ECED 1110 - Infant and Toddler Development

4.5 Credits

This course focuses on typical and atypical development of children in the prenatal period of development through 36 months of age. It examines planning curriculum in the domains of physical growth and motor skills, cognition, language, and social and emotional development.

Note: This course requires field experience contact hours within early childhood education settings.

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives
1.   Demonstrate knowledge of physical and motor growth and development, cognitive and language development, and social/emotional development for children from conception through thirty-six months of age.
2.   Identify how to arrange and equip a physical setting to create an active learning environment for infants and toddlers.
3.   Identify ways to establish supportive adult-child and adult-adult interactions.
4.   Recognize children in the context of their families, culture and community.
5.   Identify health and safety practices vital in caring for infants and toddlers.
6.   Examine developmentally appropriate curriculum, play and activities for infants and toddlers.
7.   Develop an awareness and appreciation of the individual likenesses and differences among children, families and colleagues.

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