Learning Outcomes
Course
1. apply the knowledge of developmental tasks in promoting the health of individuals across the lifespan.
9. differentiate between normal developmental patterns and deviations from expected developmental patterns from infancy through late adulthood.
Week 6
For preschoolers:
List developmental milestones
Describe cognitive development
Describe psychosocial tasks
Describe safety concerns
GoalDevelopment and play are intertwined. For this assignment, you will take on the role of a healthcare provider/educator and help the parents of a preschooler choose developmentally appropriate toys for their child’s birthday. You will take into account cognitive, psychosocial, developmental, and safety aspects.
GuidelinesAre all toys safe? Appropriate for the child? How can you educate parents about the toy’s developmental benefits as well as its safety features? For a preschooler research toys on the internet. Identify a toy that will help develop fine motor skills and one that will help to develop gross motor skills.Then, for each toy provide the following information: Provide a link to or picture of the toy
Describe the toy – what are the features that appeal to the child and the parent
For the respective toy – what aspect(s) promote fine motor development? Which aspect(s) promote gross motor development? Language development?
Give the cost – does it seem reasonable? Are there different prices on different sites?
Describe safety features – include aspects that provide for safety and those that may not seem safe
Describe features that appeal to Piaget’s pre-operational stage.
Describe features that appeal to Erikson’s initiative (vs. guilt) stage.
Supplemental Materials
Piaget’s Pre-operational Stage
Children begin to think symbolically and learn to use words and pictures to represent objects.
Children at this stage tend to be egocentric and struggle to see things from the perspective of others.
While they are getting better with language and thinking, they still tend to think about things in very concrete terms.
The foundations of language development may have been laid during the previous stage, but it is the emergence of language that is one of the major hallmarks of the preoperational stage of development.
Children become much more skilled at pretend play during this stage of development, yet continue to think very concretely about the world around them.
Cherry, K.