LAVC Child Development Discussion

1. Interview a Mother 25 points

Talk with a woman who has had a baby within the last year. If the baby is older you will not get credit.

Ask her:

1. What was the birth like for you? (satisfied w/the experience, treatment, preparation etc.)
2. Any birth complications? (interventions, medicine, surprises)
3. Did you take a prenatal class? (If yes, where, what kind)
4. Were you encouraged to breastfeed? How?
5. How is your child developing? What does she base her assessment of her child’s development on? How does she know her child is developing properly?
6. Would you do anything differently now if you could go back to the birth?

7. End with a one paragraph summary of what you learned from this interview.

Type a 1-2 page paper with her answers to these questions and your summary.

ASSIGNMENT 2

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After watching the video, answer these questions:

1. Name two things You learned about toddler play from watching the video.

2. Name two things the little boy in the blue shirt learned through his play. Where did you see it? Be specific.

3. Where did you see persistence in this toddler? Be specific.

4. Name two of the roles of the caregiver ( below) that you saw in the video and where you saw it.

Caregiver Roles

1. Encourage interactions and step back

2. Practice selective intervention

3. Providing space, time and materials (don’t choose this one..it is obvious here in the video)

4. Remaining available but not interrupting.

5. Support problem solving

6. Provide scaffolding

ASSIGNMET 3

After watching this video, name at least three principles of the RIE philosophy from the lecture or RIE pdf file, you learned, that show the RIE philosophy in action.

Number them 1, 2, 3 and where in the video you saw it.

For example, this principle,(tell children what you are going to do with them before you do it) I saw when the toddler or teacher was doing blank, blank, blank.

So state the principle and exactly what was happening in the movie that reflects that principle.

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