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- The child enjoys mimicing actions.
- Sounds are used to represent objects.
- Rubs surfaces to show interest in textures.
- Discovers the ability to make things happen using their own actions.
- Responds to name, arrives at primary caregiver when called.
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- Baby may stand alone without support for a short time.
- Grasping skills improve drastically.
- May climb out of the crib.
- Attempts to turn doorknobs.
- Uses hands and knees to climb stairs.
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At this point, the baby sucessfully sits up without assistance.
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- Enjoys grabbing all objects.
- Squats smoothly from a standing position
- Begins turning knobs of radios.
- Begins pulling objects along the floor.
- Can assemble two-peice jigsaw puzzles.
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- Identifies simple pictures in books.
- Memorizes places in which items belong.
- Can understand words that are not in the vocabulary.
- Prefers to say "no" more frequently than any other word.
- Attempts to emulate the way objects are used by parents.
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- By this point, the child can now remember farmiliar objects without seeing them.
- Vocabulary increases to twenty words.
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- Often runs without falling.
- Avoids stepping on balls when kicking them.
- Easily sits on floor from a standing position.
- Folds paper after imitating demonstrations.
- Can build towers as tall as six blocks.
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Balls are now thrown overhead as opposed to tossing.
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The child identifies objects they've drawn crudley.
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The child begins climbing on all things indoors, included places in which they are forbidden to do so.
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The child now recognizes environmental signs.
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Vocabulary begins at five hundred words and increases to as many as one thousand words.
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While the child goes up stairs with alternating feet, they will go down one foot at a time.
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Children are now able to recognize themselves in photographs
