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HD209: Child Development

Growing Minds: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood (25:00)

This program examines the work of Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget, illuminating the similarities of and differences between their contributions to a greater understanding of the cognitive development of young children.

Physical Development: The First Five Years (19:00)

Three to Five(16:00)

Investigates the development of individuality and gross motor skills along with the first stages of socialization and self-awareness.

Gross Motor Skills

Early Socialization: From Age Two to Age Five (30:00)

Examples of multiple attachment, language development, imitation and identification, cooperative play, self-awareness, gender identification, and social conformity are captured on film and clearly identified with onscreen labels.

Pediatric Brain Development: The Importance of a Head Start (17:00)

This program spotlights children at each stage of physical development between birth and five years of age.

Expressing Emotions