Having the right knowledge, skills and experience in understanding how children or young people develop are very important tools for early years practitioners. We must put to mind that each child born into this world is unique. Children are born with different characters, their personalities and behaviours are formed and influenced by a variety of factors. These factors may affect their ways of interacting with the environment and community or setting in which they live in. Most of the time, adults mainly focus on the physical development of a child and so quick to base their conclusions or judgement on the physical skills. The child being able to sit, stand, walk, talk or even making gestures to communicate in which initiated and strongly …show more content…
It is not until we temporarily lose one of our senses, perhaps our noses are bunged up or our ears fell deaf because a of heavy cold, that we start to feel on how we rely on them and how much we suffer when one or more of the senses are not working properly. Sometimes babies are born with sensory impairments and it may take some months before the defect is picked up on. Behaviour Behaviour can have a major impact on child’s development. Children who are un-cooperative, finding it difficult to concentrate, throw regular tantrums, refuse to share or take turns and generally have problems socialising will suffer in terms of development if they are not offered the support they need. Some children are naturally loud and boisterous and find it difficult to slow down and take a rest. These children may be seen as misbehaving when in fact they are simply letting off steam. They may still have to learn what is expected of them and may have difficulty controlling their excitement. Children have to learn how to behave and this can only be done through the setting of boundaries and constant supervision and