Development

Application: Eye on Development, Part 1 Reading about child development, or even watching segments about children on a CD-ROM, can help build knowledge and understanding. However, viewing children in unscripted, unrehearsed situations—moving, interacting, playing, growing, and developing—can broaden and deepen your perspective and offer insights about development in very unique ways. Your Application Assignment for this course is divided into two parts. Part 1 includes the Application Assignments for Weeks 2, 3, and 4. During these weeks, you will view video segments of children in an actual child care center and apply your growing knowledge of child development to the children you observe. Part 2 of the assignment will be completed in Week 5 after you view a video segment with commentary by the center director and educational video host. Week 2: Observing Infants and Toddlers: 3 to 36 Months Old This week, you have been studying infant and toddler development. For your assignment, you will watch the video segment “Infants and Toddlers.” This first video segment will provide you with an opportunity to observe young children who range in age from 3 to 8 months, 9 to 18 months, and 18 to 36 months and give you a chance to share in the wonder of the world of very young children and the pure joy and excitement of development! To complete this assignment: Plan: Consider what you have learned about infant and toddler development. Click on the link below to download, print out, and review the document you will use to record your observations: Week 2: Video Observation Guide Observe: Watch the video segment and look for at leascreen. st two examples of infant or toddler development in each of the following domains: physical, cognitive/language, and social-emotional development among the children on Record your description of each on the Video Observation Guide. Use the information in your course text to help you recognize evidence of development for each age group—such as developing motor skills; emergent language and other cognitive skills; interactions with caregivers or other children; and facial and other expressions that signal social and emotional development. Some guidelines: