“The importance of understanding child development. 1. Aim I am going to create a report to highlight the importance of understanding child development. Through this process I will outline an understanding of the: 1. Stages of Child Development as understood through different theories and view points. In particular what distinguishes development against growth. 2. How development can be measured and observed in the classroom. 3. The report as being a useful tool to a parents in giving them an understanding of the development stages, the observations and they can use on their child in understanding the stage the child is at in development. Contents. Table of Contents 1. Aim 2. Introduction 3. Child Development 3.1 Stages of Development by Erikson. 3.2 Holistic Development. 3.3 Importance of Early Childhood Development and Care. 3.4 Bronfenbrenner Ecological Theory 4. Physical Development. 8 4.1 Physical Child Development Stages 4.2 Gross Motor Development 4.3 Fine Motor Development 4.4 Activities to help recognise Physical Development. 5. Intellectual Development. 5.1 Piagets Stages of Cognitive Development. 5.2 Cognitive Development stages 5.3 Activities that help Intellectual development. 6. Language Development. 6.1 Stages of Language Development. 6.2 Activities that help with language development. 7. Social Development. 7.1 Stages of Social and Emotional Development. 7.2 Activities to help with Social Development. 8. Emotional Development. 8.1 Attachment. 8.2 Bonding 9. Observations. 10. Consultation process. 10.1 Outcome of the Consultation and learning process 11. Conclusion. 12. Bibliography. 13. Appendices. Course Code: Advanced Supervision in Childcare. Level 6 Module: Child Development. Module Code: D3005.”