child development. bellringer: name a time when you said to yourself, “i’ll never do that...
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Child Development
Bellringer:Name a time when you said to yourself, “I’ll
never do that again.” Describe the experience. How did you learn from the moment? Think of both positives and negatives
Much like infants, toddlers learn through their experiences, both positive and negative.
Earlier years, the child is just trying to make sense of the world. Now once a child hits 2-3 they have learned so much that they can engage in imagination, developing their own ideas, and begin to investigate to world.
Ways toddlers learnIncidental learning- unplanned
Trial and error learning- takes several tries before it works
Imitation- watching/ copying
Directed learning- being taught
Intellectual ActivityLearning is rapid at this stage.
Children begin to grow in the following areas of intellectual activity:Attention MemoryPerceptionReasoning Imagination CreativityCuriosity
Attention At any given moment your senses are
bombarded
At young age, it is difficult to focus on one task and toddlers can easily be distracted.
As children mature, and work on activities that involve attention, children begin to grow in this area.
MemoryChildren are able to react to a situation by
remembering similar experience in the pastEx: Afraid of dog because got bit by one
At age of 3 children begin to develop long term memory and begin to retain facts, observations, and personal history:The girls next door is names Keisha I love to go to the park
Perception Perception is the information one received
through senses.
This information reinforces established connections in the brain and sparks new ones
Gradually the brain organizes itself to handle increasingly complex learning as a child grows
Its important to talk to child and ask, “what you are doing?” to encourage child's perceptionsAsking why, what's that?
ReasoningNecessary to gain the ability to solve problems
and make decisions and is also important in recognizing relationships and forming concepts.
Toddlers gradually learning more sophisticated reasoning skills 1 ½ : playing with shape sorter (trial and errors,
trying to fit object in hole until one fits)3: less physical more mental. Recognize the shape
and puts correct shape in right whole
Imagination Becomes very apparent at 2 years of age
Enhances learning because it allows the child to try new things and act out a variety of roles
CreativityMental ability in which the imagination is used
to produce original ideas.
Displayed through objects like drawing and finger painting.
CuriosityMost children are curious about the work.
Its curiosity that causes children to wonder why and how about things
It is important to create a strong learning environment for toddlers because they are constantly learning.
Designing learning activities that hit each of these areas are a great way to help children grow intellectually.
Toddler ActivityYou are going to have about 10 minutes to
complete the toddler learning activity.
While you are playing the game, think about: how the toddler would like this game. What aspect of intellectual activity does this
activity promote? (attention, memory, creativity, curiosity etc.)
Discuss as a group and answer on a separate sheet of paper. 1 per group
Be prepared to share what your game was as well as your thoughts about the game to the class.