Language
Babbling and crying
What is an infants mode of communication?
Holding a crayon, turning pages in a book, picking up pieces of food.
What are fine motor skills?
At what age do babies typically begin to show social smiling?
What is 2 months?
An emotional tie between a parent and infant
What is attachment?
The first year of life is described as?
What is infancy?
Use baby talk or sarcasm
What should you never do around toddlers?
Crawling, walking, jumping.
What are gross motor skills?
The ability to understand that objects still exist even when they are out of sight
What is object permanence?
A child's general style of behavior
What is temperament?
An infant should sleep alone, on their back in a crib with a firm mattress.
What is a safe sleeping environment for infants?
The ability to communicate thoughts, needs, and feelings using words and gestures.
What is expressive language?
Age an infant begins to sit up?
What is 6 months?
When a toddler pretends a banana is a phone, what type of cognitive skill are they demonstrating?
What is pretend play?
Easy child, slow to warm up child and difficult child
What are the three classifications of children?
Genetics Versus Environment
What is nature versus nurture?
Speaking in a soothing, pleasant voice, with frequent eye-contact.
What are teaching practices to promote language development?
Using flatware to feed themselves, stack building blocks, place big pegs in pegboards.
What is eye-hand coordination?
Problem-solving that a toddler practices when they try to fit a puzzle piece into one spot and then try another.
What is trial and error?
Term for when a baby is frightened by new people.
What is stranger anxiety?
What helps form trillions of synapses in the brain?
What is a child's interactions and experiences?
Language centered around a child's perspective. "me," "mine," "I"
What is egocentric language?
Palmar grasp.
What is the reflex present at birth where an infant grasps an object placed in their hand?
6 Stages
What is sensorimotor cognitive development.
Building relationships, providing structure, showing empathy
What are strategies to develop self-regulation?
All developmental domains are impacted by what type of play?
What is outdoor?