Category: Module 9: Cognitive Development

Module 9 Cognitive Development Activity #3: Development of a 9-month-old Baby

Review the developmental milestones for a 9-month-old baby: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-9mo.html

Watch this video of a 9-month-old baby.

Answer the questions below:

  1. What milestones is this baby demonstrating in the video (social and emotional, language/ communication, movement/ physical development, and cognitive)?
  2. How is this baby’s development & abilities different from the six-month-old we watched last module?

 

 

 

 

 

Module 9 Activity #1 Overview of Infant Cognitive Development

Watch the Infants: Cognitive Development (2010, Learning Seed) video.  The video is housed in the BMCC 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 Laboratory, 1991). Complete this handout while watching the video.

Read Peterson (2012). Complete this handout as you read the article.

Peterson (2012)

Using information from the videos and reading, answer the questions below:

  1. Using information from the videos and reading, what are important cognitive skills babies 0 to 18 months  develop?
  2. How can infant teachers support babies’ cognitive development? List practices that no one has mentioned yet.

Module 9 Infant Cognitive Development Activity #4: Self-Reflection

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?