1. Intellectual Development of Toddlers
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3. How Toddlers Learn According to Piaget
Children learn by discovering new ways to solve problems.
Beginning of thought occurs from 18 to 24 months

4. Should a caregiver do everything for a toddler, such as dressing him or her, because it saves time?

5. Answer the following questions:
Why should a child care director stay up to date on recalls?
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6. QUESTIONS?? What items should a teacher buy first
How does available space affect toy & equipment selection?
What is maintenance an important factor in choosing equipment?
List the 13 selection criteria.
Why should violent toys be avoided?
What are multicultural toys?
At what age can most children comfortably operate simple computer programs?
What four components contribute to playground safety?
Name three materials that are acceptable playground surfacing materials.
Why do you need adequate space for a playground?

7. Discovering New Ways to Solve Problems
From months, children are busy exploring
Piaget called them “little scientist”
Active Explores and Experimenters
Curious about EVERYTHING!

8. Working Towards a Goal Toddlers can begin to solve common problems
Open Doors
Feed themselves
Dress themselves

9. Beginning of Thought
Around 18 to 24 months, toddlers think about what they do before they do it!
For example, a two-year-old will discover in thought that a large object will not fit though a small opening in a container

10. Thinking and Imitation
Deferred Imitation – The ability to recall an observed behavior and later imitate.
Used in:
Pretend Play
Language

11. Thinking and Goals Shows in reaching goals
What goals would toddlers have?
Reach a toy on a high shelf
Learn how a toy works

12. Thinking and Shape, Size, Color and Texture
Toddlers continue to use their sense to learn about their world.
Red Ball
Big Dog
Smooth Shirt

13. How would a toddler describe the following objects?

21. Thinking and Object Exploration
Toddlers also learn more about what will happen as they handle objects.
Throwing
Rolling
Shaking
Moving Objects

22. Thinking and Language Learning Language
Associate the word with the person or object to which it refers
Milk is a certain liquid, but different than water or juice
Children must recall the word and its meaning when they hear the word or want to say it.

23. Balloon

25. Cookie

27. Shoe

29. Teddy Bear

31. Language Abilities Begins with PARENTESE
When parents speak in a high-pitched style!

32. Learning Spoken Language
Age 1 to 3 = Develops at a faster rate than at any other time in a person’s life

33. Learning to Articulate – (making the sounds of language)
Children who cannot make one sound will substitute another.
For example:
D for th (dat for that)
“per-slip” for “slipper”
“seepy” for “sleepy”
A few children articulate most sounds correctly from the beginning

34. Learning Meanings: A Major Brain Development Activity
Wiring for language is very active in the toddler years
How many words a child understands is related to how much a parents and other caregivers talk to him/her.
Parents/Caregivers who use complex sentences have children who use them, too.

35. Meanings of Words
Cows may be called “moo”
Stove may be called “hot”

36. Vocabulary
Most children’s vocab grow slowly until 18 months to two years of age.
The fastest growth occurs around 30 months of age.

37. Single-Words First Words are usually nouns
For toddlers, actions verbs may include hi, bye-bye, run, fly
Next a child learns descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs) such as big, hot, pretty, loud and fast.

38. Two or More Words After 19 months = 2-3 word sentences
“All Gone”… becomes “Milk is gone.”
“Fly Bird”… becomes “Bird is flying.”

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40. Foldable Time!
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Factors for Language Development