Infant Toddler Learning & Development Foundations

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
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Memory
Behaviors leading up to the
foundation (4 to 7 months)
During this period, the child may:
• Explore toys with hands and
mouth. (3–6 mos.; Parks 2004,
10)
• Find a rattle hidden under a
blanket when only the handle
is showing. (4–6 mos.; Parks
2004, 42)
• Look toward the floor when the
bottle falls off table. (Scaled
score of 10 for 5:06–5:15
mos.; Bayley 2006, 55; 8 mos.;
Meisels and others 2003, 20;
birth–8 mos.; Lally and others
1995, 72)
Behaviors leading up to the
foundation (9 to 17 months)
During this period, the child may:
• Ask for a parent after morning
drop-off. (9–12 mos.; Lerner
and Ciervo 2003)
• Reach in the infant care
teacher’s pocket after watching
him hide a toy there. (11–13
mos.; Parks 2004, 43)
• Look or reach inside a container
of small toys after seeing
the infant care teacher take
the toys off the table and put
them in the container. (Scaled
score of 10 for 8:16–9:15 mos.;
Bayley 2006, 57; birth–8 mos.;
Lally and others 1995, 78–79)
• Lift a scarf to search for a toy
after seeing the infant care
teacher hide it under the scarf.
(By 8 mos.; American Academy
of Pediatrics 2004, 244; 8
mos.; Kail 1990, 112)
Behaviors leading up to the
foundation (19 to 35 months)
During this period, the child may:
• Say “meow” when the infant
care teacher points to the picture
of the cat and asks what the cat
says. (12–24 mos.; Siegel 1999,
32)
• Give another child an object that
belongs to her. (12–24 mos.;
Siegel 1999, 32)
• Remember where toys should
be put away in the classroom.
(21–24 mos.; Parks 2004, 318)
• Find a hidden toy, even when
it is hidden under two or three
blankets. (By 24 mos.; American
Academy of Pediatrics 2004,
273)
• Express “mama” when the infant
care teacher asks who packed
the child’s snack.