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CE114Infant, Toddler and Early Childhood
Development
Get comfortable, grab something to drink, and socialize with your
classmates. We will begin in just a few minutes.
Tonight’s Quote
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is
serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
Fred Rogers
Unit Four Psychosocial and Cognitive Development of the Infant
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify important theories associated with the psychosocial and cognitive development of the infant.
2. Discuss ways to facilitate social, emotional, and cognitive development.
3. Describe factors that influence the cognition, language, and literacy development of infants.
Outline
• Attachment/Bonding• Psychosocial Development• Factors influencing psychosocial development• Cognitive Development• Language and Literacy Development• Factors influencing cognitive, language and
literacy development
Attachment Theory/Bonding
• Phase 1 – Indiscriminate responsiveness to humans – birth to 8-12 weeks
• Phase 2 - focusing on familiar people – 3-6 months
• Phase 3 – Active proximity seeking – 6 months-3 years
• Phase 4 – Partnership behavior – 3 years – end of childhood
Parents’ roles
What are some things that mothers can do to enable their infants to become secure?
What are some things that fathers can do?
FIELD TRIP!!• Let’s take a field trip to our Wikispace!• Select one article to read and one video to
watch. Return to the seminar prepared to share one idea from each.– How to Help Develop Literacy Skills in Pre-School
Children (article)– Piaget – Stage 1 Sensorimotor (video)– 20 fun, silly development-boosting games to play
with your baby (article)– Baby Signs (video)
Psychosocial Development
• Infant temperament• Emotions• Crying – mode of
communication• Self-awareness• Facial expressions
Factors influencing development
• Care• Bond and attachments• Essential experiences• Socio-cultural• Social interactions• Fit with caregivers• Continuity of care
• Non-parental care• Overall health, safety
and freedom from stress
• Mental health
Unit Four Project
• Developmental Stages Chart
• Download chart from course page
• Include a minimum of 6 items for each area
• Review grading rubric prior to submission
• Use Word to check spelling/grammar
Unit Four Project Rubric
Cognitive Development
• Piaget• Information processing• Social interaction• Contextual
Language Development
• Child directed speech• Early exposure• Inborn capacity for
language?• Behaviorist view• Language development first
year
What are some things that adults can do to assist with language
development?
Literacy Development
• Types of books for infants
When should we begin exposing infants to books?
Why is this important?
Factors influencing this development
• Pre-natal factors• Health of infant, specifically vision and hearing• Proper nutrition• Conducive environments• Interactions with others
Summary
• Attachment/bonding• Psychosocial development• Cognitive development• Language and literacy development
Consider what you, as a childcare professional, can do to provide the
best environment for this development in infants.
Our time is nearly done for tonight. As always, I
have really enjoyed this hour with you.
I hope that you have a great week!