Elijah Dale A.

Guillergan 11/8/21
BSN-2D

CHECKPOINT QUESTION

1. When would an infant be ready to play peek-a-boo?

To indicate that the infant is meeting some objectives, the infant would likely to react by giggling
or covering her face. Babies can love peekaboo even from a newborn stage and all the way up through
being a toddler. The concept of object permanence develops anywhere from 4 to 12 months old, and
the idea that you’re really “gone” will begin to fade then. However, waiting for you to come out of
hiding is still fun even if they don’t think you’ve truly disappeared anymore. Their love of the game can
stay throughout the whole time they begin to grasp the concept and trying to figure out if you’re really
gone or not is part of the fun.

Babies’ reactions to peekaboo develop as they do. At three months old or less, they may smile
or coo at you when you play. At 3-6 months old, a baby can begin to visually follow your face where it
reappears. At 6-9 months old, they may laugh at the game, and at 9+ months old, they may imitate or
initiate the game.

2. What does it mean when a child develops object permanence?

Peek-a-boo is a game that aids in the development of object permanence, which is an important
component of early learning. Object permanence is the perception that objects and events exist even
when they can't be seen, heard, or touched firsthand. Between the ages of 6 months and a year, most
infants develop this understanding. If object permanence has not yet established, any person or thing
that is removed from the baby's eyes will be "out of sight, out of memory."

For example, a very young infant will believe that the other person or object has actually
vanished and will act shocked or startled when the object reappears. Older infants who understand
object permanence will realize that the person or object continues to exist even when unseen. During
this stage, an infant's knowledge of the world is limited to his or her sensory perceptions and motor
activities and how behaviors are limited to simple motor responses caused by sensory stimuli.