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Infant and Toddler Development

What Are They Learning?

• Situation 1:

– A ten-month-old girl in a high chair drops her spoon on the floor; someone picks it up. She drops it again.

What is she learning?

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What Are They Learning?

• Situation 2:

– A toddler begins to play with another toddler, but does not like to share his toys.

What is he learning?

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What Are They Learning?

• Situation 3:

– A three-year-old boy walks over and knocks down the blocks set up by two other children.

What is he learning?

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Infant and Toddler Development

• “PIES” Development Milestones

– Physical Development – Intellectual Development – Emotional Development – Social Development

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Physical Development

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Physical Development

Growth in height and weight, sight and hearing, smell and taste, voice, teeth, and motor skills.

Intellectual Development

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Intellectual Development

The ability to think and reason at deeper and more complex levels through increasing cognitive growth.

Emotional Development

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Emotional Development

Learning to recognize and express one’s feelings and establish one’s identity as a unique person.

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Social Development

Social Development

Learning to interact with others and express oneself to others.