CE114 Infant, Toddler and Early Childhood DevelopmentUnit 6 – Social & Cognitive Development

Welcome! I am so glad that you were able to make it tonight. Grab something to drink, get comfortable and enjoy chatting with your classmates before the seminar begins at 8 PM.

Tonight’s Quote

"When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them."

Laura Bush (2003) Moscow Children's Book Festival, reported in Library and Information Update, November 2003

Unit Six Social and Cognitive Development of the Toddler Social and moral development Psychosocial development Factors influencing psychosocial

development Unit Six project Language and literacy development Factors influencing language and literacy

development

Read ◦ Chapter 9:◦ "Social Learning and Social Cognition"◦ "Social Interactions and Play Behaviors"◦ Chapter 10:◦ "Information-Processing Perspectives"◦ "Literacy Development"◦ "Role of the Early Childhood Professional"

Watch 2 Videos on cognitive and emotional development Read web resource - "Infant and Toddler Transitions" Respond to discussion questions Complete project – Parent Handout

Assignments for Week 6

Egocentric Pro-social

behaviors Moral development

Social and Moral Development

Temperament Social

Interactions/Play Toddler Emotions Fears and Anxieties Self-Comforting

Behaviors Self-concept

Gender Awareness Psychosexual

Development Awareness of

Diversity Development of

Self-control

Psychosocial Development

Quality of attachments

Support and encouragement of a sense of autonomy

Temperament Guidance/discipline

techniques Opportunities for

social interactions

Quality of play experiences

Social learning in many contexts

Support for special development needs

Toddler mental health

Factors Influencing Psychosocial Development

Unit Six ProjectParent handout

Sample

Go to our WikiSpace Watch video “Growing Minds – Cognitive

Development” Read “9 Secrets of Confident Kids” Based on these two resources, what can you

as an EC professional do to encourage cognitive development in toddlers?

Please wait to share until I call on your group.◦ Group 1 is first names beginning with A-J◦ Group 2 is first names beginning with K-M◦ Group 3 is first names beginning with N-Z

Field Trip!

Information Processing perspectives

Social interactionist perspectives

Contextualistic perspectives

Language development

Interaction between thought and language

Vocabulary development

Oral language approximations

Literacy development

Language and Literacy Development

Is reliant on sensory experiences

Is perception bound Is egocentric and lacks

perspective Relies on language for

meaning Makes meaning by

relating past/present Benefits from repetition Developing sense of

cause and effect

Awkward in organizing/expressing thoughts

Awkward in organizing/retelling events

Impulsive Confuses fantasy/reality Very literal Appears to be illogical

to a mature thinker

How Does a Toddler Think?

*The Young Child, page 286

Biological origins of thinking and language

Variety of print contexts

Types and quality of experiences

Diversity in play

Factors Influencing Cognitive, Language and Literacy Development

I hope you enjoyed today’s chat.

Have a great week!!