Activity a Name

Toddler Menu

Activity A Name

Chapter 6 Date

Period

A local restaurant has hired you to create a special menu designed for toddlers. To create this menu, use information from the text and reliable online sources. Create at least two menu options for each section of the menu. Remember to include colorful, bite-sized foods for the toddlers. Then, answer the questions that follow.

1.  What are some considerations that went into designing this menu?

2.  How do these food choices differ from an infant’s meal choices?

3.  Which of these menu choices are healthful food options?

Toddler Product Advertising

Activity B Name

Chapter 6 Date

Period

Find or create an advertisement intended for toddlers, such as toys, technology, or books and place it in the box below. Then, analyze the advertisement and answer the following questions.

1.  What is the name of this product?

2.  What age range is most appropriate for the product?

3.  Where was this product advertised? If this is your product, how would you plan to advertise it?

4.  Describe the product and its function.

5.  Describe how this product encourages physical, cognitive, or socio-emotional development.

6.  How can this product help a toddler with a developmental delay?

7.  How is your product an example of a societal influence on the toddler?

Toddler Caregiver Interview

Activity C Name

Chapter 6 Date

Period

Interview the caregiver of a toddler. Ask the following questions about the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of the toddler.

Name of caregiver: Name of toddler: Toddler’s age:

1.  Describe your typical day of caregiving.

2.  How does caring for a toddler differ from caring for an infant?

3.  How much has he or she changed in physical appearance since the first year?

4.  What kinds of foods does he or she eat?

5.  What physical milestones has he or she reached?

6.  What cognitive milestones has he or she reached?

7.  Is he or she speaking? What words does he or she say?

8.  What socio-emotional milestones has he or she reached?

9.  How do you encourage development? Give an example.

10.  How does he or she play?

11.  When he or she is misbehaving, what do you do?

12.  How much time and energy does caregiving take at this stage of development?

13.  On average, how many hours does he or she sleep? How many hours do you sleep?

14.  Does he or she have any special needs? If so, what are they and how do you meet these needs?

After the interview, reflect on how the toddler’s family and society has had a direct influence on him or her. Summarize your thoughts in the space provided and list at least one example each of family and societal influences on the toddler.

Identifying Toddler Development and Related Theories

Activity D Name

Chapter 6 Date

Period

Read the following scenarios. These examples include typical physical, cognitive, or socio-emotional developmental milestones. Each scenario also includes descriptions of developmental theories that relate to toddlers. Use Figure 6-11 Developmental Milestones: Ages 1 through 2 in the text to identify the age range of the toddler in months. Then, list the theorist and theory that applies to each scenario and explain your reasoning.

1.  Li can sit without support and move from the sitting to crawling position. She has recently developed an attachment to a soft yellow blanket. The yellow blanket seems to emotionally comfort Li. She will also chew on the blanket at times. When Li’s mother brings Li to play with the neighbor, they bring the blanket. The neighbor, Evan, is also a toddler. Li and Evan will sit next

to each other and play with the objects in front of them, but they do not interact much with each other.

Age:

Theorist:

Theory involved:

What type of play are Li and Evan practicing?

Explanation:

2.  Alex likes to run short distances outside in the yard with his new puppy. Alex’s dad watches as he tries to give the puppy commands, such as “Doggy, sit.” After much physical activity, the family moves indoors. Instead of crying for a diaper change, Alex is showing interest in using the toilet. To his parent’s embarrassment, Alex completely undresses to toilet learn, even though visitors are at the house. Alex is not showing discomfort.

Age:

Theorist:

Theory involved:

What type of language pattern is Alex using when he speaks to the dog?

Explanation:

3.  Recently, Hazel began walking on her own without support. A few weeks after first walking on her own, Hazel has significantly improved her muscle coordination. She can even walk over to her small toy train set and slowly move the train around the tracks. Sometimes an object blocks the tracks. Instead of pushing the train into the object, Hazel pauses the train, moves the object, and continues pushing the train on the track. She appears to be thinking about her actions and is often eager to show her caregivers the different toy trains she has.

Age:

Theorist:

Theory involved:

Explanation:

4.  Yu Hin is part of a large, social family. At a family party with music and dancing, Yu Hin tries to imitate his family relatives by dancing in place. He can walk with help, but cannot run. Yu Hin has also taken interest in his older cousin’s puzzle. This puzzle is above his age level, but with his cousin’s help, Yu Hin is able to put some pieces in the right place. To help him, his cousin selects a puzzle piece and places the piece next to where it belongs in the puzzle. Yu Hin is then able to successfully place the puzzle piece. He also points to the next piece to place it within the picture.

Age:

Theorist:

Theory involved:

What teaching technique is Yu Hin’s older cousin using to help Yu Hin assemble the puzzle?

Explanation:

Encouraging Toddler Development

Activity E Name

Chapter 6 Date

Period

Review Figure 6-11 Developmental Milestones: Ages 1 through 2 in the text to complete the following tables. For each age listed, select one physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional developmental mile- stone. Then, describe the ways in which you would encourage a toddler to reach these milestones. After completing the tables, answer the questions that follow.

Activity E (Continued)

Name

1.  Difficulties in reaching developmental milestones may indicate a developmental delay. What are two special needs that may be detected in the toddler years?

2.  What are signs of cerebral palsy?

3.  Choose one of the developmental milestones you listed in each of the tables. If a toddler has a hearing impairment, how would you encourage the toddler to reach each of these developmental milestones? Would your strategies for providing encouragement change in any way? If so, how?