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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The roots of socialization- Must be taught during the infant/toddler years




Your baby  has learned how to  throw  things and how to kick. Ajani has  been throwing things  for the past two months he throws his ball among other things. He has a bin of books on the floor and he usually throw the books all over the floor  then  he use the  container to stand on to reach things. He was practicing his new skill plus just  reacting to him emotion . In other words he does not know the difference because the ability to reason has not developed as yet. He has now learned how to throw things. Now he has to be taught that he cannot through everything . This evening he began throwing his books over the floor. I sat beside him and showed him how to stack the books on each other. "Ajani let's stack the books on each other instead of throwing them all over the floor, I said to him. I began taking out the rest on the books. "Look you don't have to throw them you just need to stack  them and then you can use the container". He sat and stared at  me as I take the books one by one and stack them on each other.
He is learning what behavior is acceptable and he is being socialized.
If you do not teach your infant/toddler acceptable behaviors when he gets to preschool he will  not  understand what is social   acceptable  behaviors. Then he will be labeled as a problem.

 I will observe to see if he will stack the books instead of throwing them all over the floor.   I will also observe how many times will I need to model that behavior for him before the behavior will become a part of his practice.
Learning for infant/toddlers is a process and the care giver must be consistent and patient.  Just remember that once your toddler begins to model that positive behavior he will practice it for life.

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