An increasing number of parents are striving to send their child to developmental activities. But not everyone knows what a competent lesson should be for a 1 year old baby. The criteria for the professionalism of a teacher working with one-year-old children are very specific and are not known to a wide range of adults.
"The child likes it"
Indeed: why go to classes that the kid does not like? But any child needs to adapt to a new environment, a psychologist, actions during class, etc. The younger the baby, the longer the adaptation process takes. It is normal if the child gets used to 3-4 sessions and practically does nothing. The conclusion about whether the baby likes it should be made no earlier than after 4 visits. Up to this point, the criteria for assessing the quality of the lesson and its benefits for development are completely different.
The complexity of the lesson
Most parents want to see a finished product at the end of the developmental lesson - some kind of craft. But a one-year-old baby is not yet capable of making complex drawings and figures. The scenario of the lesson also does not always matter for a small child. It is important for Godovasik to experiment with materials: tear, touch, crumple. Therefore, it will be more useful to simply sort out the beans than to make some kind of drawing out of them. The same applies to dough and plasticine: it is enough for a baby to just tear it, and not make figures.
Change of activity
With normal psychological development, a child at 1 year old can keep attention on one action for a very short time - 5-10 minutes. If there is something bright in the room where the developmental lesson takes place (toys, wallpaper, etc.), the baby is very likely to be distracted. A professional educator organizes a group of young children in such a way that every 10 minutes or even less there is a change of activity. Physical education is mandatory, when the guys move, warm up. In this case, the teacher will hold the attention of the kids throughout the entire lesson. But its duration should not exceed 30-40 minutes, so that the children do not get tired. It happens that in some centers one-hour classes are organized for one-year-old babies. In this case, it is imperative that there is a break. For example, 25 minutes of creativity, a break and then rhythm.
It is better to bring a baby 1 year old to a psychologist's classes. A specialist of such a profile better than a simple teacher knows the peculiarities of the development of children of such an early age.
Everything that is done with children in developmental classes at the age of 1 year can be done at home. You should not demand something unique and unrepeatable from a teacher. The value of the lesson does not fall due to its simplicity.
