Infant Development

Posted on 28 October 2010 by valentine30528

Infant Language Development:

0-1 month: turns head in response to voices
6- 8 weeks: coos
Gestures to communicate:pushes objects away, squirms reaches out to people,  pouts smacks lips, shrieks, points
2 months: voluntary vocal sounds
3 months: babbles
6-12 months: imitation sound games
Responds to variety of sounds *
Makes vowel sounds
Acquires receptive language *
Cries to communicate
12 months: first words
* Key characteristics of cultural awareness or identity.

Infant Physical and Motor Skill Development    

Newborn motor activity is mostly reflexes

4 months: sees, grasps objects

5 months: examines fingers

sits when propped

6 months: rolls over

discovers feet

teething begins

7 months: crawls

8 months: sits up unaided

9 months: creeps

10 months: feeds self with spoon

11 months: stands alone, cruises

12: first steps

By 1 year: grows 10-12 inches, triples birth weight

lengthens by 40%, doubles brain size

full head of hair

Bounces in crib

Uses whole body motions

Infant Creative Development

Discovers and explores hands over feet

Expresses and discovers emotion

Talks by babbling, cooing, gurgling

Plays Peek-A-Boo

Responds to facial expressions

Infant Cognitive Development

0-1 month: responds to mother’s voice:

senses function, especially pain, touch

10 weeks: memory is evident

4 months: smiles of recognition

7-10 months: solves simple problems (knocks box over to get toy)

8 months: begins to believe in permanence of objects;

follows a simple instruction

8-12 months: intentionally acts

11 months: begins trial-error experimentation

12 months: plays drop/retrieve games, pat-a-cake

Explores with hands and fingers

Smiles, vocalizes at image in mirror