Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Case Study 1/ Question 1
In this case study we can se the two instrucctors, Shawna and Ronnie, constantly engaging the infants in conversation. As teachers, it is great that they do this because it stimulates the infant's brains by introducing them to communication sounds. In this case study, Shawna feeds 4 month old Deshi his bottle. While she feeds him she looks into his eyes and quitly asks him if he is enjoying his bottle. He stares back at here and recognizes that she is speaking to him. Even though he cannot yet nderstand what she is saying and he cannot respond, his brain istaking in the sounds that she is making. Another great thing that I noticed within this study was when Natalya came into the classroom to nurse her son and she spoke to him in Russian, his native language. By speaking to him in this way, she is helping him to absorb his natuve tongue, while he is also learning English from his teachers. At the infant stage, it is easy foor kids to learn many different languages because they are so modable and thir inds are eager to soak u any language sounds that they can. Babies who are not spoken to and are not stimulated will develope at a slower rate. Their minds will not have been stmulated as much as babies who are constantly spoken to wen they are young.
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Hi Liza! I agree with what you said; These teachers are doing a great job on multiple levels in preparing these toddler/infants. I think it is also great that they try and include parents in the learning process because Natalya can also learn from the teachers and take what she learns home to foster a better learning environment for her baby. Also, as she sings to her baby, the other child are probably also listening and absorbing these new sounds, which they will benefit from. They also encourage interaction between babies, like when Olivia crawls up, the teacher creates "a dialogue" between the babies.
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