When working with a child in nursery we can act appropriately for their age by being animated and enthusiastic when talking to them, we can also sit down and play games with them. When they are upset or they have hurt them selves we can comfort them by putting an arm around them or sitting them on our knee. When talking to them it is important to come down to their level and make eye contact and smile at them so that they don't feel intimidated by us. We should also make time to listen to them without interupting them and not shout at them as this could be very upsetting for them at this age.…
In order to help children achieve their full potential across the six areas of learning development of babies and young children must be encouraged through opportunities for them to be active and interactive and to improve their skills of coordination, control,…
Educational services continually evolve as new theories and research emerge and are translated into policy and practice (Buckman, S., 2000). Insights from child development research inform the theories, evidence, and controversy surrounding care and education of young children. Rapid industrialization and urbanization, and the establishment of universal schooling in Western societies created a widespread demand for knowledge about children’s needs and capacities at particular ages, not least to inform training for new teachers and other child professionals, as well as manuals of advice to parents. (Walkerdine, 1984; Rose, 1985; Woodhead, 2003). Both of these sources characterize the relationship between theory and research. In this discussion forum, analyze and discuss the implications for theory and research on early intervention efforts for young children. How has this relationship shaped early intervention efforts with handicapped, developmentally delayed infants, and other at-risk infants and children? Cite at least two references.…
Give atleast 6 example for each age group in each development stage. The ages under each section are;…
Between the ages of 0-3 years a child will have developed basic physical skills, social and emotional connections and the foundations of intellectual and language development. As a guide by the age of 6 months an infant will be able to turn their heads towards sounds and movement, recognise familiar faces and voices, look and reach for objects, hold and play with objects and place everything in their own mouths. Socially and emotionally an infant of up to 6 months shall be able to respond to familiar faces and sounds, smile, show affection and associate with simple games such as peek-a-boo. Intellectual and language development can be reflected through imitating others, developing self-confidence in their own abilities (aided by an adult), make a variation of sounds to reflect their mood and…
Positive interaction in early years is fundamental because it can influence personality development and promote positive relationship. “Children ‘bring out’ and ‘show’ their ideas, by interpreting what adults tell them.” Kamii (1998) In other words though interaction with a nursery practitioner who is caring and who shows positive examples of behaviour, a child will understand this behaviour as a norm and will use the…
Young infants need our interaction in order to feel secure and have a sense of self- confidence. Feeling safe in their environment and with you is very important. I make sure to constantly be there for the infant when the child needs me for feeding, diapering, play time and soothe the child when upset. Playing with the child allows the infant to grow in all aspects of self-development and other developmental skills. Young infants need the one on one and to be treated as an individual as well. Each infant has their own way of showing their needs. Knowing their different expressions and cries helps me to understand what the child needs.…
Babies – respond to voices and faces and recognise the familiar. They feel secure when cuddled.…
New born babies often cry when they are hungry, tired, hurt, in need of nappy changing or just for some attention. This is because new born babies have no way of communicating as they do not know how to speak, see properly and understand things. A child at the age of 1 year is able to recognise who his/her main carers are; this helps the child to recognise familiar faces. They can become upset and cry if they are left with someone who they do not know. By the time children are aged 3 they are usually able to play fairly with other children, have less ‘temper tantrums’ otherwise known as ‘terrible twos’ and they are also able to tell the difference between boys and girls such as family members or friends, this also helps them to recognise people and also gain an understanding of their environment.…
Babies need to respond to sounds, especially familiar voices. And babies need to share language experiences and cooperate with others from birth onwards. From the start babies need other people.…
My Virtual child, Anabia, was born naturally. I decided to breastfeed her because that would help me to have a secure attachment with her. However, we also decided to supplement her with formula. To make her interested in her surroundings, I talked to her, hold her, and interact with her whenever she seemed interested. By the age of 3 months, she was showing more intense interest in her surroundings. She was generally calm and easy to soothe a child. If she woke up crying at night, me or my partner respond to her persisted crying. Since Anabia was a curious baby, we took her outside more to relatives and friends’ house so that she gets along well with new people. I noticed that she was learning a thing or two, I started to show her interesting objects such as rattle, mobiles and stuffed toys to understand which one she is interested in and reaching out for…
Children’s development is holistic this means that each stage is interlinked and dependant on the other so that the child can develop properly and reach their full potential. For example, for a child to learn to walk he/she first needs to learn to hold their head up then learn to sit aided then unaided, crawl, stand holding onto things then walk, each of these stages are aided by social development with primary and secondary relationships with interaction from adults with praise and encouragement playing a big part, physical development with the child developing their gross and fine motor skills, intellectual development in early years involves cognitive development, recognising things and prediction. Communication and language development is also linked with emotional development the child has to listen to the parent/adult and copy what they see around them. The child can sometimes be seen as a collection of different pieces which can be helpful…
Care and education cannot be thought of as separate entities in dealing with young children (Eager to learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, 2000). For a child’s development to satisfactory, the care should provide quality cognitive stimulation, rich language environments, and the facilitation of social, emotional, and motor development. These qualities are sufficient for a child’s development and the earlier a child develops these characteristic the better it will be for a child’s learning process. Research also says adequate education for young children can occur only in the context of good physical care and of warm affective relationships (Eager to learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, 2000). Moreover, research suggests that secure attachment improves social and intellectual competence and the ability to exploit learning opportunities (Eager to learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, 2000). Learning is not about absorbing facts, but using new information and relating it to what children already know; also known as fostering prior knowledge. To accomplish all of these suggestions, children should be placed in a setting that supports the needed development.…
In institutions children do not receive as much stimulation as they would in a home environment. Not receiving proper stimulation is bad because, the child's neurons will not make proper connections. Not only is proper connections needed for the child, but the neurons myelin sheath won't fully develop. The myelin sheath helps transmit information and signals from one neuron to the next; the researchers found, that compared to a control group, children's “ white matter connectivity diminishes through the uncinate fasciculus region of the brain.” (2007, pg 59) Not only does lack of stimulation affect the brain, but also affects over all…
| It is important for babies to be stimulated and have interest shown on themIn cases where babies are neglected and not enough time spent with adult, they will find it difficult to learn skills off effective communication laterAt this age babies will be listening to language from those around them and will enjoy songs and gamesTry and speak around 12 months, pronunciation won’t be clearBetween 1 and 2 start to put words togetherBetween 2-3 years children will start to use negative plurals in their speech…