Attention Span
On average, the amount of time a toddler can pay attention to activities when they are alone.
What is 3-6 minutes.
A child's ability to shift his/her attention between an object or event and another person.
What is joint attention.
Age span at which non-functional play begins to emerge.
What is 9-12 months.
The "gate keeper" for learning anything new, especially how to understand and use words.
What is attention.
Year Yvonne became the director of the Early Childhood team.
What is 2012.
When a toddler develops hyper focus on an activity and becomes fixated on an object or an event.
Why joint attention is important for language development.
What is because it's how kids learn to notice the important things other people want to share with them.
Stage of play where a child begins to use one toy to represent something else.
What is early symbolic play.
The reason why a child typically doesn't play with toys.
What is because he doesn't understand HOW to play with toys.
Who is Robin Hornkohl.
Signs that help us to know a toddler is ready to extend his/her attention span.
What is reacting to environmental events and responding to people.
Signs that a child is ready to work on joint attention.
What is when he/she has achieved the following skills: reacts to objects, responds to people, takes turns and pays attention.
Parents of late talkers need reminders to do this when teaching a child to play.
What is "play and stay" until toys are mastered.
A method used in play where an adult purposefully teaches a child to take a toy apart.
What is desconstruction.
The location of the Early On/Infant Toddler offices prior to Career Tech Center.
What is Oak Park Elementary.
What we should have toddlers do when we are not getting the kind of attention that we want from them.
What is moving around.
The four parts of joint attention that can be missing.
What is not noticing when you point to things, not looking up and responding when his/her name is called, not actively listening when you begin to talk, stopping the process of listening after he/she has listened for a while.
A game to play when a toddler becomes obsessed with holding or playing repetitively with a certain toy or object.
What is playing the game of "Switcheroo."
A technique to secure a child's attention to what you're discussing or saying that should be used anytime you're talking to a child.
What is pointing and using lots of gestures.
The year Susan became our beloved secretary.
What is 2012.
A strategy to use to help a toddler finish strong after a home visit.
What is require that he/she participate in "clean-up."
What you need to be to help a child learn to look at you, come to you and stay with you.
What is being the "giver of good things."
A reason why play may not be going well.
What is having enough fine motor coordination to play with toys.
The "rule" that can help a child develop his attention span.
What is the "one more" rule.
The number of the parking lot section at CTC where the Early On/Infant Toddler team was to use to park their cars.
What is section #5.