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Physical development –
• Birth to 1 year – grasp reflex
- Startle reflex
- Walking and standing reflex
- Rooting reflex
- Swallowing and sucking reflex
- Babies looking less curled up and startle less
- Babies lift and turn their heads
- Babies who look like they are parachuting as they lift both their hands and feet up in the air and balance on their fronts.
- Use fingers to feet.
- Standing up holding on to furniture.
• 18 month – sitting and pushing off with legs on sit-and-ride toys.
• 2 years – running and climbing.
• 3 years – walking upstairs on alternate feet.
Cognitive development –
• Birth to 1 year – babies will recognize the smell and sound of their mothers voice.
- Babies stop crying if they hear a familiar voice
- Babies start to notice mobiles and other objects around them.
- Toys and objects being explored in the mouth as well as with fingers.
- Exploring objects using hands and mouth
- Recognise the routines of the day.
• 18 months – enjoyment of pop-up and posting toys.
• 2 years – playing with building bricks and doing simple jigsaws.
• 3 years – interested in mark – making, painting and books.
Communication –
• Birth to 1 year –
- Babies cry when hungry, tired or distressed.
- Babies coo when contented
- Babies smile back when they see a smiling face
- Arms lift up to show a carer they want to be picked up
- Tuneful strings of babbling
- Fingers pointing at objects to draw adults attention to them
• 18 moths – less babbling and more recognisable words.
• 2 years – a vocabulary of around 200 words.
• 3 years – speech is easily understood
Social, emotional and behavioural
• Birth to 1 year –
- Close contact between primary carer and baby
- Fleeting smiles when asleep
- Enjoyment of bath
- Smiles of delight when they are playing with primary carers
- Trying to stay near their parents, anxiety if strangers approach or handle them.
• 18 months – interested in
• Birth to 1 year – grasp reflex
- Startle reflex
- Walking and standing reflex
- Rooting reflex
- Swallowing and sucking reflex
- Babies looking less curled up and startle less
- Babies lift and turn their heads
- Babies who look like they are parachuting as they lift both their hands and feet up in the air and balance on their fronts.
- Use fingers to feet.
- Standing up holding on to furniture.
• 18 month – sitting and pushing off with legs on sit-and-ride toys.
• 2 years – running and climbing.
• 3 years – walking upstairs on alternate feet.
Cognitive development –
• Birth to 1 year – babies will recognize the smell and sound of their mothers voice.
- Babies stop crying if they hear a familiar voice
- Babies start to notice mobiles and other objects around them.
- Toys and objects being explored in the mouth as well as with fingers.
- Exploring objects using hands and mouth
- Recognise the routines of the day.
• 18 months – enjoyment of pop-up and posting toys.
• 2 years – playing with building bricks and doing simple jigsaws.
• 3 years – interested in mark – making, painting and books.
Communication –
• Birth to 1 year –
- Babies cry when hungry, tired or distressed.
- Babies coo when contented
- Babies smile back when they see a smiling face
- Arms lift up to show a carer they want to be picked up
- Tuneful strings of babbling
- Fingers pointing at objects to draw adults attention to them
• 18 moths – less babbling and more recognisable words.
• 2 years – a vocabulary of around 200 words.
• 3 years – speech is easily understood
Social, emotional and behavioural
• Birth to 1 year –
- Close contact between primary carer and baby
- Fleeting smiles when asleep
- Enjoyment of bath
- Smiles of delight when they are playing with primary carers
- Trying to stay near their parents, anxiety if strangers approach or handle them.
• 18 months – interested in