Infants and Pre Schoolers Reflection

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Reflection Physical Development

1. Having learned the physical development of infants and toddlers, as a parent or as care
giver or future parent or as care giver of children, reflect on:
 What you should do more often for infants and toddlers.
 Infants and toddlers need secure attachments with familiar caregivers to
develop trust their needs will be met and that they are loved.
 Create an interesting and safe environment
 Support and enhance the play and exploration the child initiates.
 Encourage communication
 Feed infants on demand and put them down to sleep when they need it.
 Play games that involves running, hopping, throwing and catching together

 What you should refrain from doing to facilitate their growth and development.
 Giving too much screen time
 Refrain from ordering kids what activity they should do but instead praise
them on what activities they achieved
 Giving too much junk food whenever the child wants.

2. Reflect on the quotation fellow:


“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on”.
 Carl Seaburg says that a baby is God’s opinion that life should go on. Life is hard
and sometimes people have difficulty finding how to continue living. But if we
have someone to fight for or live for, it will give us aspiration in life just like how
God gives us children to prove that God loves us and give hope to people who
lost faith.
 Before I had kids, I think that life is boring that you only need to survive to
experience how good to live and be alive. But after I have my two beautiful kids,
life becomes different. My life becomes tough, I need to do things that I don’t
want to do but at the same time because of them my life becomes meaningful, I
do things that I can't do before.
If I feel that life is difficult, I'll always ask myself for whom I'm doing what I do,
and my answer is always my kids, they keep me sane and motivated to be able
for my life to go on.

3. What struck you most in the cognitive development of infants and toddlers? Remember
cognitive development includes development of memory and acquisition of language.
 Get things that are out of reach
 Finds hidden things easily
 Scribbles on his own
 Pretends to read a book
 Builds tower of blocks

4. Make a photo essay about the physical development of preschoolers. Observe


preschoolers in acting and take picture. Describe the gross and fine motor skills that you
saw them do.

Fine Motor Skills Gross motor skills


1. Uses spoon and fork 1. Swings on their own
2. Mashes own food 2. Stands on one foot
3. Cuts food with supervision 3. Climbs well
4. Washes hands on their own
5. Uses scissors
6. Catches a ball

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