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Babies, Movement & Play. Tammy Averitt. Early Orientation & Mobility Concept Development. “Orientation is the process of using the remaining senses to establish one’s position and relationship to all other significant objects in one’s environment, “
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Babies, Movement & Play Tammy Averitt
Early Orientation & Mobility Concept Development • “Orientation is the process of using the remaining senses to establish one’s position and relationship to all other significant objects in one’s environment, “ • (p.3) and “Mobility is the capacity, the readiness, and the facility to move” (p.115) (Hill & Ponder, 1976). • Orientation involves: • Knowing oneself as a separate being • Where one is in space • Where one wants to move out into space • And how to get to that place. .
Today, we will be focusing on one of the facets of an O&M program which involves O&M Mobility Concept development use with infants 0-3 years of age. Hill, Rosen, Correa, and Langley (1984) noted the following facets of an O&M program: sensory skill development, concept development, environmental and community awareness, formal orientation skills, and formal mobility skills.
OBEJECT PERMANENCE • Shows interest in people and toys • acts to disappearance of objects • Finds partially covered objects • Looks for family members/pets when named • Plays peek-a-boo • Finds totally hidden objects • Unwraps a toy • Remembers location of toys • Remembers where familiar toys are kept • Reaches for object out of sight • Brings object from another room when asked • Reaches in correct direction of object that has made noise in several places • Remember where object belong-puts away upon request
CAUSE AND EFFECT • Watches hands, uses hand /mouth for sensory exploration of objects • Shakes ,rattles, or bangs toys place in hand • Slides toy on surface • Overcome obstacle to retrieve an object • Guide action on manual toy( pushes button, pull lever. • Drops object systematically • Understand different toys are activated by different action • Retrieves object using another item • Solves simple problem with tool • Demonstrates common uses of object
IMITATION • Enjoys repeating newly learned activity • Imitates new gesture • Engages in simple imitative play • Imitates adult behavior using props • Provides “help” in simple household chores
BODY IMAGE • Move hand to mouth, bring feet to mouth • Watches hands , brings hands together at midline • Plays with own hands, feet ,fingers, and toes • Touches spot on body where toys is touching • Transfer object from hand, to hand • Identifies self in mirror • Names one, then three, and then six body parts.
SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS • Inspects surroundings • Visually searches for sound • shifts visual attention or body orientation from one object to another • Watches hands • Plays with own hands , feet, fingers, and toes • Turns to direction where name is called • Brings feet to mouth • Glances at one toy, then another when a toy is placed in each hand • Reaches for nearby object in view
REACHES FOR AN OBJECT OUT OF REACH, • BUT STILL IN SIGHT • Drops object systematically • Searches for objects moved out of visual field • Takes stacking ring apart • Stacks rings on pole (though not in correct order) • Nests two, then three cans, • Places pegs in pegboard holes • Places round piece, then square piece, and then triangle piece in form board. • Points to distant outdoor objects, • Explores cabinets, and drawers
SELF INITIATION • Enjoys repeating a newly learned game. • Waits for an adult to take his or her turn in a turn-taking game. • Continues a familiar game by initiating movement involved in game. • Repeats action that elicits laughter from others. • Moves away from a caregiver who is in the same room. • Makes simple choices about books, food, and so on • Gets own toys to play with from familiar place • Uses adults to solve problems • Approaches peer or adult to initiate play • Solves simple problems without adult assistance • Explores new environment. • Compiled by Tanni L. Anthony
ResourcesEarly Focus, chapter 10,second edition, Rona L. Pogrund & Diane L. Fazzi, EdsWonder baby.org, Orientation &mobility for babiesLets Play ,spring/summer2008,by Jill C. Brown, M.Ed. CTVI/COMS,CROWLEY ISDOrientation and Mobility Training; The way to go ,by Carolina Martinez, O&M Specialist, TSBVIInventory of Purposeful Movement, by Tanni AnthonyAlmost a 100 Motor Activities for Infants and Toddlers by Olga UriegasLearning Through Play with Homemade Toys, Arizona State Schools, for the Deaf and the Blind