FRHD 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fine Motor Skill, Gross Motor Skill, Fast Mapping

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3040
• Professor: David Green

Document Summary

Role of children: endless energy and curiosity, drive to discover. Role of parents and other caregivers: support adventurous nature, avoid inhibiting activities. Parental support of behaviours that demonstrate sense of initiative. Providing a context that facilitates positive self-evaluation. Conversations about emotions: emotional competence contributes to social competence. Assistance in mastering a variety of activities. Important for self regulatory behaviours related to cognitive awareness and task management. Dis(cid:272)ussio(cid:374) of (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s strategies (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g o(cid:374) a (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e task. Fast mapping (10-20 new words per day) Parents should: verbal dialogues and answer questions, label new things, encourage the description of life events, avoid correction of pronunciation, understand their limitations- reverse-order sentences, several request stated at a time, metaphors. Alert(cid:374)ess to (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) to e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) (cid:448)arious physi(cid:272)al activities. Provision of sufficient space and appropriate structures. Manipulation of a diverse number of objects. Provision of variety of tools to promote specific abilities.