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.