Unit 4 - Toddlers


Essential Questions:
  • What are the major physical developments in toddlers?
  • What are the signs of intellectual, emotional, and social growth in toddlers?
  • Why are the toddler years sometimes particularly trying for children and adults?
  • What kind of environment promotes sound emotional development?
  • How does play impact social development?
  • How do caregivers promote responsibility in toddlers?


Unit Vocabulary:

  • Gender roles
  • toddler
  • developmentally appropriate
  • temper tantrums
  • socialization
  • parallel play
  • autonomy,
  • self-discipline
  • directed learning

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