Infants and Media
Synchrony is when a child looks to the caregiver on how to respond. For example, if a caregiver repeats a word said on a television show, a child is likely to mimic that action.
Joint attention means the child and the caregiver both are looking at and interacting with the same thing. An example of this could be an adult and a child pointing to things together while reading a book.
Repetition is exactly what it sounds like! It means doing or seeing things over and over again. For example, in a television show, if a word is repeated, the infant will have an easier time learning that word.
Simplicity means breaking complicated concepts down into something easier to understand. If a parent explains the world as "a lot of families like ours that live in a lot of different places", that would be easier for a child to understand.
Prosodic features of language is using a higher pitch of voice and emphasizing certain words to help a baby understand. Babies tend to prefer higher pitched things. Often, in children's shows, the characters have high-pitched voices.
Segmentation is breaking things into pieces. For example, if you tell your child a list of instructions, that is harder for them to carry out than giving them one part of the instructions at a time.
Applying any of these strategies while using media with your baby could be valuable in helping them learn!
This is very good and useful information for parents with young infants and children. I like the examples you used in your post. I would like to apply this when I have kids.
ReplyDeleteSuper helpful information! Thanks for synthesizing the info we learned from lecture about infants and media!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great summary of what we learned in class! Well done
ReplyDeleteYou summed everything up so well!! I think teaching infants this way starting out early will also help them establish good patterns for learning later on!
ReplyDeleteI really love how you shared insight learned in class about how media/technologt is not always a bad thing but can help children learn things that are good as well.
ReplyDeleteI love this! So succinct and thorough at the same time. Makes it easy to understand.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea of joint attention because it makes media consumption less mindless and more intentional and will help children remember the things they are learning from their media.
ReplyDeleteThis information was so helpful and applicable!
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