The baby will begin to coo and gurgle in response to interaction from carer. Bt three months the baby will recognise and link familiar sounds such as the face and voice of a carer, will try to have a conversation with the carer and imitate high and low sounds, will aslo return and give smiles. | Smiles from about 5 weeks, begins to respond to familiar sounds, engaged by peoples faces and by three months starts to discover what she/he can do and this creates a sense of self. If the primary carer leaves the room baby may cry not yet understanding that person exists and will come back. Shows feelings such as excitement and fear, reacts positively to a carer who is kind and southing if a carer does not respond to a baby, the baby may stop trying to interact.
They will have more pencil control and will begin to copy letters and shapes, and draw people. Ball games will develop more structure as they begin to kick with aim. They will begin to learn to hop on one foot, then the other and also to skip. They are able to dress
Children will experience reading and sounding out the words found. Materials: Laminated word cards, different places to hide cards, list of hints of where to find the words, paper and
Whilst I was at placement I have taken part in a lot of activities. Some of these have needed me to tell the children how to work safely. One of the activities that I had to do this was when they were using the scissors. I assisted in an activity where they had to make puppets. This was done by using some felt and cutting it to a shape of a charicter they wanted to make out of a book i drew the shape on the felt and asked the children to cut around it.
Girls tend to try not to hurt other and don’t get as competitive as boys do. Having a player of the opposite sex might distract players. It might distract the boys from giving their full potential. And it might distract the girls from giving their full potential also. Girl get distracted easily and so do boys.
At birth babies depend on reflexes for movements to enable them feed or grasp whenever they touch something. By age one; they have much more control over their bodies. They are beginning to crawl, shuffle, pulling or pushing on things to stand etc. Between 1 and 2 years Walking will begin and toys will be pulled or pushed along whilst walking. They enjoy trying to feed themselves with finger foods.
At one month a babies gross motor skills become noticeable, however minute, when placed on their front a baby will lie with their head turned to side and is able to begin to lift their head slightly although if placed in the sitting position their head will lag and fall forward. Gross motor skills are also apparent at one month; a child will turn their head towards light and stare at bright shiny objects, they also have a fascination with faces and will often gaze at a carers face when being held or fed. A baby will give a noticeable reaction to loud noises but they may also be soothed by particular music. At two months a baby is able to turn from lying on their side to being on their back and has the ability to grasp objects for a short amount of time before dropping them, like a rattle for example. At three months a child has become more aware of their limbs and begins to flail their arms and legs, their neck at this stage is slightly stronger and less likely to lag in the sitting position.
They sometimes hold their breath, hyperventilate and may scream or cry no reason. It is difficult for them to move on their own. Stage III, They plateau that usually begins between the ages of 2 and 10 years and can last for years. Even though there are continued problems with movement, the children cry less and become less irritable. They develop a better eye contact and use their eyes and hands to communicate.
During this time the infant will sleep much of the time and will grow quite fast. They will try to lift their heads and start to kick their legs and wave arms. They will begin to hold objects when they are placed in the hand for example a rattle, they will also put them into their mouths. The grasp reflex will lessen as hand and eye coordination begins to develop. Become more alert when awake and learn to roll from side to back.
Such pressures as family structure and marital status of the parents, contribute to an adolescents perceptions and social views. Adolescents are thought to believe that others are always watching and evaluating them, and so some think they are special and it gets to them. They think believe that because he or she is so concerned with themselves, then so must be everyone else and that’s a child falling into egocentrism. Their feelings about themselves stem not only from their inner crises, but from their peers' acceptance or lack. Their self-conscience is highly regarded as conceited which can cause personal distortion.