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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
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