Category: Physical Development

At the end of the semester you will develop a Self-Assessment of what you have learned which will help to determine your grade for ECE 209. 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 the 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 module better prepare you to work with infants?

Read Honig (2007) and Pica (2010); complete  this handout as you read

Honig(2007)PD

 

Pica(2010)

Watch the video  Infants: Physical Development (Learning Seed, 2010)  which is located in the BMCC library Kanopy video database (these instructions or this video explains how to access the video) and complete this handout as you watch the video.

Review the CDC developmental milestones for 6 month old child

Watch this video of a 6-month-old baby:

 

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

1. How is infant physical development connected to brain development?
2. What are fine motor and gross motor skills that babies 0-18 months demonstrate or master?
3. What activities and practices can infant teachers do to support babies’ physical development?
4. What milestones does the baby in the video demonstrate (social and emotional, language/ communication, movement/ physical development, and cognitive)?
5. How is the 6-month-old baby’s development and abilities different from the 4-month-old baby we watched last module?