Child Care & Development: Revision Exercises

Summary:
Child Care & Development: Revision Exercises is the ideal resource for students following a variety of child care, child development and welfare courses at GCSE and Level 2. Written to accompany the bestselling textbook Child Care & Development, these Revision Exercises are also an excellent stand-alone learning and revision resource.



Each of the 76 topics has a page of questions, including Multiple Choice, Crosswords and Wordsearches, followed by a page of answers, with full explanations where appropriate. Students can mark their own work, identify any areas of weakness, revise and then re-test themselves. The Revision Exercises are ideal for students revising at home or working without teacher support.



Child Care & Development: Revision Exercises is an essential learning, testing and revision resource which has been class-tested for success on students!

• Reinforces and consolidates students' learning, aiding understanding and revision
• Accompanies the bestselling core textbook, Child Care and Development, 5th edition
• Class-tested on real classes of real students!
• Ideal tool for self-assessment, self-testing and revision
• Simple, easy-to-complete exercises - one page of questions and one page of answers for each core topic
• Complements the self-study approach - students can mark their own tests

Table of Contents:
The family and home
The family
Family lifestyles
Variation between families
The home
Parenthood
Family planning
Becoming a parent
How a baby is conceived – male reproductive system
How a baby is conceived – female reproductive system
How a baby is conceived – menstruation
Growth and development before birth
Pregnancy
The expectant mother
Antenatal care
Arrangements for the birth
Birth
Postnatal care
Caring for babies
The new baby
What a new baby can do
The needs of a new baby
Crying
Feeding a new baby
Breast feeding
Bottle feeding
Keeping a baby clean
Bathtime
Baby’s first clothes
Nursery equipment
Development
Why each child is different
Genetics
Growth and development
Physical development
Development of vision
Development of hearing
Development of speech
Social development
Emotional development
Summary of development in the first year
Summary of development after the first year
Discipline
Managing behaviour
Bladder and bowel control
Intellectual development
Early childhood
The importance of play
Toys
Learning to draw
Learning to read and write
Learning about numbers
Learning through music
Behaviour in early childhood
Managing children (bedtime)
Pre-school groups
Starting school
Managing children (shopping)
Food
Food and energy
Food additives
Diet
Weaning
Mealtimes
Food and behaviour
Food hygiene
Teeth
Health and safety
Infectious diseases of childhood
Parasites
Skin problems
First Aid
Common illnesses
The sick child
Nursing a sick child
Prevention of accidents
Safety indoors
Outdoor safety
Safety on the roads
The family and the community
Looking after other people’s children
Local authority care, fostering and adoption
Children with special needs
Help for families
Child abuse
The family and the law

About the Author(s):
Pamela Minett is a child care author and expert.

Readership:
GCSE Home Economics: Child Development, CACHE Foundation Award, CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Child Care and Education (CCE) and NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care and Education. Also ideal as a self-test