Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

NEEDS BIRTH TO 6




Infants (birth to 1) need:

protection from physical danger

adequate nutrition

adequate health care

adults with whom to form attachments

adults who can understand and respond to their signals

things to look at, touch, hear, smell, and taste

opportunities to explore the world

appropriate language stimulation

Toddlers (1-3 years of age) need same as birth to 1 plus all of these:

support in acquiring new motor, language and thinking skills

a chance to develop some independence

help in learning how to control their own behaviour

opportunities to begin to learn to care for themselves

daily opportunities to play with a variety of object

Children ages 3-6 (and above), in addition to the above, also need:

opportunities to develop fine motor skills

encouragement of language through talking, reading, singing

activities which will develop a positive sense of mastery

opportunities to learn cooperation, helping, sharing

experimentation with pre-writing and pre-reading skills

A wide variety of inputs is required to support children's growth and development. An important thing to note is that all the inputs require someone to interact with the child.

Very young children are not capable of obtaining what they need on their own.


HOME


Email: ladydo9@webtv.net