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Child Development v
Contents in Brief
Unit 1 Children and Families in Today’s World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chapter 1 Learning About Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2 New Directions in Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3 Families Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 4 Preparing for Parenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Unit 2 Pregnancy and Childbirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Chapter 5 Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Chapter 6 Special Circumstances of Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Chapter 7 Childbirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unit 3 Infancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Chapter 8 Physical Development in the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Chapter 9 Intellectual Development in the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Chapter 10 Social-Emotional Development in the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Unit 4 The Toddler Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Chapter 11 Physical Development of Toddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Chapter 12 Intellectual Development of Toddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Chapter 13 Social-Emotional Development of Toddlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Unit 5 The Preschool Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
Chapter 14 Physical Developm ent of Preschoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Chapter 15 Intellectual Development of Preschoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Chapter 16 Social-Emotional Development of Preschoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Unit 6 The School-Age Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492
Chapter 17 Physical Development of School-Age Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Chapter 18 Intellectual Development of School-Age Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Chapter 19 Social-Emotional Development of School-Age Children . . . . . . . . 556
Unit 7 Guiding and Caring for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584
Chapter 20 Encouraging Children’s Play Experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Chapter 21 Protecting Children’s Physical Health and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Chapter 22 Handling Family-Life Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Chapter 23 Meeting Children’s Special Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Chapter 24 Providing Early Childhood Education in Group Settings . . . . . . . . 716
Chapter 25 Preparing for a Child-Related Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748
Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .788
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .791
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .814