CE Infant, Toddler and Early Childhood Development Get comfortable, grab something to drink, and socialize with your classmates. We will begin at 8 PM.

Tonight’s Quote Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers

Unit Four Psychosocial and Cognitive Development of the Infant Learning Outcomes 1.Identify important theories associated with the psychosocial and cognitive development of the infant. 2.Discuss ways to facilitate social, emotional, and cognitive development. 3.Describe factors that influence the cognition, language, and literacy development of infants.

Outline Attachment/Bonding Psychosocial Development Factors influencing psychosocial development Cognitive Development Language and Literacy Development Factors influencing cognitive, language and literacy development

Attachment Theory/Bonding Phase 1 – Indiscriminate responsiveness to humans – birth to 8-12 weeks Phase 2 - focusing on familiar people – 3-6 months Phase 3 – Active proximity seeking – 6 months-3 years Phase 4 – Partnership behavior – 3 years – end of childhood

Parents’ roles What are some things that mothers can do to enable their infants to become secure? What are some things that fathers can do?

FIELD TRIP!! Let’s take a field trip to our Wikispace!Wikispace Select one article to read and one video to watch. Return to the seminar prepared to share one idea from each. – How to Help Develop Literacy Skills in Pre-School Children (article) – Piaget – Stage 1 Sensorimotor (video) – 20 fun, silly development-boosting games to play with your baby (article) – Baby Signs (video)

Psychosocial Development Infant temperament Emotions Crying – mode of communication Self-awareness Facial expressions

Factors influencing development Care Bond and attachments Essential experiences Socio-cultural Social interactions Fit with caregivers Continuity of care Non-parental care Overall health, safety and freedom from stress Mental health

Unit Four Project Developmental Stages Chart Download chart from course page Include a minimum of 6 items for each area Review grading rubric prior to submission Use Word to check spelling/grammar

Unit Four Project Rubric

Cognitive Development Piaget Information processing Social interaction Contextual

Language Development Child directed speech Early exposure Inborn capacity for language? Behaviorist view Language development first year

What are some things that adults can do to assist with language development?

Literacy Development Types of books for infants When should we begin exposing infants to books? Why is this important?

Factors influencing this development Pre-natal factors Health of infant, specifically vision and hearing Proper nutrition Conducive environments Interactions with others

Summary Attachment/bonding Psychosocial development Cognitive development Language and literacy development Consider what you, as a childcare professional, can do to provide the best environment for this development in infants.

Our time is nearly done for tonight. As always, I have really enjoyed this hour with you. I hope that you have a great week!