There are different stages of a child’s development as they grow from infants to teens to adults. There are different aspects in the development of a child’s personality like physical, intellectual, emotional and social.
The Department of Education defines Early Childhood Development (ECD) as an:
“umbrella term” or a general classification that refers to the processes by which children, from birth until they turn 9, grow and flourish socially, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and morally.”
Child development refers to the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. It is a permanent process with expected series yet having a unique course for every child.
Parents play a very important role in the development of their child’s personality so they should provide encouragement, support and access to activities that facilitate the child in developmental process.
In the early stages of children parents should make their play activities attractive by providing different things. At early stages soft play toys make them happy and they also learn a lot through these types of activities and toys.
It’s the duty of the parents to exposes a child to different challenges according to their age to encourage experiences that permits the child to explore on their own and learn from interacting with their environment for better development.
According to the experts of child development, “Children learn from each and every experience and happening from Birth” so the information provided by parents with the knowledge and guidelines and tools to provide the support, guidance and learning experiences essential for their child to grow and develop according to distinctive developmental plan.
Children’s early experiences, the attachment they form with their parents and their learning experiences intensely affect their future physical, cognitive, emotional and social development.
Optimizing the early years of children’s lives is the best outlay we can make to make sure their future success as there is a lot of importance of all these aspects of life.