| Your
Child From Birth to 6 Months |
From Newborn to Baby:
The Most Important Developmental Achievements |
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| SOCIAL |
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COGNITIVE |
| Typically
Can: |
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Typically
Can: |
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Respond to own
mirror image |
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Enjoy examining
and banging objects |
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Extend toy to
another person |
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Remain alert 2
hours at a time |
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Socially smile at
another person |
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Create changes in
objects by looking at them upside down or further away |
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Try to imitate
facial expressions and gestures |
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| Emerging
Skills: |
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Emerging
Skills: |
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Disturbed by
strangers |
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Search for a toy
that is covered up |
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Will recognize
the word "No" |
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Remember that an
object is hidden and search for it |
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Able to call out
to parent for help |
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Look for dropped
object |
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Enjoy interactive
games like peek-a-boo |
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Begin to enjoy
clowning around |
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Use several
senses at once |
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| LANGUAGE |
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EMOTIONAL |
| Typically
Can: |
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Typically
Can: |
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Cry |
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Begin to quiet
down on his/her own after getting upset |
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Coo, chuckle,
gurgle when happy |
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Express many
emotions: sadness, anger, happiness and excitement |
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Begin to make
vowel and consonant combinations |
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Check out parent
and touch face as if memorizing it |
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Utter consonants
such as f, v, th, s, sh, z, m, n |
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Show mood changes
that tend to be rapid |
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Vary volume,
pitch, rate of utterance |
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| Emerging
Skills: |
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Emerging
Skills: |
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Begin to babble |
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Has a special toy
that always goes to bed with him/her |
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Respond to some
words (e.g., "no no") |
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Sleep for longer
periods at night |
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Imitate two or
three familiar gestures such as pat-a-cake |
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Turn in response
to name |
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| GROSS MOTOR |
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FINE MOTOR |
| Typically
Can: |
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Typically
Can: |
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Sit with slight
support |
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Move toy from
hand to mouth |
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Lift head and
pull to sitting position when hand held |
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Hold toys placed
in both hands |
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Turn from back to
stomach and from stomach to back |
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Bang spoon placed
in hand |
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Turn head freely |
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Grasp table |
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Sit in chair and
bounce |
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Reach and grasp
at objects with whole hand |
| Emerging
Skills: |
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Emerging
Skills: |
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Take weight on
feet when held in standing position |
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Transfer toy from
one hand to another |
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Take early
stepping movements |
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Release toy by
dropping |
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Get into creeping
or crawling position |
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Throw toy
purposefully |
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Appear to be
dancing when straightens one leg at a time in upright position |
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Hold two blocks
and look for a third |
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Rotate wrist to
turn and manipulate object |
GAMES & ACTIVITIES
FOR YOU AND YOUR BABY:
"Peek-a-Boo"
games help babies develop memory for objects and people. The "I'm going to get
you" game is another game parents can play with baby which is guaranteed to delight
and bring squeals of joy.
Rhymes & songs give pleasure and comfort especially when
coming from a familiar voice in a lyrical and repetitive chant. Use any opportunity such
as diapering, feeding or bathing as a chance to sing to your baby.
"Shake-Shake" toys that make a noise will give
your baby lots of stimulation and pleasure. This encourages your child to initiate an
activity and to learn from the immediate response the toy gives.
Finger plays are a fun way to use your fingers to "act
out" verses of songs and rhymes. Using your hands helps your baby pay attention to
the rhythm of the words and actions that can be imitated. Some favourites you may know are
"Ten little martians standing in a row"; "Two little blackbirds sitting on
a hill"; "Hickory, Dickory, Dock, the mouse ran up the clock";
"Eeensy, Weensy Spider"; "Where is Thumbkin" and "I'm a little
teapot".
Rocking and jumping games entice your baby into music and
rhythm, engaging his/her whole body. For instance, bouncing your baby gently on your lap
while you sing "The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round". |
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