Child discussion

Child discussion

‘This baby is excited when she sees her favourite toy. Having favourite toys is a 9-month social/emotional milestone. ‘At this age, the baby interacts with her toys, meaning that she is capable of picking items, and also she can switch the toys from hand to hand. The baby playing with toys help in developing perfect coordination between the baby’s eye and hand, thus indicating an early sign of the motor skills. A child at nine months must be subjected to playing with his or her toys to enable him or her coordinate both the eye and hand.

1year old

‘The little boy in this video cries when his mom leaves, a 1-year social/emotional milestone.’ At the age of one year, the child can identify his mother or father. He or she would not wish to be separated from the parents. By the babies crying, they are showing separation anxiety because they always want to be with their mothers or fathers all the time. It is usual for the baby to cry whenever his or her parents leave.

18months

‘In this image, a little girl is running ahead of her caregiver – exploring on her own while he is nearby. This is an 18-month social/emotional milestone. While children this age do like to explore on their own, a responsible person must be close by, watching them ensure they are safe.’ By running around, a child is exploring the environment. By playing the child is developing his or her thinking with the items he or she comes across. He or she is creative because he or she would create other things to be used in playing. The child could also be imaginative by pretending to drink or eat something from a cup or plate. Playing at this stage, therefore, helps in boosting the child’s creativity, imagination and thinking skills.

Question three

Am not working with the infants and toddlers, and what I will do would include taking part in helping to develop. Social interaction is essential in these stages of 9months,1year and 18 months. When social interaction activities such as playing or running with the children are well facilitated, I would be helping them with the development of their brain. This is because a child aged 18months can think or be creative. By guiding her or him, I would be contributing to brain development as well as facilitating his or her physical development.

Question four

The aspect of separation of anxiety a child shows when he or she remains with a caregiver. The child shows the tension at the tender age of one year. Why is it at the age of one year and not at 18months?

Question five

At the age of nine months, the child is also able to utter simple words such as ‘mama’ and ‘baba’. He or she can even wave bye whenever someone is leaving them. A one-year baby will try to imitate speech from the parents or their caregivers. He or she can comfortably sit without leaning on something, thus portraying some level of being independent. A child aged 18months old can recall new skills they might have used during the playing session. He or she can point out various items in his or her surroundings.

Discussion two

Part 1 of 8

Examples of discoveries provided in the video include the use of tools, and a young girl is seen hammering some items she is using during the playing session and understanding the space, a young girl is seen moving some things and trying to fit them into each other.

A care teacher needs to provide toys that would enable the child to discover new things, be creative and also be imaginative in various items they interact within their social environment.

Part 2 of 8

Two discoveries include simple schemes where the young girl is ringing a bell Combining schemes is another discovery, where a young girl is trying to experiment with objects to obtain perfection.

A care teacher needs to provide relevant toys that would help the child create new items by combining as well as discovering different sounds they could be hearing through their imaginations.

Part 3 of 8

Two discoveries include cause and effect, and two young girls are turning the knob since they expect some outcomes. Exploring is another discovery that a young girl does to get her doll get going again after it had stopped.

A care teacher should give the infants some toys that can help them to create meaning during their process of interaction with them. The child would, therefore, be able to discover and explore more on how these toys work.

Part 4 of 8

Two discoveries include the use of the body to get what a child wants. A child is crying because he knows that someone would respond to his need. Another discovery is infants using the caregiver as a tool, and the two young children are seen to force their caregiver do something for them.

A care teacher needs to present always to enable the child to get her to do something for her or him. Through the process, they would learn and imitate what the care teacher would be doing.

Part 5 of 8

The first object is the permeance of the objects, for instance, familiarity with the mother’s face. The second discovery is emotional attachment, where the child is crying when the mother leaves.

A care teacher should be able to understand the separation anxiety the child show by crying and then provide him or her with something that would destruct him or her.

Part 6 of 8

Understanding space is the first discovering, where a child would track an object by her eyes. An individual lesson where the two infants are driving their toy to discover hoe the toy works.

Materials and toys to be given to the learners should help theme to find about their surroundings and how different toys they interact with the wok.

Part 7 of 8

An imitation is a form of discovering where an infant follows what the caregiver or the mother is doing. Infants using words and action to express themselves, a young boy is seen trying to sing.

Activities such as singing or actions are essential because by imitating them, the child is developing his skills in a speech which is a form of a cognitive skill.

Part 8 of 8

Providing a rich uncultured environment, where the caregiver is giving the children enough toys. Letting the children follow their interests by letting them play with the toys.

A caregiver needs to provide the child with just enough toys that would not create confusion as he or she tries to understand and deriving meanings from the tools he or she could be interacting when playing.