Journal Article Critique One The article Keys to Quality Infant Care by Alice Sterling Honig was appropriately informative and comprehensive. I appreciated the holistic view of baby care instead of the author supposing that one miraculous method will satisfy all the needs of baby care. To my surprise, babies can be very smart and communicative. For a long time I believed that babies could not think for themselves. In addition, I assumed a mother could only guess at her baby’s needs until her baby could speak or at least signal. The idea of different cries, screams or positions, having different meanings, helped me to understand the complexity of the mother’s/teacher’s job. This brought to mind the section I read in the textbook about how different movements in the
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I knew babies responded to different kinds of music tempos, but was unaware that the tempo of touch can be just as important. It also made me wonder if the pace of a mother’s life during pregnancy affects the personality of a child after birth. The section concerning physical loving also made me wonder if the amount of hugging and cuddling done at such an early age also affects the child’s tendency to be reserved or open. These thoughts directed my mind to the psycho-social theory of development established by Freud, and how much I ascribe to the idea that people are shaped by their early childhood experiences. It also amazed me quickly various learning moments can be fit into everyday life. Such as the different types of play and experiences one can give a baby. Since I will not be teaching babies, I read this section a little bit disinterestedly at first, but I subsequently realized that this method of teaching applies to all levels. Nobody likes being stuck in their seat all day doing homework and studying words. Creative play and learning experiences can be incorporated into all aspects of learning and are often extremely
I knew babies responded to different kinds of music tempos, but was unaware that the tempo of touch can be just as important. It also made me wonder if the pace of a mother’s life during pregnancy affects the personality of a child after birth. The section concerning physical loving also made me wonder if the amount of hugging and cuddling done at such an early age also affects the child’s tendency to be reserved or open. These thoughts directed my mind to the psycho-social theory of development established by Freud, and how much I ascribe to the idea that people are shaped by their early childhood experiences. It also amazed me quickly various learning moments can be fit into everyday life. Such as the different types of play and experiences one can give a baby. Since I will not be teaching babies, I read this section a little bit disinterestedly at first, but I subsequently realized that this method of teaching applies to all levels. Nobody likes being stuck in their seat all day doing homework and studying words. Creative play and learning experiences can be incorporated into all aspects of learning and are often extremely