Explain The Principle Of Infants And Toddlers In Things That Concern Them

Principle #1 – Involve Infants and Toddlers in Things that Concern Them

I used this principle first hand today when I was visiting the mom that I work with and her son. Mom has had a very hard time changing her son's diaper from time to time because he is now at that age where he is very curious and active and desperately wants to explore the world. Needless to say, he does not want to lie still for more than a couple of seconds. I shared this principal with her today and when I went to change his diaper, I talked to him before hand when I picked him up and explained to him what I was going to do. I talked to him like I would any grown child during the whole process and he was very intrigued with the conversation. He was making his normal sounds, his way of communicating the whole time I was changing his diaper. We had a very interesting dialogue going on but it did show that you could capture their attention while
We become so excited that we cannot wait for the new one. I heard the mom today having a conversation with another mom and the other mom was commenting that it looked like the little boy was going to start walking any day. The mom that I work with seemed excited about that prospect even though her son has only been crawling for about a month. It is almost like be excited and bragging about your son being accepted into Harvard. She then proceeded to stand her son up and holding both of his hands standing behind him proceeded to have him walk around the room. I shared with her afterward this principle of just enjoying this time of his development and be more concerned about the quality of the development rather than hurrying onto the next stage. I also shared with her that now is an important time for him to develop the muscles and strength in his little legs and he will let you know when he is ready to