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Bringing language, intellectual, motor and social-emotional development together to get a holistic picture of child development in the first three years.

Learning goals

  • Understand how children grow and develop.
  • Understand the different areas of child development.

Put the whole picture together as a group

Refer to the previous four Child Development workshops before doing this one.

Have the full set of development cards available, covering:

  • language development
  • intellectual development
  • motor development
  • social-emotional development.

Have the group spread the cards out on a large surface, like the table or floor, and create the whole picture of a child’s development in the first 3 years.

Expect and encourage a lot of talking and discussion. Check in during this process to offer suggestions or feedback. Once again, encourage the use of the available resources to support the positions.

Resources

Resources to support the sequencing activity could include:

Tākai Whakatipu booklets(external link) – ‘Pēpi says’ sections

Tākai The world of under-fives booklet [PDF, 14 MB]

Well Child Tamariki Ora My Health Book(external link) – 'Learning and growing' sections

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