Read Guyton (2011) and Shabazian & LiSoga (2014). Complete this handout as you read the articles.
Guyton (2011) Shabazian & LiSoga (2014)Watch Let’s Talk About Following the Baby video. Complete this handout as you watch the video
Answer the question below:
- What play materials support infant development?
- How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
- How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
- Use specific information from each of the readings and the video to support your answer.
Answer the question below:
1. What play materials support infant development?
2. How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
3. How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
4. Use specific information from each of the readings and the video to support your answer.
1. Answer: farbic, play dough, blocks, rattles, books,
2. Answer: helps to nurture imagination and give a child a sense of adventure. Through this, they can learn essential skills such as problem solving, working with others, sharing and much more. In turn, this helps them develop the ability to concentrate.
3. Answer: Talk to the baby while making sure he/she can see your face and eyes, Read books to babies using different voices and show him/her the pictures, Change activities when or before the baby becomes fussy (which is usually when he/she is bored, Place toys within sight but just out of reach of the baby. Just how reading Read Guyton (2011) you read how Kaori begins to remember games such a peek a boo , her being aware of toys because teacher reenforcing.
Janate — Thanks for your comment. You connected Guyton (2011) to your response. You list several specific items to offer babies to play with. I wonder, how would Shabazian & LiSoga (2014) categorize the materials you list? Why are they important to offer for babies?
At the end of the semester you will determine your grade for ECE 209 based on your self-assessment of what you have learned. In preparation for your self-assessment, answer the questions below; you will answer these questions at the end of each module so you have a record of what you have learned over the semester. You can answer the questions here on Open Lab or create a journal on Blackboard (which would be private).
* What did you learn in this module?
* Information/ knowledge
* Skills
* Insights (connections you made or “ah-ha’s” you had about the material)
* How will the material from this module better prepare you to work with infants?
Answer: In this module I learned about Infant Cirrculum which is cognitive skills encompass a babies ability to think, learn, understand, problem-solve, reason, and remember. objectives, attitudes, time, students and teachers, needs analysis, classroom activities, materials, study skills, language skills, vocabulary, grammar and assessment. Also learned about toys and how they help children toys can help develop problem solving skills, teach about conflict resolution and how cause and effect work. It also teaches children about sharing, helps develop their fine and gross motor skills and nurtures their creativity and imagination. This will help me with children by understanding and enhancing cognitive behavior and stimulate creativity.
1). What play materials support infant development?
Answer: The play materials that supports infants development are sing songs, books, blocks, drums, play dough, toys, fabrics, puppets, puzzles, etc.
2). How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
Answer: These play material support infant development by learning about problem-solving, learn about patterns, sharing with others, working with others,etc.
3). How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
Answer: Infant teachers should provide engaging toys/models that are suitable for the infants age, abilities, and interests. Allow the infants to express themselves in their own creative way. And teachers can nurture their cognitive skills by hiding a scarf and playing peek-a-boo. etc.
Lacoya — Thanks for your comment. You list several play materials that are common for babies to play with. I wonder, how would Guyton (2011) and Shabazian & Li Soga (2014) categorize the materials? How does your response connect to the video and readings in this assignment?
1. The play materials that support infant development is puzzles, books, rattles, fabric, blocks, puppets, sensory activities (whip cream or sand), and songs.
2. These specific play material supports infants in their development with memory, problem solving, learning about patterns, being able to communicate with express and learning words.
3. The play that infant teachers should engage in to support infants are reading sing song books, allowing the infants to decided which toy they would like to engage in to see what they do and how they act. Talk to them while they are playing with the toy or book.
Tamia — Thanks for your comment. You list several play materials that are common for babies to play with. Giving babies the opportunity to chose their play activities is important. I wonder, what should babies talk about about while the baby is playing? I wonder, how would Guyton (2011) and Shabazian & Li Soga (2014) categorize the materials? How does your response connect to the video and readings in this assignment?
1) What play materials support infant development?
