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Infant/Toddler Focus Group
May 31, 2011
Unmanaged change is almost always a trigger to bad morale.
-Jerry Parr, early childhood leader and consultant
In his Exchange article, "Places for Babies: Infants and Toddlers in Groups," which is included in the new Exchange Essentials digital collection, Caring for Infants and Toddlers, Jim Greenman created this focus group at an infant-toddler center:

"This place is great,” gurgled 9-month-old Rebecca.  “I get to sleep when I want, eat when I want, and every time I’m cranky Bobby Jo picks me up and holds me tight, sings to me, and I know that I am the most important person in the world to her.”

“Yeah,” agreed 14-month-old Denise.  “I can spend my day climbing around and getting into this and that and nobody jumps on me.  I do love to lie on the couch and nurse my bottle.  But, Rebecca, you are wrong, Bobby Jo loves me best.”

Two-year-old James shoved a cookie in his mouth and mumbled,  “I like knocking things down.  I like to push things.  In fact, I’d like to push down Joe.  I also like to dump things out and to bite things (where did Joe go, anyhow?).  I don’t like always being told 'no,' I thought they gave me a new name for awhile — Nojames.”






This volume of Exchange Essentials includes 15 selected Exchange articles, in PDF format, offering insights and strategies for working with infants and toddlers in classroom settings:

  • Bright Beginnings for Babies
    by Pam Schiller
  • Can Babies Read and Write?
    by Deb Curtis
  • Brain Research, Infant Learning, and Child Care Curriculum
    by J. Ronald Lally
  • More Purposeful and Intentional Infant and Toddler Care
    by Pam Schiller
  • Secrets for Early Childhood Professionals
    by Alice Sterling Honig, Ph.D.
  • And 10 More!


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