CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Researchers say infants develop the ability to imitate during the second half of their first year of life, mostly between 6 and 8 months of age.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social and emotional milestones at 6 months Is usually happy and responds to the emotions of others. Starting to differentiate between familiar faces and strangers. Enjoys playing with you and others. Has fun looking at himself in a mirror.

Detailed explanation-3: -At around 8 months of age, children imitate simple actions and expressions of others during interactions. For example, the child may: Copy the infant care teacher’s movements when playing pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo. (Coplan 1993, 3)

Detailed explanation-4: -While infants vary in their sensitivity, research shows that babies do, indeed, sense and react to their parents’ emotional cues. Generally speaking, they’re picking up on what you’re giving off.

Detailed explanation-5: -Your baby is starting to understand the world around them. They can follow you with their eyes, look from one object to another, and focus on small objects. If they can, your baby will check what they see by grabbing and mouthing the object.