Child Development Patterns
A1
The answers below are a guide due to children progressing at different rates.
|Physical Development |
|Age range |Explain the sequence and rate of development |
|0-3 months |From birth, your baby's reflexes will allow her to turn her head to suckle when you touch her cheek. |
| |She can flex and extend her fingers, arms and legs |
| |By 1 month, her eyes can follow a moving light (she may be able to do this for only a few seconds) |
| |Between 4 - 8 weeks, she will lift her head when put on her tummy |
| |By 6 weeks, her eyes can move together most of the time |
| |By 2 months, she will enthusiastically kick her legs |
| |By 2-3 months, she can watch and follow a moving face |
|3-6 months |Your child rolls over from front to back at about 4-6 months |
| |Is able to lift head and chest when on his tummy by 4 months |
| |When on tummy will lift and wave his arms and legs about |
| |Begins to discover his hands belong to him and plays with fingers at about 3-4 months |
| |Grabs and plays
The answers below are a guide due to children progressing at different rates.
|Physical Development |
|Age range |Explain the sequence and rate of development |
|0-3 months |From birth, your baby's reflexes will allow her to turn her head to suckle when you touch her cheek. |
| |She can flex and extend her fingers, arms and legs |
| |By 1 month, her eyes can follow a moving light (she may be able to do this for only a few seconds) |
| |Between 4 - 8 weeks, she will lift her head when put on her tummy |
| |By 6 weeks, her eyes can move together most of the time |
| |By 2 months, she will enthusiastically kick her legs |
| |By 2-3 months, she can watch and follow a moving face |
|3-6 months |Your child rolls over from front to back at about 4-6 months |
| |Is able to lift head and chest when on his tummy by 4 months |
| |When on tummy will lift and wave his arms and legs about |
| |Begins to discover his hands belong to him and plays with fingers at about 3-4 months |
| |Grabs and plays