Child Development is the study of children and how they affect you.  

Introduce each other. 

Go over class expectations and rules.  Read Unit 1-Children, Parenting and You, pg 15.  Read Chapter 1, pg 17-Growing with Children, Section 1-Children and You, pg 18-23.

Write vocabulary words in journals.  Complete Sec. 1 questions , pg 23.

Read Chapter 1 , Sec. 2-Childhood: A Time for Development, pg 24-33.

Write vocabulary words.  Complete the questions on page 33. 

Assign research papers and oral reports on Child Psychologists 

Essential Questions:

1.  Why should we study children?

2.  Why is it important to understand not just how children act, feel, and think, but also why they act, feel, and think?

3.  What experiences have the students had with children?

1.  What are some of the theories of the developing child?

 2.  Is development similar for everyone?

3.  Is development sequential? 

4. Does the rate of growth differ from one child to another? 

5.  How are the different areas of development interrelated?

1.  What theory did Jean Piaget contribute to child development studies?

2.  What are five characteristics of development?

3.  Who is Alfred Binet?

4.  Who is Sigmund Freud?

5.  What is heredity?

6.  What is environment?

Objectives:

Identify the main benefits of studying children.  Describe what child development is and why it is important.

Give examples of progress in understanding how and why children develop as they do. 

Describe five characteristics of development.

Explain influences on development.

Compare childhood in the past and in the present.

Give examples of progress in understanding how and why children develop as they do.

Describe five characteristics of development.

Explain influences on development.