Self Development
Weaning from Breastfeeding
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- Last Modified: 17 July 2012
Weaning is the process when a baby moves from breastfeeding or bottle feeding to non-milk meal. The sensitive periods for weaning are about 5-6 months. Before this period the parent needs to prepare the baby for this process. This starts at the age of 3-4 months when the baby is introduced to different flavours by letting the baby have a taste of fruit juice form a tiny spoon. This is continued for about a month, when feeding the baby remember not to force the baby but wait for the baby to pen their mouth or stick their tongue out when food is offered to them.
Toilet Learning vs. Toilet Training
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- Last Modified: 17 July 2012
Toilet learning differs from Toilet training. Child toilet training is something that is adult directed; toilet learning is when the child is involved in their own learning. Toilet training may involve a time pressure on your child which seems to be a quick fix but may have consequences. Toilet training involves an attitude of having to do it now because the adult chooses so. The difference between toilet learning and toilet training is the adult’s attitude which can make a big difference for the child.
Montessori & Children Creativity
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Children Creativity
Creativity may seem important only for people who are involved in the artistic trade. Yet more and more in our society we see the real value of it. There have been links between creativity and problem solving abilities (Moyles, 1999) and increasing the ability to “think outside of the box”. If this is true then creativity is therefore significant if we are to encourage and help children be an independent and productive citizen of society. One definition of may be “creativity is basically an attitude, one that come easily to young, but must be sustained and strengthened lest it be sacrificed in our too logical world (Marzollo and Lloyd, 1972).
Children Separation Anxiety
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- Last Modified: 17 July 2012
Every parent has experienced the phenomenon of separation anxiety in children. It is a normal behaviour that is part of child’s development seen mostly in babies and toddlers. It can most often be seen in babies from 8 months to about 2 years old. It is often triggered with a new childcare situation, a new sibling or moving to a new place. For children it would be normal to feel this way, to cry and be distressed to the new changes as they are separated from who they trust. A child may even feel anxiety next door from the parents’ bedroom while tucked in the bed.
Children Brain Development
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- Last Modified: 19 July 2012
Brain Development
No one can emphasize enough the importance of brain development in early childhood education. Today’s developing technology and research have allowed us to learn more about the brain, how it works and the critical periods for its development. We now know that through research conducted with rats’ brains that an enriched environment actually increases brain size (Diamond and Hopson, 1998). There is a new growing interest in developmental neuropsychology, or research in brain development.
