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learning through receptivity.
Focus on helping them gain
an understanding of only one
number at a time. Concepts
such as same or different are
easily acquired at this stage.
At his stage, they are also
gaining
a
non-verbal
understanding of quantities,
visual comparisons, as well
as numbers.
Citizenship:
At this stage, help infants
understand the concepts of
citizenship
through
explorative play: cause and
effect,
helping
them
understand their place in the
environment,
make
connections between the
events in their environment
and events going on around
the school, for example.
Language:
Acquired during all
domains
of
play
development

Take the children from classroom to classroom in order to
observe how the other children are playing also a role as a
member of the community. Children model from other children.
Help them understand the role of each type animal in the animal
kingdom through puppets, books, 3-D representations (toys),
and music. Build onto their vocabularies as well as new
concepts present themselves.

By introducing them to new topics, new strategies, etc., you are
preparing their awareness, thus vocabularies—whether they can
area articulate it now or not, they are making the connections.
and

Help them learn social-interaction through play. Talk to them,
tell them everything you are doing and going to do, mimic their
Really begin to develop by expressions in a mirror. Social-skill development facilitates selfage 4 months: babies show esteem and self-confidence. Put on a puppet show using the
preference to caregiver, how
Social Skills: