This free online child psychology course explains how to help children develop holistically through educational play. This child psychology course explores many aspects of early childhood development. We explain the important theories of cognitive development and highlight the growth milestones that mark the critical stages of the early years. This course suits parents, child psychologists, preschool teachers or childcare providers who want to learn how to track and positively impact children's balanced and holistic development through play and education.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 192330 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Discuss the specifics of the four stages of Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory • Explain how motor coordination and motor-control skills emerge in early childhood • Indicate the factors that affect emotional and personality development in children • Discuss the factors and dimensions of a child’s sexual development • Describe the impact of games or play in terms of the educational and psychological development of children • Identify the features of the period of early childhood • Indicate how children can learn to solve problems • Describe the relevance of the three stages of Bruner’s theory for a child’s development • List the language development stages that a young child goes through • Outline the factors that affect language development in children • Discuss the critical aspects of physical development in children • Summarize the stages of moral development and interpret some theorists’ views |
| Course Code | 1288 |

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