Topics

Chapters 1-7

Overview of the Young Child: Birth Through Age Eight

1. Studying the Young Child

Learning: Birth Through Age Eight

2. How Play, Technology and Digital Media, and Disabilities Affect Learning
3. Factors Affecting Learning

Prenatal and Infancy Periods

4. Prenatal Period, Birth, and the First Two Weeks
5. Infancy: Theory, Environment, Health, and Motor Development
6. Infant Cognitive and Affective Development

The Toddler: Developing Toward Independence

7. The Toddler: Autonomy Development

Chapters 8-15

The Prekindergartner/Kindergartner: Ages Three Through Six

8. Physical and Motor Development
9. The Cognitive System, Concept Development, and Intelligence
10. Oral and Written Language Development
11. How Adults Enrich Language and Concept Development
12. Affective Development
13. How Adults Support Affective Development

The Primary Grade Child: Growth and Development Ages Six Through Eight

14. Preschool to Primary: Bridging the Gap into the Primary Grades
15. Primary Grade Child Development