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The Open University

Understanding children: babies being heard

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

In this free course, Understanding children: babies being heard, you will find out some of the things that very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life and relationships from birth. You will look at what they need from other adults and children, and what they can learn.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 People right from the start
  • 1 People right from the start
  • 2 Babies are people too!
  • 2 Babies are people too!
  • 2.1 Babies' abilities
  • 2.2 What are babies able to do?
  • 2.3 Mia's first birthday
  • 3 Watching babies
  • 3 Watching babies
  • 4 Learning and growing
  • 4 Learning and growing
  • 5 Promoting development
  • 5 Promoting development
  • 6 Difference and young children
  • 6 Difference and young children
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Communicating need
  • 6.3 Responding to need
  • 7 Different babies, different families
  • 7 Different babies, different families
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Keep on learning
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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4.5 rating at OpenLearn based on 22 ratings

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    Coleen Parker
    A wonderful course that teaches us that babies do know how to communicate and also teaches how important it is for them to be around other adults and kids. I would definitely recommend this course to any parent, carer or practitioner.
  • Profile image for Hector Torres
    Hector Torres
    Very good class. It was easy to understand and follow. Definitely useful in being a parent to an infant.

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