rapid changes. and then this different level 3 book - Childcare and Education Early Years Educator helps to explain how a child's brain development is evidenced through their cognition (search inside the amazon preview for the word 'neuroscience' & click to page 24, scroll up to see the tables that highlight cognitive development from 0-7 years). Page 293 also looks briefly at how environmental factors such as emotional (trauma, bereavement or abuse), the wider environment (poverty, lack of stimulation, poor provision for play), cultural (differing cultural expectations and experiences and social (lack of stable relationships with adults, poor role models) can impact on young brain/cognitive development. Page 24: Early sensory development Hearing The middle ear of a newborn is full of fluid and this impairs their hearing to a slight extent. The sense of hearing is still immature, which is why newbnorn babies respond best to high-pitched, exagerated sounds and voices.
A newborn's snse of smell is so well developed that he or she can already tell the difference between the smell of their mother's milk and that of another mopther.
A newborn can differentiate between sweet, salty, sour and bitter tastes. Babies show a preference for sweet taste, such as breast milk, and for salty tastes later on.
Touch is used to describe all the physical sensations that can be felt through the skin. There are separate nerve receptors in the skin to register heat, cold, pressure, pain and touch.
Other useful resources for reseqrching children's brain development 2018 Lighting up young brains from Save the Children This 2012 leaflet from Action For Children shows the importance of understanding brain development Childhood trauma and brain development on NSPCC Teaching and Learning Research Programme TLRP - 2007 Neuroscience and Education Hope this helps xx |
That is so so helpful thanks so so much!!
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