Explain The Sequence Of Development And Rate Of Child Development

Sequence of development and rate of development are two entirely different things. The sequence of development is the expected ‘norms’ of development at which the child should be at their age. You will find this in the EYFS or just general child development norms. These charts would give others a rough understanding what the child could be doing. An example of this would be at 12 months old, the child could now be mobile, whether that’s crawling, bottom shuffling or walking. Another example of this is a baby has to learn to sit and stand before they can walk. However, not all children will develop through the same sequence meaning some children can walk before they can sit.
The rate of development is the speed at which the child will develop.

The children’s peers and family is a big factor in which can influence or affect a child’s development. The children’s peers itself will play a big part. The children’s peers can either be a positive of negative influence. It can be positive by encouraging the children. For example in my setting in the 2 year old rooms we have some children who are potty training and some children who are still in nappies. The potties are assessable for all the children and are on show. If one child sees their friend or their peers sitting on the potty it may encourage the child to want to do potty training or start potty training. Causing it to be a positive influence on the child’s development speeding up the process between going from nappies to pants. However it could also be a negative effect because if older children are spending more time with the younger children, the older children may pick up bad habits. For example if they see babies crawling a lot, or babbling the older child may pick up on this and get into more of a habit and routine of babbling rather than using their words or crawling as much as they can because it is

There are children who unfortunately have illnesses, whether that’s a disability, an internal illness or just a sickness bug. When children are ill, for example with a sickness bug, a child would feel very lethargic and will not want to do certain activities. For example if a baby is ill, they will spend more time sleeping than what they will trying to crawl. However those with disabilities and internal illness can be affected drastically. Children with disabilities will struggle more with certain things i.e. sometimes they may struggle more with walking which would result in the child being ‘delayed’ when compared to the development norms. Also when someone has an internal illness, it can also limit what the child can do. A child who may have problems with their bladder may be delayed in their potty