* Makes eye contact * May move their eyes towards the direction of sound * Responds to sounds, especially familiar voices. | 3 months | * Baby can imitate low or high pitched sounds. * Knows the smell of their mum from that of others. * Recognises differing speech sounds | * Baby will stay awake for longer periods. * Will fix eyes on mum’s face when feeding.
Language development. Your baby will now shout for attention and by around 8 months your baby's babbling will develop into speech, and she may start using dual syllables such as mamma, dadda, and by 12 months may be able to say between 2 and 6 words, and may imitate adult sounds such as coughing and smacking lips. Your baby may now understand words such as no and bye, bye, and may begin to hand objects to an adult when asked, such as can you pass mummy your
In the second year most children will start to walk on their own, they will enjoy climbing on furniture, walking up and down the stairs. In this year of development they will start to use their preferred hand. children will start to feed themselves, and attempt to dress themselves. By the third year they will be able to walk and run more confidently, and should now be able to feed themselves and use cups. They will start to expolre toys, and be able to pedal a bicycle with stabilisers, they will have more control holding and using crayons to draw and turn pages in a book.
By 12 months the infant will be able to crawl and may be beginning to walk, they will use large objects, furniture and people to pull themselves to standing. The child will learn to grip and let go with hands and put objects in their mouth as they begin to teeth. Between 1 and 2 years the infant will be walking independently and may start to climb on furniture, gripping and pulling with hands and pushing upwards with legs and by 3 years will be able to run, jump and climb with confidence. The child will start to eat independently with a spoon and hand eye coordination will be improving gradually. Between the ages of 3 and 12 a child greatly develops their hand eye coordination through activities such as drawing, painting and sports.
From eight to twelve weeks a baby will lift their head and chest when lying on their tummy and there is almost no head lag when in a sitting position. Their legs can kick vigorously, both separately and together. They wave their arms, bring their hands together and play with their fingers. They are able to hold a rattle for a short time before dropping it. At this age babies become distressed by sudden loud noises and show
Although all children will develop at different rates and in different ways, the sequence in which they develop will be roughly the same as they need to have developed one skill, for example walking, before they move on to develop another such as running and jumping. Development is often referred to on a timeline and is broken down in ages. As development is more rapid in early years the milestones start by being quite close together before becoming further apart as baby becomes a child and then a young adult. Ages 0 - 3 years They are beginning to crawl or shuffle, pulling or pushing on furniture to stand and then cruise using furniture or adult for support. Sitting has progressed to unaided and they are rolling from their front to their back.
Unit 331 learning outcome 1 Child and young person development Physical development | Communication development | Social, emotional, behavioural and moral development | Birth to 3 years | New born babies depend on reflexes such as suckling, crying and grasping. By the 1st year they gain more control and are usually rolling over and crawling. By age 2 years they learn how to pull themselves up and begin to walk and talk. They begin to hold small things and attempt to sell feed and dress themselves, as well experience climbing and playing with a lot more choice of toys. | They have eye contact and smile, crying and they react to tone of voice.
Unit 4227-022 Understand child and young person development. 1.1 Explain the sequence rate of each aspect of development from birth o 19 years. Children will develop at different rates and in many different ways, although the sequence of how they develop is relatively the same, for example, babies tend to sit up before they crawl, and crawl before they walk. Physical development Birth-12months: Within weeks of birth, young babies will begin smiling, and responding to sounds around them, babies from 6 months will start to sit up and crawl, enjoy new tastes and textures of foods and use their hand eye coordination to hold onto objects. 1-2 years: Children will begin walking and toys will start to be pushed/pulled along whilst walking (often to support with walking) Objects will be picked up and banged together or built to make a small tower.
Within weeks of being born a baby will start to smile and respond to sounds and environments around them. By 6 months as their muscles begin to develop they will reach for and hold objects which they will also put into their mouths. By one year old they are beginning to crawl or shuffle, pulling or pushing on furniture to stand and then cruise using furniture or adult for support. Sitting has progressed to unaided and they are rolling from their front to their back. They are beginning to be inquisitive with objects, passing them between hands, handling them in different ways and looking for things that are hiding.
Nursery may help with this progression as every feeding time the children instead of being fed by the workers there the child will now be handed a bowl and spoon (child friendly) where they can practice feeding themselves. 1-3 Years Old 1. Walk with support by 14 months, up steps by 22 months and run by 2 years 2. They eat small amounts, eat frequently and they drink from a cup Nursery will always make sure that the child is supplied with their own cups and that set meal times are in place so that the child is in a routine of eating and is not skipping meals. 3.