You have one infant in your group who constantly bangs her toys on the table and drops them to the floor and begins fussing for you to retrieve them for her. The knowledgeable early childhood educator would
a. recognize this is an attention-getting behavior that can best be handled by ignoring it.
b. understand these behaviors are developmentally appropriate for the sensorimotor stage and be tolerant of the banging, dropping, and retrieving routine.
c. gently remove the toys as soon as the banging and dropping begin in order to extinguish the behaviors.
d. provide different toys as this behavior indicates boredom.
answer: b
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