Quality One-On-One Conversation With Young Children

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Each child needs to feel as though the important people in their lives care for them. This is shown each time we give them our attention, ask questions, and engage with the person. Children benefit highly from quality interactions with caregivers (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2015). One-on-one conversation with young children is important for their language development and for their brain development. When children are neglected, the developing child’s brain functions and the actual structure of the brain itself can be damaged (Schulte, 2013). Teachers need to carefully plan activities that include quality one-on-one interactions so as to promote brain development in infants and toddlers. When caregivers sing to young children they learn about words, language, and communication and language comprehension begins (Hill, 2011). While singing and holding the child, new vocabulary is being introduced. By holding up objects such as the star toy, the child learns to associate the name of that toy with the words caregivers sing. There are many other additional benefits of singing to young children. Research has shown “that music and rhyme increase a child's ability in spatial reasoning, which can enhance a child's mathematical and scientific abilities” (Hill, 2011, par. 6). …show more content…

Teachers can dance while singing Twinkle, Twinkle or put on a cd with the song and dance along. Dancing is wonderful for babies as it stimulates almost every area of their brain, encouraging the growth of vital neurotransmitters (Hill, 2011). And, the stimulation they receive while dancing with them helps the development of muscle tone, space and body awareness, vision, hearing and touch as they are moved gently through different positions (Cummings, 2015, par.

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