Infants

Academic Goals

1. Peer Interaction
2. Independent Play
3. Language Stimulation
4. Sensory & Manipulation Stimulation
5. Spontaneous Adult/Child Interaction

Developmental Milestones

3-Months
Movement

• Raises head and chest when lying on stomach
• Supports upper body with arms when lying on stomach
• Stretches legs out and kicks when lying on stomach or back
• Opens and shuts hands
• Pushes down on legs when feet are placed on a firm surface
• Brings hand to mouth
• Takes swipes at dangling objects with hands
• Grasps and shakes hand-toys

Visual

• Watches faces intently
• Follows moving objects
• Recognizes familiar objects and people at a distance
• Starts using hands and eyes in coordinations

Hearing and Speech

• Smiles at the sound of your voice
• Begins to babble
• Begins to imitate some sounds
• Turns head toward direction of sound

Social/Emotional

• Begins to develop a social smile
• Enjoys playing with other people, and may cry when playing stops
• Becomes more communicative and expressive with face and body
• Imitates some movements and facial expressions

7-Months
Movement

• Rolls both ways (front to back, back to front)
• Sits with, and then without, support of hands
• Supports whole weight on legs
• Reaches with one hand
• Transfers object from hand to hand
• Uses raking grasp (not pincer) 

Vision

• Develops full color vision
• Distance vision matures
• Ability to track moving objects matures

Language

• Responds to own name
• Begins to respond to "no"
• Distinguishes emotions by tone of voice
• Responds to sound by making sounds
• Uses voice to express joy and displeasure
• Babbles chains of consonants

Cognitive

• Finds partially hidden object
• Explores with hands and mouth
• Struggles to get objects that are out of reach

Social/Emotional

• Enjoys social play
• Interested in mirror images
• Responds to other people's expressions of emotion

12-Months
Movement

• Reaches sitting position without assistance
• Crawls forward on belly
• Assumes hands-and-knees position
• Creeps on hands and knees
• Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position
• Pulls self up to stand
• Walks holding on to furniture
• Stands momentarily without support
• May walk two or three steps without support

Language

• Pays increasing attention to speech
• Responds to simple verbal requests
• Responds to "no"
• Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for "no"
• Babbles with inflection
• Says "dada" and "mama"
• Uses exclamations such as "Uh-oh!"
• Tries to imitate words

Social and Emotional

• Shy or anxious with strangers
• Cries when mother or father leaves
• Enjoys imitating people
• Shows specific preferences for certain people and toys
• Tests parental responses to their actions during feedings
• Tests parental responses to their behavior
• May be fearful in some situations
• Prefers mother and/or regular caregiver over all others
• Repeats sounds or gestures for attention
• Finger-feed themselves
• Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed