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Child Care & Development. Toddlers. Toddlers and Mobility. Fontanels – Gaps or soft spots between the skull bones Deciduous teeth – Baby teeth Large/gross Muscle Movement – running, jumping, and even squirming
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Child Care & Development Toddlers
Toddlers and Mobility • Fontanels – Gaps or soft spots between the skull bones • Deciduous teeth – Baby teeth • Large/gross Muscle Movement – running, jumping, and even squirming • Toddlers sometimes fall when walking because they walk on objects instead of over them • Toddlers true run at age 2
Toddlers and Mobility • 12 months (1 year) – by then end of their first year, toddlers can use their fine motor skill of holding objects between their thumb and index finger • 95% of children are right handed
Toddler Learning and Speech • 18-24 months – Toddlers think about what they do before they do it • Deferred Imitation – the ability to recall someone’s behavior and later imitate it • Comparison – the thinking skill required when identifying objects through perceived differences
Toddler Learning and Speech • Parentese – the high pitched style of speech/language that parents use toward children • Less talkative caregivers have less talkative children • 15 months – uses 4-5 words • 18 months – uses 5-10 words • 24 months – use words they know to make 2-3 word sentences • 30 months – fastest growth for vocabulary
Toddler Social/Emotional Development • Trusting Relationships – developed by positive experiences with adults (babysitters, relatives, neighbors) and other social interaction • Decrease Toddler Fears • Handle in a matter-of-fact way • Do not tease or push into scary situations • Limit TV • Nightmares begin at age 2 • Temper Tantrum – done when something does not go the child’s way • Anger is not purposely directed at someone until age 3
Toddler Intellectual Development • Regression – going back to an earlier stage in order to exert independence • Daily Activities that meet Intellectual Needs • Eating • Bathing • Dressing • Helping around the house • Running errands with caregivers
Toddler Intellectual Development • Science and Everyday Life • How vacuum picks up dirt • How air dries clothes • How heat makes cookie dough change
Toddler Intellectual Development • Self assertion – doing as one chooses • Obedience – acting within limits set by someone else • Self Awareness – being aware of one’s self • Create a photo album or “Book About Me”
