The age group I have selected to describe the physical and social emotional development in the age group 3 to 7 years.

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E1        Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in TWO areas of development.

The age group I have selected to describe the physical and social emotional development in the age group 3 to 7 years.

The physical development from the ages from 3-7

The physical development for 3 to 7 years At 3 to 4 years they can steer and pedal a tricycle. At 4 to 5 years they can skip with a rope, can throw and catch a large ball. By 7 years they can balance on a beam and hop on one foot these are the gross motor skills which are skills involving movements of children between 3-7 years old, which can take quite a lot of co-ordination. Fine motor skills can be things such as turning a page in book one by one, cuts out simple shapes, colours pictures in and is able to join handwriting these are all skills that involve small movements involving the whole hand and wrist such as unscrewing a jar or writing, drawing and making a jigsaw also known as fine manipulative skills.

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Social and Emotional development for children aged three to five is very important for every child’s development in these are being met at this time of life as this is when they start to become aware of who they call their friends and who are is there all the time and who is not. They start to feel emotions for people around them in their everyday life. For example children at the age of three according to  a child may like to play near other children but not join yet. This is called parallel play when children have not started to ...

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A good essay that has scope for development. The first half covers areas of development and shows some research. However the second half does not continue the thread and so does not meet the brief of the title. It could be enhanced by a little more research and a bit of planning before writing. It provides a good starting point on which to build a good essay from. ***