Blog Three

This blog is about the significance of 'places' to children's learning and development

In our infant room we have certain place's where we put activities for the infants. We have low shevles and low tables so that the infants can retrive what takes their interest and want to explore. This way they can be more independent and have access to for example puzzles, toys, books and muscial instruments placing activites this way stimulates children's curiosity and brain development (McNaughton & Williams, 2004).

E has found a muscial bus on the shelf that has taken her interest so she pulled it. She takes her time looking at in between pushing the buttons the on telephone beside her. Jean Piaget believed that children of the ages of birth - two years cognitive development happened through "co-ordinating sensory experiences (such as hearing) with physical and motor actions - hence called sensorimotor stage" (Santrock, 2008, p. 43).

Through exploring the 'wheels on the bus' E used her finger to open the door. This entertained her for ages the fact that she could open the door with her finger. She loved it!!! E also found that she could move the bus pushing it backwards and forwards.


Then it was back to getting that door open again it was a spring door so therefore it would slam shut if E let it go this she found hiliarous and would giggle and look at me and do it again.


R E F E R E N C E S

McNaughton,. G. Williams,. G. (2004). Techniques for teaching young children choices in theory and practice. Malaysian: Pearson Prentice-Hall.

Santrock,. J.W. (2008). Life span development (11th ed. International). Boston: McGraw-Hill