UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS

LANGUAGES SCHOOL

HOW TO TEACH CHILDREN: 9 TO 12 MONTHS

HOW CHILDREN GROW AND LEARN: 9 TO 12 MONTHS

Around this age your child will begin to explore the world around them by touching, tasting, looking and listening. They will begin to develop their own initiative but will want you around to feel safe. They may become curious and easily distracted and their language skills will start to develop.

Understand simple familiar words.-

Everything is new and interesting to one-year-olds. They enthusiastically use their five senses to actively explore the world around them. They find in learning new words. Parents have to teach them some basic words, such as: family members, greeting. Some activities that parents can do to achieve this purpose are:

• Realia• Flashcards

Babbles as if speaking – says mama, dada.-

Parents should encourage children to try to say some familiar words, such as: mama, dada. Babbles lets children to develop their language skills and at the same time learn new words. For achieving this purpose, parents can use:

• Puppets.- • Gestures.-

WAVES, KISSES, POINTS IN RESPONSE TO OTHERS.

Most children learn to communicate to get a need of meet or to establish and maintain interaction with a loved adult.

through sounds (crying, cooing, squealing), facial expressions (eye contact, smiling, grimacing)

Babies communicate

and gestures/body movements (moving legs in excitement or distress, and later, gestures like pointing.)

CRAWL, SCOOTS WELL

Crawling helps your baby strengthen her muscles enough to walk and is her first way of getting around efficiently on her own.

When it develops

Most babies learn to crawl between six and 10 months.

It's getting mobile that's important, no matter how your baby does it.

Mother can hold her head up to look around, and her arm, leg, and back muscles are strong enough to keep her from falling on the floor when she gets on her hands and knees.

How it develops

Crawling typically comes after a baby is able to sit well without support

After your baby has mastered crawling, the only thing standing between her and complete mobility is learning to walk.

What's next

SPEND LONGER TIME DOING ONE THING

Play with themGet down on the floor and play trucks, build forts, make cardboard buildings for cars.

Read to your childrenStart a small chapter book and read one chapter a day. Make reading time special with something to eat.