CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The cephalocaudal growth principle means that we develop visual abilities (located in the head) well before we master the ability to walk. After birth, neurons continue to increase in size.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. The cephalocaudal principle refers to the general pattern of physical and motoric development followed from infancy into toddlerhood and even early childhood whereby development follows a head-to-toe progression.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cephalocaudal principle states that growth follows a direction and pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts and then proceeds to the rest of the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -In cephalocaudal growth, growth starts from the head and moves down to the feet. In proximodistal growth, growth starts from the torso, or the body’s center, and moves outwards, to the arms and the legs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Proximodistal development describes the general tendency for the development of motor skills to start at the center of an organism and radiate outwards from there. The middle is the first to develop and movement extends outwards from there. Infants will first learn to move their torso and then their arms and legs.