Toddler Spring 2016 Milestones of Gross Motor Development (months) 11-19 9-16 9-17 11-21 13-17 14-22 16-30 17-30 22-36 Stand alone Walk without support Stand on 1 leg Climbs (chairs, etc.) Walk backward Run Walk on tiptoes Jump in place Walk up & down stairs Milestones of Fine Motor Development (Months) 7-15 Hold writing instrument (i.e. –crayon) 8-16 Coordinate actions of both hands 10-19 Build tower of 2 blocks 10-21 Scribble 12-18 Feed self with spoon 15-23 Build tower of 3-4 blocks 20-28 Draw straight line on paper 24-32 Brush teeth 26-34 Build tower of 8-10 blocks 29-37 Copy circle Toilet Training Between 18 & 30 months of age Key Signs: Piaget’s 5th substage Tertiary Circular Reactions (12-18 mos) The child intentionally tries an action out, to see what the effects will be (performed repeatedly) Examples? Text: Little Scientists (i.e. – Twins & flushing toilet) Piaget’s 6th substage Mental Representations (18-24 mos.) Child first thinks about the possibilities & selects the action which most likely to achieve the desired outcome Language: are mental representations we have of objects, people, actions, & ideas Text: Lucienne & matchbox w/ chain in it Piano Pavo real Paddle board Lacrosse Language Acquisition Theories Praise/reward influences Children are active the development of language. Training by parents is necessary for language acquisition. Utterances are learned through imitation… learners of language. Parents do not have to train their child to learn language Rules of sentence structure cannot be taught to children in order to acquire language… Learning Theory: B.F. Skinner Behavior Ecology Theory: Noam Chomsky Language Development Cooing- birth – 2-6 mos.; 1 vowel sound; “oooo” Babbling- emerges at 6 mos; string 2 + sounds; “papapa” Vygotsky & Speech Private speech - children talk to themselves in a self-guiding & self-directing way a) First aloud b) Then internally Used to work through new concepts & experiences