v Brief Contents 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