Watch the Infants: Cognitive Development (2010, Learning Seed) video. The video is housed in the BLCC library Kanopy video database. Follow these directions or use this video to access the video. Complete this handout as you watch the video.
Your best friend heard about a new flash card program that claims to improve baby’s cognitive development. The flash card system is expensive and the program requires her to spend 1 hour a day reviewing flash cards with her baby. Use information from the videos and readings to answer the questions below:
Should your friend purchase and use the flash card system? Why?
Using information from the videos, reading and Power Point, what are important cognitive skills babies 0 to 18 months to develop?
How can infant teachers support babies’ cognitive development? List practices that no one has mentioned yet.
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?
Review this Power Point I narrate the Power Point in this video
Answer the following questions:
We have studied infant development and best practices for infant development. Based on the information in this module and your insights from previous modules,
How do infants learn?
How do relationships support infant learning & development?
Based on your responses to questions #1, & 2, and the information presented in this assignment
What should curriculum in infant classrooms be? Why?
How should infant teachers plan for or develop the curriculum for infant classrooms?
Use specific evidence from each of the readings and Power Points in this module to support your response to the questions under question #3.
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?
After watching the video, create an Experience Plan. An Experience Plan is a type of a lesson plan. Pick 1 of the following activities to use as the activity for your Experience Plan:
Tunnel activity
Water play
Fill in the pages 1-3 of the Experience Plan based on the class and what the teacher did. On page 4, what goals do you think the teacher had for the activity? What did she want the children to practice in each developmental domain?
If you prefer to complete your Experience Plan with others, please 1) connect with your colleagues in class, or 2) reach out to me and I will create a group for you.