Learning in the First Year
Piaget's Theories
Safe Learning
Encouraging Learning
Different Toys for Different Ages
100
Newborns have use of these senses.
What is hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch?
100
Children can think logically but still learn best through experience.
What is Concrete Operations?
100
Do this around the house as much as possible to keep your baby safe and monitored while he plays.
What is childproof?
100
Show this to help baby develop self confidence as they grow.
What is love?
100
At this age, baby will love anything that makes noise.
What is seven to nine months?
200
In the first few months, baby develop this ability.
What is memory?
200
Children learn through their own senses and own actions.
What is Sensorimotor stage?
200
To encourage learning, allow baby as much of this as possible.
What is freedom of movement?
200
Do this with your baby to help them learn about their environment and develop feelings of security.
What is talk?
200
At this age, mobiles can be hung in cribs to keep baby entertained.
What is birth to three months?
300
This will lengthen over time, allowing baby to concentrate for larger periods of time without growing bored.
What is attention span?
300
People are capable of abstract thinking.
What is Formal Operations?
300
A baby will learn more if they are moving to different rooms and being with family than if they are _______.
What is stuck in a crib?
300
Show this when baby does something new, to encourage baby to continue to try new things.
What is positive feedback?
300
At this age, babies need things to crawl after.
What is ten to twelve months?
400
The baby develops this skill, which is connecting certain people to certain emotions.
What is making associations?
400
Children think in terms of their own activities and what they perceive at the moment.
What is Preoperational stage?
400
Babies who can crawl or walk should not be __________ for long periods of time.
What is restricted to playpens?
400
Understand this in order to be able to help expose baby to age appropriate learning experiences.
What is child development?
400
During this stage, sense of touch is extremely important.
What is four to six months?
500
Babies develop an understanding of this, which is the idea that one action results in another action.
What is cause and effect?
500
Piaget's theories followed this pattern.
What is children must master one thinking skill before they can master another?
500
Learning occurs best when baby can do this.
What is explore and try new things?
500
Give this to baby in order to help baby thrive and learn.
What is your time and attention?
500
At this age, bright colors and interesting sounds create development of the senses.
What is birth to three months?
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