vi Child Development
Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.
Contents
Unit 1
Children and Families in Today’s
World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1
Learning About Children . . . . . . . . 4
Lesson 1.1 Understanding Child
Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lesson 1.2 Recognizing Principles and
Theories of Growth and Development . . 14
Lesson 1.3 Studying and Observing
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 2
New Directions in Learning . . . . . 34
Lesson 2.1 Brain Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lesson 2.2 Acquiring Knowledge . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 3
Families Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lesson 3.1 Healthy Family Development . . 62
Lesson 3.2 Family Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 4
Preparing for Parenting . . . . . . . 86
Lesson 4.1 Deciding About Parenthood . . . . 88
Lesson 4.2 Parenting Roles,
Responsibilities, and Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Unit 2
Pregnancy and Childbirth . . . . . 110
Chapter 5
Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Lesson 5.1 A Baby’s Beginning . . . . . . . . . . 114
Lesson 5.2 Factors That Affect the
Unborn Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lesson 5.3 Health Habits Prior to and
During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 6
Special Circumstances of
Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Lesson 6.1 Special Medical Concerns
of Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lesson 6.2 Teen Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Chapter 7
Childbirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Lesson 7.1 Decisions Concerning
Childbirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Lesson 7.2 Time to Be Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Lesson 7.3 Newborn Medical Care
and Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Lesson 7.4 Postpartum Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Unit 3
Infancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Chapter 8
Physical Development in the
First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Lesson 8.1 Growth and Development
in the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Lesson 8.2 Meeting Nutritional Needs
in the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Lesson 8.3 Meeting Other Physical
Needs in the First Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Chapter 9
Intellectual Development in
the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Lesson 9.1 How Children Learn in
the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Lesson 9.2 What Children Learn in
the First Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lesson 9.3 Meeting Children’s
Intellectual Needs in the First Year . . . . 264