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Module Objectives
In this module you will:
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- Analyze the social-emotional development of a baby 0-2 months
- Identify your temperament type and how it impacted you
- Brainstorm how infant teachers can support infant social-emotional development
Activity #1: Infant Social-Emotional Development
Watch the video Infants: Social-Emotional Development (2010) The video is found on the BMCC’s library Kanopy video database (follow these directions or watch this video to access the video); complete this handout as you watch the video.
Read the following articles and complete this handout as you read
Elliott & Gonzalez-Mena (2011)
Review CDC Developmental Milestones: 2 months
Watch this video
Create a unique answer to the questions below that cites extensive evidence from each of the readings and video:
- What are the aspects or elements of infant’s social development? What are the aspects or elements of a baby’s emotional development?
- What can babies do socially and emotionally?
- What should infant teachers do to support a baby’s social-emotional development? List practices that have not been mentioned yet.
- How does the baby in the video demonstrate the developmental milestones for a 2-month-old (social and emotional language/ communication, movement/ physical development, and cognitive)?
Click here to answer the questions
Activity #2: Temperament
Read Allard & Hunter (2010) complete this handout as you read
Watch this video, complete this handout as you watch the video
Answer the questions on this handout to determine your temperament type then answer the question below:
Bring both handouts to class!
Activity #3: Interviewing the Family of an Infant
Use the Family Interview Questions we developed in class to conduct an interview with the family of an infant
Family Interview Questions S21 OLThese resources should help you as you interview the family:
- this Power Point that describes the assignment
- these guidelines for conducting an interview with the family of an infant
Activity #4: Self-Reflection
At the end of the semester you will help to 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 week’s modules for ECE 209-Lecture and Seminar?
- Information/ knowledge
- Skills
- Insights (connections you made or “ah-ha’s” you had about the material)
- How will the material from these modules better prepare you to work with infants?
