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Toddler Spring 2016
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Milestones of Gross Motor Development (months)
11-19 Stand alone 9-16 Walk without support 9-17 Stand on 1 leg 11-21 Climbs (chairs, etc.) 13-17 Walk backward 14-22 Run 16-30 Walk on tiptoes 17-30 Jump in place 22-36 Walk up & down stairs
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Milestones of Fine Motor Development (Months)
Hold writing instrument (i.e. –crayon) Coordinate actions of both hands Build tower of 2 blocks Scribble Feed self with spoon Build tower of 3-4 blocks Draw straight line on paper Brush teeth Build tower of 8-10 blocks 29-37 Copy circle
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Toilet Training Between 18 & 30 months of age Key Signs:
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Piaget’s 5th substage Tertiary Circular Reactions (12-18 mos)
The child intentionally tries an action out, to see what the effects will be (performed repeatedly) Examples? Text: Little Scientists (i.e. – Twins & flushing toilet)
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Piaget’s 6th substage Mental Representations (18-24 mos.)
Child first thinks about the possibilities & selects the action which most likely to achieve the desired outcome
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Text: Lucienne & matchbox w/ chain in it
Language: are mental representations we have of objects, people, actions, & ideas Text: Lucienne & matchbox w/ chain in it Piano Pavo real Paddle board Lacrosse
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Language Acquisition Theories
Praise/reward influences the development of language. Training by parents is necessary for language acquisition. Utterances are learned through imitation… Children are active learners of language. Parents do not have to train their child to learn language Rules of sentence structure cannot be taught to children in order to acquire language… Learning Theory: B.F. Skinner Behavior Ecology Theory: Noam Chomsky
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Language Development Cooing- birth – 2-6 mos.; 1 vowel sound; “oooo”
Babbling- emerges at 6 mos; string 2 + sounds; “papapa”
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Vygotsky & Speech Private speech - children talk to themselves in a self-guiding & self-directing way First aloud Then internally Used to work through new concepts & experiences
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