UNIVERSIDA NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

LANGUAGES SCHOOL

METHODOLOGY 2

Students´ Names: Elsa Pinta and Aida Jaya

Course: Fourth Languages “B”

Date: 19/05/2014

Theme: Age and stages: How children grow and learn.

Birth to 6 months

Learners to tell speech from other sounds.Newborns their gestures, sounds and facial expressions to communicate feelings and needs such as hunger, fatigue, or joy, or let you know that they need a break from interacting or playing

Knows different faces/voices by 2 monthsCopy your baby´s sounds and encourage her to imitate you. He/she will start by making specific sounds such as “ohs” and “ahs” and progressive to “puh” “buh” “da” and ”ma ”

Learners to roll over and sits up with help.Babies learn very important early math and logic concepts. They leran about the cause and effect when they push a button to make the toy car move

Responds to own name and smiles up back.Children need a strong sense of security to develop seal-confidence. Comforting you baby, responding to his cried and needs, talking and playing with him all make him feel secure.

Shows happy/sad feelings—picks up on you mood.

Grasps small objectsEncourage you babies to explore objects and toys in different ways. Touching, banging, shaking and rolling help children learn about how things works

Developed other activities for babies.

It's also time think outside the box—or the playpen, or high chair. Your baby's becoming much more physical and he needs to move his muscles. Most children in the 4-6 month age range can control their heads, roll over and kick and reach with a purpose. Physical and cognitive skills are tightly connected and activities that incorporate both types of challenges are crucial. To boost both body and brain try these simple activities:

Tummy time. Place your infant on his stomach on a blanket, and sit in his line of vision with some attractive toys. Try to entice him with shiny or noisy objects. He'll lift his head, and possibly start rocking his body. His arms and legs will kick freely with interest and excitement. This type of play allows your baby to practice controlling his head, limbs and body movements. This kind of stimulation without restraints is a necessary precursor to crawling, and hones fine motor skills. Practice but don't push—let your baby go at his own pace.

Read my lips. Your baby has started to babble, and it may come as a surprise that sight is just as important as sound to your budding language learner. In a recent Florida Atlantic University study, researchers learned that babies look at lips when they hear someone talking. The infants continue to concentrate on that area of the face until they begin talking fluently at about 12 months. Hold your little one in a comfortable position where he can focus on your mouth and lips, talk to him and respond to his sounds. Speaking back to his coos while he gazes at you will help speed and strengthen language development.

Fun with fingers. Fine motor skills are improving at this age—your baby likes to reach for things and hold on tight. Give your baby safe objects to grasp, such as your index finger. Pretending that you're "caught" by baby will leave him tickled with delight. Also, hand over toys that are small enough to fit in a little fist, but not so tiny that your baby can get them in his mouth to swallow, or possibly choke on.

Baby's day out. Begin planning educational, child-centered outings and let your little one lead the way—at least some of the time. Point out the colors and shapes of fruits and vegetables at the grocery store, or take a trip to the zoo and name the animals. Stay tuned to your baby's interests, and shift your focus on the bird that catches his eye—even if you want to tell him all about elephants. If he's zoned in on a particular object, he'll delight in learning about it.

Cause and effect. Plan some serious peek-a-boo time. Your baby has always loved to look at your face, but now he wants to know that he's in control. Instead of using your hands, take a towel or scarf and put it over your face, and then let your little explorer pull it off. Or hide behind something and wait for your baby to make a sound before you come out. This teaches the basics of cause and effect and gives your tiny tot confidence in his abilities to manipulate the world around him. Try the same thing with toys—hide a truck under a cloth, and then let your child discover it himself.

Book buddies. If you're not, it's time to begin reading to your baby. Letter and word recognition are still a long way off, but establishing a reading routine can get your budding bookworm comfortable with stories and language. Prop him on your lap, read slowly from board books, and let your little one reach for the pages—he may even want to grasp or chew the books. This is a great way to build a foundation for a lifelong love of learning and reading.

Materials for these children.

Mobiles on the crib or mirrors, musical toys, colored pictures at baby's eye level, toys in the room - all provide stimulation

Teething rings, sucking toys, rattles, things to reach and grab, squeeze toys to stimulate sucking, grasping, and motor skills

Push and pull toys, riding equipment, bouncing gently on caregiver's lap, rolling on vinyl mat provide exercise for arms and legs and develop gross motor skills

Containers to put things into and take out of, large cubes to crawl into Crip Teta Objects Music Flash Cards white and black Different kinds of paper.