Growth and development of children

Growth and development is a process that occurs in every creature. Humans, especially in childhood - childhood experience this growth process quickly. (BOHKASIM, 2009)
Developments experienced by children is a regular series of changes or stages of development to the next stage of development policies in general, such as the ability to crawl, jump and run. (BOHKASIM, 2009)
On the physical growth process, there is a change - change in size and maturation functions starting from simple molecular phase at the beginning of the womb, until the teenager with a complex metabolic process. (BOHKASIM, 2009)

From the point of nutritional science, according to Ahmad Djaeni Sediaoetama (2000), growth is the increasing body of material, while the development is the progress of physiological function or capacity of the body or body organs. (Soegeng, Santoso. 2008)

1) Growth in children
There are various ways to follow the growth of children on a regular basis, one way that can readily be done is to monitor the child's weight according to height. The measurement results matched according to weight table height so that the child's nutritional status can be known. (BOHKASIM, 2009)
2) The development of children
The development of a child according to his ability can be grouped in four aspects, namely (BOHKASIM, 2009):

a. Basic motor skills
The ability to perform its apparent movement such as walking, standing, and jumping.
b. Fine motor skills
Namely the ability to do subtle movements that give the precision and coordination of small muscle movements such as buttoning clothes, and winks.

c. Speech, language and intelligence
Namely the ability to express feelings, desires and opinions through words - words, understand and comprehend the words of others, as well as the ability to think.

d. Social skills and self-
The ability to make friends, to know good manners, and follow the rules.