A1 Physical development GapFill

Growth and development are different concepts.  Growth refers to an increase in  abilitiesstrengthdevelopmentquantity; for example, children grow  luckiernicertallerhappier and increase in weight as they get older.  This happens continuously until the individual is fully grown.  However, although it is  continuousunambitiousenormousessential there are times when the pace of growth is faster than others.  When there is a period of growth, this is known as a growth  controlspurtbreakhormone.  There is a difference in the growth of each  persongendergroupage and in the growth of different parts of the body.  The principle of growth is that growth is an increase in some measured quantity, such as  centimetresheightdevelopmentmetres, weight or other body dimensions.

As well as growth, other changes occur as we mature.  Development refers to how complex changes occur that create an increase in skills and  understandingknowledgeabilitiesstrength.  Every individual is unique and develops at their own rate, but there are some key principles of development that occur in the same way for every infant.  The first two principles include that development happens in the same way for every infant.  The first two principles include that development happens from head to  kneeanklefacetoe and from inside out.  This means that an infant will control their  skillsheademotionsabilities and upper body first before their lower body.  They will control their  tempertorsolegsemotions before their outer limbs.  The other two principles are that development happens in the same  bodyperiodsequenceprocess but at different rates, and that each area of development is dependent on another, which means that development is  fastincreasedslowholistic.