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