How Babies Learn

Duration: 35 min.

Year Published: 1966

Creator: NYU

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Describes some of the important developmental advances made by babies during the first year of life, pointing out the influence of interpersonal and physical environment., Depicts the stages of development in the first year of a baby's life and shows how parents help their children to learn. Demonstrates such important aspects of infant development as grasping, sucking, and crying in the early weeks; block handling, sitting, and crawling in the middle months; and walking, manipulating objects, remembering, and imitating speech sounds in the later months. Stresses the importance of meaningful contact with a "special" person.

Complete Record: , Depicts the stages of development in the first year of a baby's life and shows how parents help their children to learn. Demonstrates such important aspects of infant development as grasping, sucking, and crying in the early weeks; block handling, sitting, and crawling in the middle months; and walking, manipulating objects, remembering, and imitating speech sounds in the later months. Stresses the importance of meaningful contact with a "special" person.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.