Cognitive Development Of Infants And Toddlers Reflection. Children at play are experimenting thinking solving problems and learning all the time. Babies are not only growing physically during the first 2 years of life but also cognitively mentally.
Children learn by imitation and how well infants and toddlers learn to mimic others is a vital key in tracking healthy development. Reflection on child development 1250 words 5 pages. Infants and toddlers are born ready to learn.
In addition to rapid physical growth young children also exhibit significant development of their cognitive abilities particularly in language acquisition and in the ability to think and reason.
Their brains go through amazing changes during the first three years of life. Developing these skills can help teachers with the following activities. You already learned a little bit about piaget s theory of cognitive development and in this section we ll apply that model to cognitive tasks during infancy and toddlerhood. One of the first signs of infant imitation is responding to a smile with a smile.
