Toddlers

Every new borne babies go through a life journey and that journey is from newborn to toddler, from toddler to teenager, and from teenager to mature adult. To put that in four words “from womb to tomb.” At each stage of life’s journey Myers, 2014, explains there are three vital milestone and those are cognitive, physical, and social milestones (Myers, 2014, p117). Although life is a journey, for this assignment we will be going through a journey in comparing and contrasting Erikson psychosocial…

Fragile X syndrome or Martin Bell syndrome is a genetic passed disease that affects the early devolvement of the brain that causes mental retardation and has many of the same physical appearances. Fragile X affects males more often than females. This inherited disease is extremely rare and affects 1 out of 5000 kids. This syndrome is caused by a mutation on the X chromosome more specifically the FMR-1 gene that generally affects the early devolvement of the brain. Many symptoms of this disease…

It is an obvious issue when a classroom with anxious toddlers is overpopulated and the teacher would be able to spend enough one on one time with each child to ensure they are all receiving the same level of education. According to Normore and Ilon (2006) many studies have indicated that class size reduction…

One culture that varies distinctly from ours in regards to child rearing is that of the kibbutz. Located in Israel, kibbutz are voluntary communal settlements, established on the principles of equality, cooperation and collective ownership. In adherence to these principles children within a kibbutz are raised communally. This means that the biological parents are not solely responsible for the education, health, or finances of their child. Founders of the kibbutz way of life felt this was…

Daycare can be a life-changing experience for children and their parents. It is life-changing to a child to spend every day with his or her parent up until the time of toddler age and have to get accustomed to another human being. There are many ways to prepare. The parent must first research a daycare and see if it is reliable or not, prepare the parent and the child for the day, and lastly get to know the caregiver. The first day of daycare is an extra extraordinary day for a child and also…

American’s have the right to own a gun by following the right procedure in the United State. The gun control have been discussed in the last few years. The hot topic discussing that should we banned the right to own a gun as functional protection. Few people who owns a gun have few committing of violent crimes which like school shooting, suicide, and homicide in America. As the number of gun holder increasing, the number of death rate increasing every year. For this horrible issue, there are…

observation, at a daycare and the first room I was able to go to was in the infant and toddler room. The age from one to three is the toddler years, which is very exciting and challenging for parents and caretakers. The language and interpersonal skills are being developed rapidly during this stage along with the motor, cognitive and physical developments. There are changes that can be noticed in the toddler such as the gaining of independence and struggling with separation. (Sensening, A.,…

and scenes from popular video games, different animals and some included a weapon in their pictures. From these observations I gathered that there seemed to be a correlation between age and complexity of the picture drawn. Meaning that the young toddlers have not yet fully developed the fine motor skills necessary to create detailed pictures. This also gave me a little insight as to the difference in the way the crayons were held among the varying ages. Again, I attributed this difference to…

2. Infant toddler program- July 7th- 9:50-10:50- July 13th-1:50-2:50 a. Turn taking: one person speaking, and another responding: singing the little monkeys jumping on the bed song and the instructor letting the children say how many monkeys, what happened one one fell off, and what the doctor said when the mother monkey called him. (Baltimore, D., HD FS 102 lecture, year, semester) b. Infant directed speech: change in intonation, pitch, and complexity of words almost as if in a ‘cooing’ manner…

sculpture depicting Shotoku Taishi, a famous historical and political figure in Japanese culture, as a young child praying. The piece is made of wood, crystal and pigments. This work is 53 cm high, 20 cm wide. This figure is about the size of a small toddler. Despite its small size, It is overwhelming in the sense that it depicts a future ruler as an innocent child. The piece of work appears to be delicate in both subject matter as well as its composition. Given the size of the work and the fact…