Reading A Picture Book Artifact For Infants

Relationship with the children

I chose the reading a picture book artifact for infants on June 20th, 2017. I chose reading artifact for infants because they like to touch and feel the book, and they enjoyed with the colorful picture which were in the book. I read the book of ABCD touch and feel book for individual and group of children, and I read this book three times in the infant room as per my planned curriculum activity. Through this activity, I got more knowledge about children’s development, their needs and their cues. Moreover, we could easily interact with each other, and I built strong relationship with them. According to the Creating Environment for Learning, “children develop best when they have secure, consistent relationships with responsive adults and opportunities for positive relationship.” (Bullard,page no-8)

Reading a book for children is the best practices because it helps me to get more information about children. It assisted me to know about children’s social, cognitive, emotional and language development. Through reading activity, I gained more knowledge about their need and cues. Therefore, I can create another

For example, I brought ABCD blocks for infants. When they saw the distinct colors of the blocks, three infants came to me. They were very enthusiastic to touch the blocks as well as books. During my reading activity, I observed that children used their fine-motor skill such as pincer grasp to touch blocks and various pictures from the book. When I started to read book for them, they would have smiled, giggle toward at some pictures. At that time, I observed their behaviour and their development. Moreover, I documented in their information charts, I used their observation in my assignment. Through reading a book for children, I observed a different kind of cues to children, and I would make another plan activity according to their