Maharashtra HSC Child Development study plan

Define child development and distinguish it from growth, maturation and socialization in your own written notes

List and explain at least six principles of development (e.g., sequential, cumulative, individual differences, cephalocaudal, proximodistal) with one example each

Draw a timeline of the stages of development from prenatal to adolescence and label the approximate age range of each

Classify at least ten given influences as hereditary or environmental and justify each classification

Explain how nature and nurture interact, using one Indian family example

Describe the process of conception and the three stages of prenatal development with week ranges

Compare the effects of teratogens, maternal nutrition, maternal age and maternal infection on prenatal development

Outline a practical antenatal care plan for an expectant mother, including diet, iron-folic acid, rest, check-ups and danger signs

Relate nutritional deficiencies in pregnancy to low birth weight and later developmental risk

Solve five short case vignettes asking which prenatal factor is most likely responsible

Chart physical growth and motor milestones of infancy and toddlerhood, noting the cephalocaudal and proximodistal sequence

Explain cognitive development in infancy using sensorimotor stages and object permanence

Describe language milestones from cooing to two-word sentences and identify warning signs of delay

Explain attachment, stranger anxiety and temperament in social-emotional development

Design a stimulation activity plan for a 6-month-old and a 2-year-old using low-cost household materials

Describe physical and motor development in early childhood, including gross and fine motor gains and handedness

Explain preoperational thinking, egocentrism, conservation failure and animism with examples

Compare types of play (solitary, parallel, associative, cooperative) and explain their developmental value

Explain emotional development, self-regulation and the role of the caregiver in early childhood

Evaluate a described preschool setting against developmental appropriateness criteria

Describe growth patterns of middle and late childhood, including slower growth, motor coordination and sex differences

Explain concrete operational thinking, conservation, classification and seriation

Summarize moral development from Piaget and Kohlberg with one dilemma example at each level

Analyze peer relationships, friendship, bullying and social acceptance in this stage

Identify signs of school adjustment difficulty and suggest teacher responses

Describe pubertal changes in boys and girls, including secondary sexual characteristics and the role of hormones

Explain adolescent egocentrism, imaginary audience and personal fable with examples

Explain identity formation using Marcia's identity statuses

Analyze changing peer and family relationships, including conflict, autonomy and parental monitoring

Discuss adolescent risk behaviours and protective factors in the Indian context

List the rights of the child under the UNCRC and India's child protection legal framework

Summarize key government schemes and programmes for children, including their target group and main benefit

Explain the role of family, school and community in child protection and reporting

Describe how socio-economic status and culture influence development, with Indian examples

Match child rights violations in five scenarios to the appropriate right and remedy

Revise all eight domains using a spaced-repetition checklist and mark weak areas

Answer two full-length timed practice papers and score them

Rewrite notes on the five weakest sub-topics into one-page summaries

Practise ten applied and case-based questions under exam timing

Compile a final one-page formula, milestone and terminology sheet