Mari In The Documentary 'One Of The Babies'

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One of the babies from the documentary was Mari who was born and lives in Tokyo, Japan. By twelve months of age according to the Nipissing District Developmental Screen she is doing successful with more than half of the boxes checked “yes”. Some of her strengths that were shown during the documentary are easily and without help getting up into a sitting position from laying down, another was using sounds, actions and facial expressions but very little words to make her needs and protests known to other. She also was shown walking and standing confidently without any hands or furniture multiple times. While she is doing successful there are also some areas of need. One example was that Mari wasn’t consistently using three or more words whether they were clear words or not. When …show more content…
To help develop this Mari’s parents can talk to her using short and simple sentences like “good dog” or “blue ball”. They can also hold objects, such as a ball, in front of her and name them, then wait for Mari to respond with a word or sound. Another option could be to teach Mari rhyming, and clapping games, playing them with her allowing her to learn the words and actions. These activities should be repeated as repetition helps with developing language. Both of these activities allow Mari to get a better grasp and understanding on words that she can easily speak back to her parents.

Mari had milestones in social/emotional, cognitive, language and physical development that were achieved in the documentary. By the end of the documentary she was seeking out out and spoke once to a girl on the playground instead of being with
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