1.1 Explain The Importance Of Developmental Activities For Toddlers

Children develop at different rates, but often are working towards the same milestones. It is important to create and implement activities that will allow children to grow in these developmental milestones. The activities I have created will allow children to grow in their communication, language, and literacy areas. Infants, ages 0-15 months, are in a stage where interactions are crucial for development. Infants will use gestures to get their needs meet by points to objects or gazing intently at a toy. Infants will make babbling sounds that indicate the infant is aware of the importance of using language. My activity for infants involves using music and movement to increase their frequency with words. This activity will allow infants to come into contact with age appropriate songs. These songs and rhymes will have catchy tunes and be entertaining to listen to for the infants. Singing songs to the infants will help the infants hear more words in a positive environment. These songs will help the infants catch onto common phrases and develop their language skills.
Toddlers will combine words to make simple sentences and should practice their new skills. My activity for toddlers involves different languages to promote English and an English language learner’s first language. This activity involves age appropriate labels to help children learn the names of object in both languages. The labels will be attached to frequently used and talked about objects. These labels will help encourage the toddlers to say and learn the names of the objects in both languages. Toddlers are developing their vocabulary, so this activity will help increase their range of known