A mobile device is a great tool that can be used to help support the development of an infant. A mobile is a device that is used in baby cribs during their early stages on life. The mobile device is a tool that includes objects with music.
2) How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
Mobile support infant development because it is a tool that grabs attention. Attention stimulates cognitive development because infants are focused on the mobile tool being provided. They grow interest to grab and hold the object in their hand.
3) How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
Use specific information from each of the readings and the video to support your answer.
Teacher engagement is key to support babies in their development. One of the ways infant teachers can support their babies is by providing them with active tools that are based on touching sensations. The best way to enhance learning is by providing objects where babies can use their hands and eyes to explore and experience (Shabazian & LiSoga pg. 2).
Eunice — Thanks for your comment. Mobiles are wonderful play materials for young infants. I wonder, what other play materials are appropriate for babies?
1)What play materials support infant development?
The play materials that support infant development are toys that are open-ended, non-biased and non expensive. According to Shabazian & LiSoga (2014) “To encourage young children’s curiosity, exploration, and learning, effective teachers provide open-ended materials (p.2). These materials are going to provide the appropriate skill children need to successes.
2)How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
This play materials support infant development in their exploration of the world around them. In Shabazian & Lisoga (2014) it states ” These types of materials do not have predetermined purpose but instead offer many possibilities. Children can start using their cognitive skills to explore those materials.
3)How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
Infant teachers need be speak to the children about what they are playing and creating. Teachers need to be able to say ” woah! look where that block landed when it accidentally got knock down by your other foot.
Use specific information from each of the readings and the video to support your answer.
Patty — Thanks for your comment! Open-ended, non-gendered toys that are made from natural materials are the best play materials for babies! Commenting on what babies are doing during play is important; I wonder, what does it mean to “follow a baby’s lead”?
1.What play materials support infant development?
– fabric, puzzles, books, rattles, songs.
2.How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
– Play materials support infants development by allowing an infant to ex[lore and learn from these materials. According to Guyton 2011 toys and plays naturally provide opportunities for practicing different thinking skills such as imitation, cause and effect, problem solving and symbolic.
3.How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
– Infant teachers should have play materials in the classrooms and engage with the infants while they are exploring with the materials.
Use specific information from each of the readings and the video to support your answer.
Tamaris — Thanks for your comment. Play materials do enable babies to practice different skills — open ended play materials allow babies to use the material in multiple ways and for multiple skills. I wonder, what specifically should infant teachers do when they are engaging and playing with babies?
1. What play materials support infant development?
Play materials that support infant development are things like fabrics, blocks, puzzles, rattles, and other objects that you can offer to children with some specific developmental goals in mind. The play materials are also encouraged to be open-ended, healthy and safe, neutral and nonbiased ( Shabazian & LiSoga 60).
2. How specifically do the play materials support infant development?
Play materials support infant development through practicing different thinking skills while interacting with these materials such as imitation, cause and effect, problem solving, and symbolic thinking (Guyton 51)
3. How should infant teachers engage and play with babies to support their development?
Through teacher engagement in play, they are helping children make sense of their experiences and promote children’s further exploration. Such as knowing what the interest of the child’s are, where children are developmentally, and what skills they want to explore. It is also critical for teachers to incorporate children’s social and cultural background in these materials to be inclusive to all ( Shabazian & LiSoga 61).
Xitlaly — Thanks for yuor comment. Open-ended play materials that allow babies to make meaning and use the toys in ways that are interesting/ make meaning for them are the richest. Incorporating an infant’s cultural heritage into play is important. I wonder, what specifically should teachers do when playing with babies?
The play materials that help infants development are puzzles, blocks, books, fabrics and rattles. These materials help with their development by improving their cognitive and language skills. According to the article, it states that these play materials help with children’s thinking skills. A teacher’s engagement with infants, is important because it’s a teacher’s job to ensure that the infants engage to the activities and explain to them what they are and show them how fun it is. As a child is exploring, it is a teacher’s job to make sure they verbally tell their children what’s going on whether they understand or not. Being constant also help children develop.