Infants And Toddlers Research Paper

EDUC 23329 Infant and Toddler Development and Programming
In Class Assignment #1:Experiences for Infants and Toddlers 5%

Student names:

Comparing the Infant-Toddler KDIs to the Preschool KDIs

How are they the same/different?
Why are they the same/different?
*Using Developmental Rationale
Approaches to Learning

Initiative

Reflection ( only in Preschool)

similarity:
Initiative is listed on Pre-school and Infants /Toddler KDI’s. Both age groups have the desire the display Initiative.

During preschool age children demonstrate it throughout their world, where as the infant/toddler have the desires to be initiative in their environment. This KDI is different in preschoolers because , a preschooler demonstrates their
desires throughout the opportunities that are given to them and act upon it quickly and go with it.

difference:
Reflection is only shown in Preschool development KDI’s

Reflection is not shown in Infants and Toddlers because they are not at the stage where they can express their experiences in language.
An Infant or Toddler has not yet development extensive language to perform a reflection.
Social & Emotional Development

Emotions
Similarity: Emotions is listed in both Pre-school and Infant KDI’s. It is clear, that both age groups display their emotions in their environment.

Emotions are the same in both KDI age groups, because they both express it (anger, boredom, sadness, frustration etc.).

Difference: Preschoolers “recognize, label, and regulate their feelings” whereas Infants and Toddlers only “express” it. This means that Infants are not developmentally capable to identify or distinguish certain feelings.

Emotions are different in both because an infant is not developmentally capable of identifying their feelings using their language. They have no yet developed the language that will help them express their feelings.
Physical Development and Health

Infant/ Toddlers KDI: (13) Moving the whole body
Preschool KDI: (16) Gross Motor skills similarity: These KDI’s are similar because both age groups are using their large muscles (legs, arms etc). Both involve movement with the
body.
This KDI is similar because both age groups have the desire to move their body muscles to achieve a goal.

difference: The difference between these KDI’s is that they are named differently.
Preschoolers only demonstrate the “strength, flexibility balance, and timing in using their large muscles”.
Infants are not developmentally ready to demonstrate their large muscle skills because they are still working on their basics of movement (balancing head, lying down on tummy). Preschoolers have already achieved the basics of movement and are now expanding what they know in basics of movement they learned in toddlerhood.

Classroom strategies
Choose one Infant-Toddler KDI from the first three categories and describe two specific things that you could say, do or provide as an Educator to support learning in the classroom.
You must provide two specific, developmentally appropriate strategies are provided that relate to the selected KDI
Key Developmental Indicator
Strategies

For “Children playing with others”

Strategy 1: Look at children’s actions from their viewpoint. “Two people often see the same situation from differing viewpoints, depending in their individual experience, culture, problem-solving approach, and temperament.” So when they are playing with others imagine how they are thinking and what the other children are thinking to better understand their reactions, or lack of reactions

Strategy 2: Focusing on children’s strengths and interests is a great way to reduce favoritism and reduce playing for competition, or sport. Which is often brought from home and can carry over to simple games where fun is the primary goal (or one of the many things play brings).
Child A says “I finished before B I’m better!!!” you can say “I see you’re able to do X quickly, is this your first time doing it?” then approach the other child and express something they are doing
well.

Part 2

Children have always expressed similar traits while growing up, children exhibit thoughts and wants of a lifestyle that suits them, not an adult’s life (which is probably why they express so much displeasure towards parents that take them to do everything but play.) Many have dreaded the 4 hour shopping facades mother would bring them on, involving waiting hours at a time while she tried on clothes, perhaps this is just the single parent life talking in me, either way the similarities between toddlers and preschoolers are many, the differences fewer still. Between 36 and 72 months growth is substantial, with the toddler usually gaining___ lb and growing ___ feet/cm