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.
Watch Discoveries in Infancy: Cognitive Development & Learning (Far West Labratory, 1991). Complete this handout while watching the video.
Review this PowerPoint I narrate the Power Point in this video
Read Peterson (2012). Complete this handout as you read the article.
Peterson (2012)Answer the questions below:
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.
