Showing posts with label Building knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Building knowledge. Show all posts

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Cognitive Development Improved With Focus on Physical and Social-Emotional Development

The third key message of the updated Developmentally Appropriate Position Statement reinforces the importance of integrating all domains of development cognitive, physical, social and emotional. "All the domains of children's development and learning interrelate." Focusing only on cognitive/academic aspects of learning is much less effective than planning cognitive learning in unison with physical, social and emotional activities.

This message also emphasises the importance of building on what children already know when introducing new information.