Watch these 3 videos:
Promoting Language and Literacy: Infant and Toddler Care (2003, Learning Seed) from the BMCC library video database Kanopy (here are directions and a video on how to access the video). Complete this handout as you watch the video.
Linguistic Genius of Babies TED Talk: Patricia Kuhl (2011); complete this handout as you watch the video
Theories of Language Development (2013, Khan Academy); complete this handout as you watch the video
Read Gillespie (2019) and Kovach & Da Ros-Voseles (2011), complete this handout as you read
Gillespie (2019)
Kovach & Da Ros-Voseles (2011)
Review the developmental milestones for a 1-year-old baby
Watch this video of a 1-year-old-baby (in the red shirt)
Answer the questions below, creating a unique response that includes evidence from each video and each of the articles in the your response:
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- How are the following connected to a baby learning language:
- relationship-based practices (the 3 R’s & attachment)
- individualized routines
- a family’s culture
- Which theory of language development do you believe? Why? Based on that theory, explain how the babies learn the 4 cornerstones of language.
- Thinking about your response to questions # 1 and #2, what can infant teachers do to support baby’s language development? List specific practices that no one has mentioned yet!
- What cognitive, social/emotional, physical/ motor, and language/ communication developmental milestones does the 1-year-old baby (in red short) in the video demonstrate? How?
- Specifically, how is this baby’s cognitive, social/emotional, physical/motor, and language/communication development different from the 9-month-old baby we observed in module 9?
- How are the following connected to a baby learning language:
