infants: intellectual development
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Infants: Intellectual Development. Child Development. Curiosity. How does curiosity lead you to learn??? What things to infants need to learn about the world around them?. Learning in the first year. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Infants:Intellectual DevelopmentChild Development
CuriosityHow does curiosity lead you to
learn???What things to infants need to
learn about the world around them?
Learning in the first yearA baby’s brain is fed by what he or she
experiences through the senses. These experiences help the baby become organized.
Baby’s ability to learn from the senses, called perception, improves.
In just a few months babies can see farther away and learn hand-eye coordination
Babies develop for abilities that show growing thinking power:◦ Remembering◦ Making Associations (Parent=care)◦ Understanding Cause and Effect◦ Paying Attention
Piaget’s Theories Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, found that intellectual development followed a pattern. Children learn to master one thinking skill before
they can master another one.◦ Sensorimotor Period
Birth – 2 years Children learn through senses and their own actions Babies learn that objects do not just disappear (Peek-a-boo)
◦ Preoperational Period 2-7 years: Children think in terms of their own activities and
what they perceive at the moment◦ Concrete Operations
7-11 years: Children can think logically but still learn best through experience
◦ Formal Operations 11 years-Adulthood: People are capable of abstract thinking
Major steps in Intellectual development
1-2 months◦ Follows objects with eyes◦ Prefers faces to objects, recognizes certain voices◦ Cries to get needs met
3-4 months◦ Recognizes caregivers face, responds to talking◦ Grasps and swipes at objects, practices sounds◦ Interested in their hands and feet
5-6 months◦ Alert for long periods of time◦ Reaches for things and holds onto them◦ Studies objects and looks for things that are dropped◦ Loves Peek-a-boo◦ Recognizes their own voice and recognizes angry voices
Stages (Continued) 7-8 months
◦ Imitates actions of others◦ Begins to understand cause and effect◦ Remembers things that have happened◦ Sorts objects by size, solves simple problems◦ Babbling speech, remembers some words
9-10 months◦ Search for hidden objects, take objects out and put them back
in◦ Plays patty cake and handles large objects well◦ Responds to some words, may say some words◦ Obeys simple commands
11-12 months◦ Manipulates objects skillfully◦ Likes picture books◦ Knows parts of body◦ Recognizes many words and speaks some words
Ways to help baby learnLearn about child development
through booksGive your time and attentionProvide positive feedbackExpress your loveTALK, TALK, TALKProvide a safe learning
environment
Play is important!There are many toys for many
age groupsChoose toys that are appropriate
for age group, but also challenging so they can move ahead in development
Make sure toys are safe and not recalled
Check Out These Toys:
Birth to Three months
Four to Six months
Seven to Nine months
Ten to Twelve months
Journal: Choose one (4-5 sentences)
Think about toys you played with as a child. Can you think of a toy that was particularly important to you? Describe that toy and how it helped your development.
Think about yourself as a parent. Of the toys we talked about today, which toy would you definitely buy for your child? Why is this toy important to their development?