Chapter Outline

The Story of Teresa Amabile and Her Art

Body Growth and Change

• Height and Weight
• The Brain
  • Brain Size
  • Growth Curve
  • Neuronal Changes
  • Structural Changes
  • The Brain and Cognitive Development
• Visual Perception

Motor Development

• Gross and Fine Motor Skills
  • Gross Motor Skills
  • Fine Motor Skills
• Young Children's Artistic Drawings
• Handedness
  • Origin and Development of Handedness
  • Handedness, the Brain, and Language
  • Handedness and Other Abilities

Sleep and Sleep Problems

• Transitional Objects
• Sleep Problems
  • Nightmares
  • Night Terrors
  • Sleep Walking and Sleep Talking

Nutrition

• Energy Needs
• Eating Behavior
  • Daily Eating Routines
  • Fat and Sugar Consumption
  • Sweets, Snacks, and "Fussy Eaters"
  • Malnutrition in Young Children from Low-Income Families

Health, Safety, and Illness

• Childhood Injuries
• Range and Incidence
• Preventing Childhood Injuries
  • Contexts and Young Children's Health
  • Poverty
  • Home and Child Care
  • Environmental Tobacco Smoke
  • Exposure to Lead
• The State of Illness and Health in the World's Children