Bell Ringer11/3/2014

• Describe three physical characteristics of toddlers. Explain why they have that characteristic.

• For example: Toddlers fall down a lot because they are still learning to walk.

Toddlers

• One year old– Moves with uncertainty – Needs help dressing– Eats messily

• Three year old– Can run and jump– Gets dressed alone– Eats neatly with a fork or spoon

Toddler Development

Physical Development

What we will do today:

• Standard 10: Compare and contrast physical, emotional, cognitive, and social milestones of development from toddlerhood through adolescence.

• I can describe aspects of physical development in toddlers.

• I can reflect on aspects of physical development in toddlers.

Why is this important?

• If you’re teaching a toddler why is knowing about their physical development important?

• Toddlers learn by doing, investigating, and touching.

• Toddlers learn through play.

Toddlers Developmental Milestones Video

Toddlers Learning

• Toddlers want to do things on their own.

• Often their motor skills are not fully developed and sometimes they can become very frustrated.

Gross Motor Skills

• Gross Motor Skills involve the use of large muscles

• What are examples of skills that you will see a toddler do that would involve gross motor skills?

Gross Motor Skills

• Walking• Running• Jumping• Kicking• Climbing

Fine Motor Skills

• Uses smaller muscles.

• Requires hand-eye coordination and Dexterity.

Fine Motor Skills

• Scribbling• Stacking blocks• Using a spoon• Drinking from a cup.

Let’s see what it’s like to be a toddler…

• You will complete the three simulations on the activity sheet.

• After you complete the activity write a reflection about your experience and how it might affect learning.

How did it go???

Closing Activity

• On the same sheet that you completed your bell ringer answer the following questions:

• 3 things you learned about toddlers physical development

• 2 things you want more information on• 1 thing you already knew

Bell Ringer11-5-2014

• What can a teacher of toddlers do to make sure that all of her students are socializing?

Social Development

I can identify aspects of social development in toddlers.

Socialization

• The process of learning to get along with others

• Who do toddlers interact with that help them with socialization?

Learning socialization through play

18 months

• Parallel Play

18 months – 2 ½ years old

• 18 months– Dislikes sharing toys– Fears some strangers

• 2 Years – Beginning to understand taking turns/ sharing

• 2 ½ years – Concerned with fairness – for themselves

3 years old

• Cooperative Play

3 Years Old

• Cooperative play• Will start to seek friends on their own. • Likes to help• Shows affection• Notice differences between friends• Will start to choose one friend over another

Types of Play

• Parallel Play• Cooperative Play• Symbolic Play• Imitative Play• Imaginative Play

What can caregivers do to promote good social skills in their toddler?

• Basic rules• Model• Understand and respect others’ feelings• Respect for others belongings• Use words rather than striking

Break into two groups

• Group one: Five reasons it is better for a child’s social development to be in a daycare setting.

• Group two: Five reasons it is better for a child to be at home with a parent for social development

Emotional Development

I can compare and contrast changes in emotional development in

toddlers.

Emotional Development

• Emotional Development depends on two factors:1. The child’s experiences2. The child’s temperament

Emotional Development

• Through ages one and three children are learning new emotions. They are learning how to express and deal with these new emotions.

Developing emotions: 18 months

• Self-centered – Thinking about one’s owns needs and wants and not those of others.

Developing emotions: 18 months

• Negativism – Doing to opposite of what others want. “NO!”

• The desire for independence• Frustration• The realization of being a separate person

• Why do children of this age go into tantrums?

How would you deal with negativism?

• Giving them choices• Eliminate as many restrictions as possible• Redirect the child• Encourage talking

Developing emotions: 2 years

• Less at odds with the world• More developed motor skills and speech• Express love and affection• Seek approval and praise

Developing emotions: 2 ½ years

• A little more difficult stage – Not as easily distracted

• Their ability to understand exceeds their ability to perform.

• Desire for independence

Developing emotions: 3 years

• More physically capable and less frustrated

• Want to talk about their day

• Will modify behavior to win praise and affection

Developing emotions: 3 ½ years

• Become insecure • Fears

• Self-soothe

Bell Ringer

• Please get out your notes on emotional development.

• Come up front and get a copy of “Developing Child” textbook

Specific EmotionsUse “The Developing Child”

Read pages 325 – 330

1. Name the five emotions described.2. Explain how the emotion is new to a toddler.

(How they react)3. Explain what a teacher can do to help them.

