A – Looking At A Day

We have learned a lot about children’s development during the past nine sessions. Together we have explored children’s social and emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development.

In this session, we’ve talked about other important skills that infants and toddlers are learning, including self-regulation, problem-solving, and creativity.

Each session we’ve focused on a domain, but children don’t learn one skill at a time. Especially in early childhood, children are learning many skills and concepts during almost every interaction and experience they have throughout the day.

Now, we are going to take all that we have learned about children’s development and apply it to a day in an infant and toddler early learning program.

We are going to watch a series of video clips that follow children as they go through everyday experiences, such as mealtime or nap time.

We’ll observe what children are learning in each vignette. We’ll discuss how the children are building skills across developmental domains and how educators are supporting their learning.

Domains of Development

Remember that each domain relates to and influences the others. Learning and development always happen in context, and rich, supportive learning environments, such as the ones that we are about to observe, help to support the whole child as they grow.

B – Learning In Everyday Experiences

In this lesson, we have talked about how children learn and develop through everyday experiences from mealtime, to nap time, to story time.

Responsive, supportive adults help children learn and build skills by engaging with them, paying attention to their cues, and scaffolding their learning.

By doing so, nearly every experience in a child’s life can be an opportunity for growth and skill-building.

Video Gallery

As you watch the following videos think about the skills children are building in a developmental domain and how the educator is supporting children’s learning and development in that area.

References

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Diaper change. University of Washington. [Video File]

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Lunch conversation. University of Washington. [Video File]

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Naptime. University of Washington. [Video File]

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Old MacDonald. University of Washington. [Video File]

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Singing together. University of Washington. [Video File]

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Tissue paper fun. University of Washington. [Video File]

Cultivate Learning (Producer). (2017). Washing hands. University of Washington. [Video File]