Hope

media type="youtube" key="X8NC6PRrsIM" height="315" width="420"

media type="custom" key="11389892"

**Brief Memorandum** Chapter 8 was about the physical development of preschool children.The preschool years are marked by steady increases in height and weight. Children grow stronger, their muscle size increases, and their bones become sturdier. During these years the brain does something known as lateralization. Lateralization is the process whereby certain functions are located more in one hemisphere of the brain than in the other. Eye movements and focusing become more advanced; preschool children view objects as made up of multiple parts.This age is also known for children having difficulty sleeping due to nightmares and night terrors. When children become sick it is not always a bad thing. Minor illnesses can help build the immune system as well as help a child develop empathy and help them understand their body. The average preschooler has seven or eight colds a year. When it comes to major illnesses, if the child has to be hospitilized they can develop anxiety disorders or depression. Children are twice as likely to die from injuries than from getting sick. the children to most likely get hurt while playing are boys and children in a low socio-economic status. Preschoolers tend to get brouises easily form playing, but sotimmees that is not always the reason. Some children have parents that abuse them. The different types of abuse include: sexual, neglect, physical and psychological maltreatment. There is a theory known as the cycle-of-violence hypothesis that states that the abuse and neglect that children suffer predisposes them as adults to abuse and neglect their own children. By this age also children have learned a variety of gross and fine motor skills. With their gross motor developments, they are able to ride bikes and climb ladders. With their fine motor development they have learned how to use scissors and play the piano.


 * Questions:**

1. What is lateralization of the brain? And describe what characteristics go with each brain hemisphere?

Standard 1: Use knowledge of how children develop and learn to provide opportunities that support the physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of all children.

2. How can illness have a positive empact to a child's development?

Standard 3: Demonstrate understanding of the conditions that affect children's development and learning, including risk factors, developmental variations, and developmental patterns of specific disabilities.

3. What are the 4 types of child abuse? and give a brief description of each.

Standard 13: Recognize signs of emotional distress, child abuse, and neglect in children and know responsibility and procedures for reporting known or suspected abuse or neglect to appropriate authorities.