The Development Stages Of Infancy And Toddlerhood

Infancy and Toddlerhood Being a Child Development major and having been around other children and babysitting I have a lot of previous knowledge about the developmental stages for the infant toddlerhood age. Last semester I took a class that focused on infants and toddlers development and I was able to be in the classroom with that age group to see the development up close. Before reading I knew a lot about theories of children this age, like Piaget’s Sensorimotor and the preoperational stage and the idea that they develop and learn by using their senses, and how Vygotsky believes that children learn from more knowledgeable others. I also know the basics of how to care for children this age from seeing my sister raise and take care of my 3 …show more content…
We have again covered this ages stages and aspects in detail in my CDFR stages, and one of my nephews is in this stage so I have seen him interacting with the world in the early childhood mindset. My previous knowledge of this stage is that they are very egocentric, so they cannot take another’s point of view or understand how their actions affect others. They are also very literal as the book stated, “if you told a child this age that they could explode if they eat too much they will probably take you seriously and become fearful” (pg 333). What surprised me about this age is that they are learning and understanding simple time concepts like “after this you can do that”. While it makes sense and I believe it I was still surprised how early that skill …show more content…
Over all this is the course we focus on more in our major so I know a lot about the stages and theories for this age. I am also aware of the typical and atypical development for children this age because of the knowledge I have gained from my child development classes. Along with my schooling knowledge I have 2 nephews who are currently in this stage, so I get a unique perspective on watching children in this age grow and how they see and interact with their world. However something that I did not know about this age that I read was that as parent to children this age, it is normal and even healthy for them to be defiant and start being rude to their parents. And that the parents should support this defiant behavior because it shows the child is learning to challenge authority and the child is testing their independence. While this behavior makes sense due to which stage the child would be in, I just never thought of misbehavior and attitude as a positive thing, in the fact children are exploring and learning by using