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Developmental milestones [3] [4] Age Motor Speech Vision and hearing Social 1–1.5 months When held upright, holds head erect and steady. Cooes and babbles at parents and people they know Focuses on parents. Loves looking at new faces; Starts to smile at parents; Startled by sudden noises; Recognition of familiar individuals; 1.6–2 months
Talking is the next milestone of which parents are typically aware. A toddler's first word often occurs around 12 months, but this is only an average. [23] The child will then continue to steadily add to his or her vocabulary until around the age of 18 months when language increases rapidly. He or she may learn as many as 7–9 new words a day.
[24] [25] [26] Recent research has even shown this ability in newborns only a few hours old. [27] However, other studies have shown similar results received by Michotte (1976) in infants as young as 6 months, but not younger. [28] [29] These studies support a more developmental progression of abilities required for the perception of causality.
These are all major milestones of infants’ cognitive development and motor skills, she explains, and reaching these milestones helps babies to be able to explore and interact with the world ...
Early childhood development is the period of rapid physical, psychological and social growth and change that begins before birth and extends into early childhood. [1] While early childhood is not well defined, one source asserts that the early years begin in utero and last until 3 years of age.
The Gesell Developmental Schedules claimed that an appraisal of the developmental status of infants and young children could be made. The Gesell Developmental Schedule believes that human development unfolds in stages, or in sequences over a given time period. These stages were considered milestones, or the manifestations of mental development. [1]
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Infants from 16 months old are able to draw on their semantic knowledge in generalization and inference. This knowledge can also be used by older toddlers, 24-month-olds, to facilitate acquisition and retention of new information. Their knowledge of causal ordering of events can be used to help to recall the sequence of events. [25]