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School Readiness for Infants and Toddlers? Really? Yes, Really!
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Petersen, Sandra – Young Children, 2012
If it is true that "new discoveries in neuroscience suggest that school readiness interventions might come too late if they start after the child is three years old", then the infant/toddler field must claim the concept of school readiness. The brain's foundation for all later learning is created in the first three years of life. As many…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Lifelong Learning, Brain, Infants
Helping Baby Grow. Level 2--One to Two Years.
Connolly, Theresa; Struck, Beth; Tennant, Michelle, Ed.; Brady, Barbara, Ed. – 1994
Designed for use in in the home and in professional child-care settings, this program presents developmentally appropriate activities to support development of infants from 1 to 2 years of age. Each of the six 2-month long units contains 24 sets of activities call Activity Plans, with the suggestion to use three activity plans per week. Each unit…
Descriptors: Activities, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Helping Baby Grow. Level 1--Birth to One Year.
Connolly, Theresa; Struck, Beth; Tennant, Michelle, Ed.; Brady, Barbara, Ed. – 1994
Designed for use in the home and in professional child-care settings, this program presents developmentally appropriate activities to support growth and development of infants from birth to 1 year. Each of the six 2-month long units contains 24 sets of activities called Activity Plans, with the suggestion to use three activity plans per week. Each…
Descriptors: Activities, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Providing Developmentally Appropriate Intervention to Infants and Young Children with Handicaps.
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Norris, Janet A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
Five principles of learning for young children with handicaps (functioning below a developmental age of one year) are presented, with descriptions of strategies that can be used to facilitate ascendance to higher levels of cognitive-social-communicative functioning. The principles include frequent adult-child interactions, meaningful context for…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
The Promotion of Gross and Fine Motor Development for Infants and Toddlers: Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Parents and Teachers.
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Thompson, Debra S. – 1993
In recognition of the close relationship between motor skill and cognitive development in the first 2 years of life, this guide presents 78 developmentally appropriate activities that parents and teachers can use to enhance infant and toddler motor development. Activities are categorized by age group as follows: (1) 16 activities for newborn to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Tasks
Creating Child-Centered Programs for Infants and Toddlers: Birth-3 Year Olds. Step By Step: A Program for Children and Families.
Szanton, Eleanor Stokes, Ed. – 1997
In child-centered education programs, children construct their own knowledge from their experiences and interactions with the world around them, and caregivers foster children's growth and development by building on children's interests, needs, and strengths within a safe and caring environment. The Step by Step educational program developed a…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Classroom Environment