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What makes up the social environment in an infant-toddler program and how can you see it?

What is self-image?

What factors contribute to a positive self-image?

by Geneva Stafford – Monday, November 15, 2021, 10:43 PMNumber of replies: 4The social environment is a major factor in proper development as well as the physical and and emotional development. Children need to trust in their environment to be able to become social with those around them in way that shows they trust their environment and surroundings enough to open up and become more expressive. To be able to “see” the social environment, the adult needs to be able to catch the actions as they happen. Attachment and identity formation is a key factor in developing a proper social environment as the infants and toddlers learn to trust in themselves as well as those around them and even learn to adapt to the people around them in their daily lives. Socialization is a beneficial aspect of proper development and understanding as the infants and toddlers get older and learn to have more of an understanding of what is going on all around them. Self-image is the influence that young children have as they begin to see themselves and learn who they want to be. Children are influenced by the image they hold of themselves as well as the images that adults carry around with them as a memory of the child at a certain point in time. Self-image is more commonly defined as ones own perception of oneself that relates to body image and awareness. Body awareness is when children learn what their bodies are capable of and can do as they are progressing and developing day by day. An example of self-image and body awareness is when a young child is trying to get off of the couch and get to the floor to explore and move around. The child knows and can sense that the floor is not as far as their mind may try to make them think in the first place. It shows that the child knows that the floor is right by their feet and that they are in control of how their bodies react to the short drop to the floor. Self-image is based not just on one aspect, but multiple aspects of development and learning as the children progress developmentally. Some of these factors include cultural identity, multicultural/multilingual curriculum, gender identity, and self concept and discipline. All of these factors have a role to play as each culture and family religion has their own preferences as to how their children are raised and taught about their self-image. Our cultures, beliefs, and religions influence our everyday actions and choices as well as their trust and belief in people they may not know or never seen before. it is crucial to allow children proper development of their self-image through proper inspiration and behavioral modeling as a way to help guide positive influence in their daily lives.  

by Elin Shearin – Monday, November 15, 2021, 6:26 PMNumber of replies: 4The social environment in an infant-toddler program is just as important as the physical environment. It contributes to emotional well-being and socialization by supporting infants’ and toddlers’ identity formation and attachment. In order to see the social environment, you need to catch behaviors as they happen. These behaviors can be between children or between children and adults. Things that you can see include children taking turns and working cooperatively with others.Self-image is how children see themselves. This includes characteristics such as body awareness which increases as movement develops. It also includes cultural identity which grows when the program regards families as partners and pays attention to cultural differences in ideas about what infants and toddlers need from adults. Lastly, self-image includes racial identity which is different from cultural identity. With racial identity, caregivers pay attention to what message children are receiving about their race, even though the real issue is not race, but rather racism. For children to have a positive self-image, they need to have positive models to copy. Children copy everything they see so if they see the adults around them with a positive self-image, chances are they will as well. The adults and caregivers should also guide and manage behavior because it can affect how a child feels about themselves. Our book says that if children are to grow up knowing how to take care of themselves, they need role models who meet their physical, mental, emotional, and social needs. PermalinkReply