Toddlers New Emotions

• Anger• Fear• Jealousy• Love and Affection• Empathy

Anger

• Roots from frustration

18mo ----------------------------------------- 3yrJust angry Towards a person or thing

18mo ----------------------------------------- 3yrPhysical Name calling, pouting

Anger Teacher Should:

• Use words• Speak Calmly• Time in/ Time out – for student to rest

Fear

• Separation Anxiety

• Phobia

Fear Teacher should:

• Avoid passing on fears• Discuss fears• Read/ Learn• Routine

Jealousy

• May be rooted in fear

• Shows 2-3 years

Jealousy teacher should:

• Allow taking turns• Discourage taddling

Love and Affection

• Must learn love

Love teacher should:

• Fulfill needs• Demonstrate love and affection

Empathy

• What is empathy?

• Empathy develops more over time

Empathy teacher should:

• Teach / Model empathy• Teach child to apologize

Review

• What does it mean when we say that eighteen month old children are self centered?

Review

• How can a caregiver promote their three year old to use their words?

Review

• What could make toddlers feel frustrated?

Bell Ringer

• How can encouraging a toddler to use their imagination assist in learning?

How Toddlers Learn

Neuroscience

• Neuroscience is the study of the brain.

• People used to think that if you provided a toddler with clothes, food, shelter, and a loving/ safe environment it would be enough.

• Now we know they need experiences also.

Intelligence

• The ability to understand everyday situations• Use prior experiences towards new situations

• Shaped by heredity and environment.

• Which is more important to the growth of intelligence: heredity or environment?

How Toddlers Learn

Concept Development

• Concepts are general categories of objects and information

• What are some examples of concepts toddlers learn?

What are some examples of concepts toddlers learn?

• Animals– Furry animal : must be a dog.

• Shapes• Colors• Alive/ Not alive– Everything that moves is alive

• Time: Before/ After, Later/ Soon

How children learn: Methods of Learning

Methods of Learning: Incidental Learning

• Incidental learning is unplanned learning• Oops I just learned something!

Methods of Learning: Trial and Error Learning

• The toddler tries several different solutions to find one that works.

• 12 – 18 months looks like experimenting • By three it is more advanced

Methods of Learning:Imitation

• Learning by watching and copying others

• How have you seen this?

Methods of Learning:Directed Learning

• Learning that is the result from being taught• Deliberate teaching of a skill, fact, or attitude

• Who is the teacher?

Bell Ringer 11/20/2014

• Think about the methods of learning (Incidental, Trial and Error, Imitation, and Directed Learning)

• Pick two of them and explain how you learned through those methods throughout the day yesterday.

Intellectual Activity AreasPage 356

Attention Memory PerceptionReasoning Imagination Creativity

Curiosity

All of these areas develop throughout life but are especially remarkable from years

one to three.

• Ashley, Austin: Attention • Kaela: Memory • Doris, Harry: Perception• Alisha: Reasoning • Aurenerya: Imagination • Nicole: Creativity • Ken: Curiosity

Intellectual Activity AreasGroup One: Attention and MemoryGroup Two: Perception and ReasoningGroup Three: Imagination and CreativityGroup Four: Curiosity and AttentionGroup Five: Memory and Perception Group Six: Reasoning and Imagination

Read your assigned two sections. Be ready to discuss your section with the class. Page 356

Attention

• Attention span as long in minutes as their age (2 years old = 2 minutes long)

• In the beginning not able to ignore extra stimulation

• What can teacher do?

Memory

• Short term memory – Recall things for a short period of time.

• Long term memory – Important to remember

• 6-12 months able to remember things for a longer period of time

• 17 – 21 months able to make memories

• What can a teacher do?

Perception

• Perception is information received through the senses.

• What can a teacher do to help a child to help a child to learn how to compute information they receive?

Reasoning

• Making decisions

• Choices

Imagination

• Imagination helps toddlers to deal with new experiences.

• Imagination is an important part of learning because it allows a child to try new things and be different people ---in their imagination.

Creativity

• Using imagination to create

Curiosity

• Helps toddlers to discover new things.

Curiosity fuels the brain and development and learning occurs.

This is what causes children to wonder WHY!

READINESS TO LEARN

Children can learn a new skill when they are physically and intellectually ready. This is another term for….

When children are pushed to learn things they are not ready for, they become frustrated and feel like they

are failing.

However, if you do not push children to learn things they are ready for, they will become

“lazy” and not try.

(shoes)

Toddlers Learning Through Play

• What kind of activities can a teacher develop for a toddler to learn?

• What tools would you need?

Review

• What are the four methods of learning we talked about today?

• What are the seven intellectual activity areas?

• What is concept development? Why is it important for a teacher to understand?

Good Morning!

• Please get out your notes on toddler development and start to review them before your quiz.

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