Babies

about Babies is a look at a year in the lives

of four babies born in different cultures: Tokyo rural Mongolia Namibia San Francisco

Recorded over a period of 400 days.

Babies do what babies do: they get born; fed, bathed; cry; play; learn to sit; crawl; and walk; and begin to explore their worlds.

Differences in parenting and life styles are shown with respect and without judgment.

GroupsDivide into groups of three or four.

Each group will select one baby:Bayar Ponijao Mari Hattie

Decide what member in the group will cover each area of development. Open your book to the right page for your areaPhysical – pg 222Social – pg 268 Intellectual – pg 290 Emotional* - page 260 & 261

*only if your group has 4 members

Observe and RecordYOU are the assigned observer for your group and that

developmental area.

You are the ONLY observer for that area.

Watch the video for signs of development in your baby. When you see evidence, record what you saw and the time in the video you saw it.

Compare what you saw with the developmental milestones chart in your book. Based on that, write an estimate age for that baby Estimated ages should get older as the movie progresses. Emotional Observer’s records will be slightly different

Phys, Soc, & Int Observers

Baby Name

Developmental Area

Your Name

Time Observation

Est. Age

Emotional Observer

Baby Name

EMOTIONAL

Your Name

Intensity -

Persistence -

Sensitivity -

Write down all the temperament traits on

pages 260 & 261. As you watch, record incidences you observed displaying your baby’s strength or

weakness in that trait. At the end, rate them from 1 (low) to 5 (high) on each

trait. Then write a paragraph describing the temperament of the baby

you observed.