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This 5 page paper provides examples of developmental activities for infants (9-12 months), toddlers, ages 1 - 2 years, toddlers, ages 3 - 4 years. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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curriculum wherein all activities are directed by adults. Both extremes are inappropriate and neither provides what infants and toddlers need (Lally, 2006). Infants and toddlers both need to play, in
fact, play has a critical roll in development (Lally, 2006). Developmental programs should focus on how to "best create a social, emotional, and intellectual climate that supports child-initiated and child-pursued
learning and the building and sustaining of positive relationships among adults and children" (Lally, 2006). These kinds of programs emphasize an infants or toddlers own motivation to learn and their
spontaneous exploration of things they find interesting and stimulating (Lally, 2006). Programs need to be flexible and they also need to focus on individual activities, especially with infants, as well
as group activities (Lally, 2006). Activities for ages 9 through 12 months might include the following: * Creating a book. An activity that promotes language, visual stimulation and social bonding.
The teacher uses printable story cards that can be read to the infant. Photo albums can be used for the story cards. Photos of the infant and family members
are attached to each story card. The story is who is in the pictures (The Baby School Company, Inc., 2006b). * Play dough can be used for tactile stimulation. Here,
the infant simply plays with the play dough, feeling it as it squishes through hands and fingers (The Baby School Company, Inc., 2006b). * Velcro toys can be used for
tactile and kinesthetic stimulation and also teaches about cause and effect. Attach strong Velcro to the bottom of toys with its corresponding part on a piece of fabric. The teacher
shows the infant how toys stick to the cloth. Infants can then do the activity themselves, pulling the toys off and attaching them (The Baby School Company, Inc., 2006b). Activities
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