This document discusses suitable activities for cognitive and language development in infants and toddlers. It recommends games, music, art, reading, and hands-on activities. Specific examples of activities are given, such as peek-a-boo, block play, and obstacle courses to develop motor skills. Music is said to build movement and rhythm skills. Art helps with expression and language. Reading exposes children to books and stories. Hands-on activities satisfy curiosity about the environment. The document emphasizes that these activities should be developmentally appropriate and help children's cognitive development.

1. COGNITIVE &
LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT
Present by :
Adibah
Madihah
Wong

2. SUITABLE ACTIVITIES
•Games
•Music
•Art
•Reading
•Hands-on activities

3. Games
• Touch, Feel and Grasp
- according to Jean Piaget, in the reflexive stage of cognitive development, infants and
toddlers are learning through simple reflex activities.
- soft toys such as stuffed animals or rattles provide infants with the opportunity to hold
and feel items and use their grasp reflex.
• Cuddling
- an affirming source of cognitive development.
- learns the importance of touch and closeness with a parent.
- talking softly with a baby while cuddling provides stimulation, and she learns the sound
of her parent's voice.
- may also be an opportunity for other activities, such as tickling or playing with fingers or
toes.
- learns about her body parts, and the tickling feeling can make her laugh.

4. • Blowing Bubbles
- introduces her to different textures and the concept of change in consistency of objects.
• Peek-a-boo
- a fun game for an infant as she learns to look for mom or dad. Games are an entertaining
way to make a baby laugh and enjoy time with her parents.
• Structured Games
- "Concentration" are effective for improving memory.
- parents or caregivers can use cards with pictures, or make their own with index cards
and markers.
- the adult places a few cards face down and asks the child to turn one over, view the
picture, and then choose another card that matches it.
- learn how to eliminate choices by remembering the pictures on the cards.

5. • Block Play
- such as stacking blocks or filling and emptying objects can promote motor
learning, spatial awareness and cause and effect.
- through block play, infants and toddlers can learn to be intentional with
their motor actions.
• Obstacle Courses
- allows toddlers to learn new ways to do things.
- they can go over, under, around or through things, which can help with
understanding alternate ways to achieve a goal. This activity
- can also promote gross motor skills, coordination and balance.

6. • Hide-and-Seek Games
- can help toddlers learn problem-solving skills.
- an example of a hide-and-seek type game is to ask the toddler to put
something in the trash or in another location away from where they are.
- can also teach language and direction-following skills.
- will help toddlers to use thinking and problem-solving skills to find objects
or people.

7. Music
• can calm and soothe or can be a fun and energetic activity.
• can lead to dancing or swaying, and movement builds upon a baby's
sense of space in his surroundings.
• singing to a baby, especially a pleasant song with repetitive words,
gives him something to enjoy and he learns to positively associate
the words or tune of a song with a caregiver.
• gives an infant some sense of rhythm and repetition.

8. Art
• children do not have to be talented artists to learn from creative
endeavors.
• can help 5-year-olds express themselves while they demonstrate how
concepts appear to them.
• parents can ask their child to draw their family, house, pets and toys. After
they finish, the parent asks questions so children can explain the ideas
behind their drawings.
• children develop language and vocabulary, which augment cognitive
development, through this process.

9. Reading
• a positive way of spending time together and a baby may begin to
associate a story with a caregiver.
• foundational for teaching him the importance of books and stories for
later in life.
• can listen or turn toward a parent, allowing him to use his sense of
hearing.
• can also become familiar with a particular story if it is consistently
repeated.

10. Hands-on Activities
• effective for young children, especially when they are learning about
their environment.
• nature walks and visits to museums and zoos help children get an
up-close look at things they have heard adults read or talk about.
• satisfy the natural inquisitiveness that most 5-year-olds have while
exposing them to new visual reinforcement.

11. Appropriateness
• The exchange of ideas helps students to discover, construct and
become aware of their own thinking process and assists
significantly in learning.
• Develop the children’s cognitive development

12. •THANK YOU…