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How toddlers learn by Miriam Brown, Early Years Manager


Toddlers, during the first year of their lives have developed into a small person, who is able to make their needs known by refin- ing their body and facial movements and using a widening variety of sounds. They learnt through interaction with people who are close to them.


I believe that it is a time to introduce them to the ‘wonders’ in the world as these every day experiences that guide and teach our toddlers and often the ones that as busy people we overlook because they have become meaningless to us as adults.


How much better is it to learn about the properties of water by pouring and squirting water in the bath every night than having to wait until the summer when a paddling pool is offered in the garden? At the same time they can be gently guided into understanding that water needs to stay in the bath otherwise the mat gets wet and feels cold when they get out. Certainly we can teach shapes and numbers, but through their play – when out for a walk point out that a drain cover is round, a circle, and that we can make a circle with our thumb and forefinger. Numbers are more fun if they relate to parts of our body and also help in learning the names of those parts. Interestingly this also starts an awareness of symmetry. Using those same numbers in counting rhymes reinforces numbers in a fun way and assists with early rhythms of speech.


The examples are almost endless. To a toddler an adult is the best and most enduring learning resource in their world.


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