1. Bell Ringer 11/3/2014
Describe three physical characteristics of toddlers. Explain why they have that characteristic.
For example: Toddlers fall down a lot because they are still learning to walk.

2. Toddlers One year old Three year old Moves with uncertainty
Needs help dressing
Eats messily
Three year old
Can run and jump
Gets dressed alone
Eats neatly with a fork or spoon

3. Toddler Development
Physical Development

4. What we will do today:
Standard 10: Compare and contrast physical, emotional, cognitive, and social milestones of development from toddlerhood through adolescence.
I can describe aspects of physical development in toddlers.
I can reflect on aspects of physical development in toddlers.

5. Why is this important?
If you’re teaching a toddler why is knowing about their physical development important?
Toddlers learn by doing, investigating, and touching.
Toddlers learn through play.

6. Toddlers Developmental Milestones Video

7. Toddlers Learning Toddlers want to do things on their own.
Often their motor skills are not fully developed and sometimes they can become very frustrated.

8. Gross Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills involve the use of large muscles
What are examples of skills that you will see a toddler do that would involve gross motor skills?

9. Gross Motor Skills
Walking
Running
Jumping
Kicking
Climbing

10. Fine Motor Skills Uses smaller muscles.
Requires hand-eye coordination and Dexterity.

11. Fine Motor Skills Scribbling Stacking blocks Using a spoon
Drinking from a cup.

12. Let’s see what it’s like to be a toddler…
You will complete the three simulations on the activity sheet.
After you complete the activity write a reflection about your experience and how it might affect learning.

13. How did it go???

14. Closing Activity
On the same sheet that you completed your bell ringer answer the following questions:
3 things you learned about toddlers physical development
2 things you want more information on
1 thing you already knew

15. Bell Ringer
What can a teacher of toddlers do to make sure that all of her students are socializing?

16. I can identify aspects of social development in toddlers.

17. Socialization The process of learning to get along with others
Who do toddlers interact with that help them with socialization?

18. Learning socialization through play

19. 18 months
Parallel Play

20. 18 months – 2 ½ years old 18 months 2 Years 2 ½ years
Dislikes sharing toys
Fears some strangers
2 Years
Beginning to understand taking turns/ sharing
2 ½ years
Concerned with fairness – for themselves

21. 3 years old
Cooperative Play

22. 3 Years Old Cooperative play Will start to seek friends on their own.
Likes to help
Shows affection
Notice differences between friends
Will start to choose one friend over another

23. Types of Play Parallel Play Cooperative Play Symbolic Play
Imitative Play
Imaginative Play

24. What can caregivers do to promote good social skills in their toddler?
Basic rules
Model
Understand and respect others’ feelings
Respect for others belongings
Use words rather than striking

25. Break into two groups
Group one: Five reasons it is better for a child’s social development to be in a daycare setting.
Group two: Five reasons it is better for a child to be at home with a parent for social development

26. Emotional Development
I can compare and contrast changes in emotional development in toddlers.

27. Emotional Development
Emotional Development depends on two factors:
1. The child’s experiences
2. The child’s temperament

28. Emotional Development
Through ages one and three children are learning new emotions. They are learning how to express and deal with these new emotions.

29. Developing emotions: 18 months
Self-centered – Thinking about one’s owns needs and wants and not those of others.

30. Developing emotions: 18 months
Negativism – Doing to opposite of what others want. “NO!”
The desire for independence
Frustration
The realization of being a separate person
Why do children of this age go into tantrums?

31. How would you deal with negativism?
Giving them choices
Eliminate as many restrictions as possible
Redirect the child
Encourage talking

32. Developing emotions: 2 years
Less at odds with the world
More developed motor skills and speech
Express love and affection
Seek approval and praise

33. Developing emotions: 2 ½ years
A little more difficult stage – Not as easily distracted
Their ability to understand exceeds their ability to perform.
Desire for independence

34. Developing emotions: 3 years
More physically capable and less frustrated
Want to talk about their day
Will modify behavior to win praise and affection

35. Developing emotions: 3 ½ years
Become insecure
Fears
Self-soothe

36. Bell Ringer Please get out your notes on emotional development.
Come up front and get a copy of “Developing Child” textbook

37. Specific Emotions Use “The Developing Child” Read pages 325 – 330
1. Name the five emotions described.
2. Explain how the emotion is new to a toddler. (How they react)
3. Explain what a teacher can do to help them.

38. Toddlers New Emotions
Anger
Fear
Jealousy
Love and Affection
Empathy

39. Anger Roots from frustration
18mo  3yr
Just angry Towards a person or thing
Physical Name calling, pouting

40. Anger Teacher Should: Use words Speak Calmly
Time in/ Time out – for student to rest

41. Fear
Separation Anxiety
Phobia

42. Fear Teacher should: Avoid passing on fears Discuss fears Read/ Learn
Routine

43. Jealousy
May be rooted in fear
Shows 2-3 years

44. Jealousy teacher should:
Allow taking turns
Discourage taddling

45. Love and Affection
Must learn love

46. Love teacher should:
Fulfill needs
Demonstrate love and affection

47. Empathy
What is empathy?
Empathy develops more over time

48. Empathy teacher should:
Teach / Model empathy
Teach child to apologize

49. Review
What does it mean when we say that eighteen month old children are self centered?

50. Review
How can a caregiver promote their three year old to use their words?

51. Review
What could make toddlers feel frustrated?

52. Bell Ringer
How can encouraging a toddler to use their imagination assist in learning?

53. How Toddlers Learn

54. Neuroscience Neuroscience is the study of the brain.
People used to think that if you provided a toddler with clothes, food, shelter, and a loving/ safe environment it would be enough.
Now we know they need experiences also.

55. Intelligence The ability to understand everyday situations
Use prior experiences towards new situations
Shaped by heredity and environment.
Which is more important to the growth of intelligence: heredity or environment?

56. How Toddlers Learn

57. Concept Development
Concepts are general categories of objects and information
What are some examples of concepts toddlers learn?

58. What are some examples of concepts toddlers learn?
Animals
Furry animal : must be a dog.
Shapes
Colors
Alive/ Not alive
Everything that moves is alive
Time: Before/ After, Later/ Soon

59. How children learn: Methods of Learning

60. Methods of Learning: Incidental Learning
Incidental learning is unplanned learning
Oops I just learned something!
Sharp edges on the table, Sidewalk hurts my feet

61. Methods of Learning: Trial and Error Learning
The toddler tries several different solutions to find one that works.
12 – 18 months looks like experimenting
By three it is more advanced

62. Methods of Learning: Imitation
Learning by watching and copying others
How have you seen this?

63. Methods of Learning: Directed Learning
Learning that is the result from being taught
Deliberate teaching of a skill, fact, or attitude
Who is the teacher?

64. Bell Ringer 11/20/2014
Think about the methods of learning (Incidental, Trial and Error, Imitation, and Directed Learning)
Pick two of them and explain how you learned through those methods throughout the day yesterday.

65. Intellectual Activity Areas Page 356
All of these areas develop throughout life but are especially remarkable from years one to three.
Intellectual Activity Areas Page 356
Attention Memory Perception
Reasoning Imagination Creativity
Curiosity

66. Ashley, Austin: Attention
Kaela: Memory
Doris, Harry: Perception
Alisha: Reasoning
Aurenerya: Imagination
Nicole: Creativity
Ken: Curiosity

67. Intellectual Activity Areas
Group One: Attention and Memory Group Two: Perception and Reasoning Group Three: Imagination and Creativity Group Four: Curiosity and Attention Group Five: Memory and Perception Group Six: Reasoning and Imagination Read your assigned two sections. Be ready to discuss your section with the class. Page 356

68. Attention
Attention span as long in minutes as their age (2 years old = 2 minutes long)
In the beginning not able to ignore extra stimulation
What can teacher do?

69. Memory Short term memory – Recall things for a short period of time.
Long term memory – Important to remember
6-12 months able to remember things for a longer period of time
17 – 21 months able to make memories
What can a teacher do?

70. Perception Perception is information received through the senses.
What can a teacher do to help a child to help a child to learn how to compute information they receive?

71. Reasoning
Making decisions
Choices

72. Imagination Imagination helps toddlers to deal with new experiences.
Imagination is an important part of learning because it allows a child to try new things and be different people in their imagination.

73. Creativity
Using imagination to create

74. Curiosity Helps toddlers to discover new things.
Curiosity fuels the brain and development and learning occurs.
This is what causes children to wonder WHY!

75. READINESS TO LEARN
Children can learn a new skill when they are physically and intellectually ready. This is another term for….
When children are pushed to learn things they are not ready for, they become frustrated and feel like they are failing.
However, if you do not push children to learn things they are ready for, they will become “lazy” and not try.
(shoes)

76. Toddlers Learning Through Play
What kind of activities can a teacher develop for a toddler to learn?
What tools would you need?

77. Review What are the four methods of learning we talked about today?
What are the seven intellectual activity areas?
What is concept development? Why is it important for a teacher to understand?

78. Good Morning!
Please get out your notes on toddler development and start to review them before your quiz.

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We will be working on the research for your social issue research poster and gallery walk.