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Birth
Jody and Cynthia Miller welcome their daughter, Jenna Elizabeth Miller. -
Birth to 1 month: Cognitive Development
I began grasping, staring and listening. -
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Birth-1 Month Old: Cognitive
I began to develop reflexes such as sucking, grasping, staring and listening. -
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1-4 Months Old: Cognitive
I began to coordinate my reflexes. I began to suck on a pacifier differently from a nipple. I also would grab a bottle to suck on it. -
6 1/2 Weeks Old: Biosocial
At roughly six and a half weeks old I began to coo. -
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6 Weeks to 8 Months Old: Psychosocial
The voice, touch, expressions and gestures of my mother and father were comforting and made me less likely to cry. -
2 Months Old: Biosocial
At about two-three months old I could smile and look more intently at human faces. I would also try and grab objects within my reach. -
3 Months Old: Biosocial
At three monthd old I paid attention to patterns, colors, and motion. I also looked more closely at parts of the face that contain the most information. -
4 Months Old: Biosocial
At about four months old my auditory cortex is rapidly creating and pruning dendrites. -
5 Months Old: Biosocial
When I was about five months old, I could slowly inch around on my belly. I was able to use my arms and legs. -
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4-8 Months Old: Cognitive
I would repsond to people and objects. For example when my mom said patty-cake, I would clap my hands. -
5-7 Months Old: Biosocial
At five-seven months old, I could sit unsupported. I could also reach, grab, and hold onto almost any object. -
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8-12 Months Old: Cognitive
I would deliberately and purposefully respond to people and objects. I would intentionally grab my mothers hands to clap so we could do patty cake. -
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8 Months-2 Years Old: Psychosocial
I had major seperation anxiety from my mom. If anyone held me, I would cry. My mother always made me calm and I liked having her near by. -
8-10 Months Old: Biosocial
At about eight-ten months old, I became somewhat mobile. I learned to crawl. -
10 Months Old: Biosocial
At about ten months I said my first word, uh oh. -
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12-18 Months Old: Cognitive
At this age, I was really into my baby does. I however how very creative at this age and used to color on their faces to "add make up." -
14 Months Old: Biosocial
At about fourteen months old, I could walk all by myself. -
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18-24 Months Old: Cognitive
I liked to take baths with my barbies but after they would always be wet. So before putting them in the bath after that I would hesitate. -
2 Years Old: Cognitive
At about 2 years old: my vocabulary was about 100-2,000 words, sentence length was about 2-6 words and had many "What's that?" questions. -
2 Years Old: Biosocial
At about two years old I could walk up stairs, draw lines and spirals, run for pleasure without falling, climb chairs and feed myself with a spoon. -
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2-6 Years Old: Psychosocial
At this age, I loved to read and play with barbies. My mom would always read to me at night and also play barbies with me however she never followed my story so I would get angry with her. -
Drawing
When I was about three years old, I absolutely loved to draw. It expressed my creativity and also worked on my motor skills. -
3 years old: Biosocial
At about 3 years old I could kick and throw a ball, pedal a tricycle, walk down stairs and climb ladders. -
3 Years Old: Cognitive
At about 3 years old: my vocabulary was about 1,000-5,000 words, sentence length was about 3-8 words and had lots and lots of "Why?" questions. -
4 Years Old: Biosocial
At about four years old I could: use scissors to cut, hop on either foot, feed myself with a fork, dress myself, copy most letters, our juice without spilling and brush my teeth. -
4 Years Old: Cognitive
At about 4 years old: my vocabulary was about 3,000-10,000 words, sentence length was 5-20 words and was at the peak of my "Why?", "How?", and "When?" questions. -
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4-5 Years Old: Cognitive
Reading and Math. In reading I could understand basic book concepts, including that English books are written from front to back, with print left to right, that words describe pictures, and I could recognize my own name. When I was four I thought my name was girl. In math I could count to 20, understand one-to-one correspondence of objects and numbers, understand more and less, and recognize and name shapes. -
Preschool
When I was four, I began my first year of preschool and I loved it! -
4 Years Old: Psychosocial
When I was four and in preschool, one day I didn't want to wear the outfit my mom had picked out for me. I threw a fit because I wanted to wear a dress. I had a huge obsession with dresses. -
Birth of my little brother
My little brother, Brandon Miller, was born on this day. -
5 Years Old: Biosocial
At about five years old I could: skip and gallop in rhythm, use a knife to cut, tie a bow, throw a ball and wash my face and come my hair. -
5 Years Old: Cognitive
At about five years old: my vocabulary was 5,000-20,000, sentence length were sometimes unending and I asked questions about differences. -
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5- 7 Years Old: Cognitive
Memory advances- I could realize that some things needed to be committed to memory and I would use simple strategies for example repeating it again and again. Dancing definetly helped with this because I would have to do the dance steps over and over to remember then. -
6 Years Old: Biosocial
At about six years old I could: write simple words, ride a bike, tie my shoes and catch a ball. I never learned how to do a cartwheel and still can't. -
6 -7 Years Old: Cognitive
In reading, I knew the sounds of consonants and vowels, and I could read simple words such as cat, dog, sit and jump. In math I could count to 100, understand bigger and smaller, add and subtract one-digit numbers. -
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6-12 Years Old: Psychosocial
During these ages, I always wanted to make my parents proud. I would bring home my good test scores or a picture i drew and my parents would put it on the fridge and that made me feel really good. -
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6-11 Years Old: Biosocial
Between these ages physical acivity has several benefits. I played soccer and danced, hese benefits included: better overall health, less obesity, appreciation of cooperation and fair play, improved problem-solving abilities, and respect for teammates and opponents of many ethnicities and nationalities. -
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6-11 Years Old: Psychosocial
Between ages 6 and 11 I recieved a weekly allowance, I had specific chores at home, had lots of homework, got to use computers in school and got my own cat. -
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7-9 Years Old: Cognitive
Memory Advances- I would use new strategies that I was taught. For example when practicing writting, my teachers would have use write the sentences over about 3 times. I would use visual clues and auditory hint. I became able to take advantage of the organization of things to be remembered. -
8 Years Old: Cognitive
In reading, I could read simple sentences, understand basic punctuation, and comprehend what is read. In math I could add and subtract two-digit numbers, and understand simple multiplication and division. In math we would have to do timed tests. -
The Second Grade: Cognitive
In 1999, I was in the second grade. In second grade I could decode words with common prefixes and suffixes, measure the length of an object twice, using different units of length for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen. -
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9-11 Years Old: Cognitive
Memory Advances- I learned various memory teachniques from my teachers and other children. I could also organize material by myself and develop my own memory aids. For example, I have a photographic memory so by lookings a picture for a couple seconds I could commit it to memory. -
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9-10 Years Old: Cognitive
In reading I could read paragraphs and chapters, understand advanced punctuation, answer comprehension questions about concepts as well as facts and read polysyllabic words. In math at the age of ten I could: add, subtract, multiply and divide multidigit numbers, understand simple fractions, percents, area and perimeter of shapes and understand word problems. -
The Third Grade: Cognitive
In 2000, I began third grade. In the third grade I could decode multisyllabic words, understand division as an unknown-factor problem. -
Age 11: Psychosocial
I met my best friend Brittany when I was 11. She is like a sister to me. She definitely changed my life. -
First Boyfriend
When I was in fifth grade, I got my first "real" boyfriend or so I thought at the time. He gave me a box of roses on Valentines Day. It lasted a month but seemed like a lot longer. -
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11-12 Years Old: Cognitive
In reading I could demonstrate rapid and fluent oral reading, comprehend paragraphs about unfamiliar topics, sound out new words and find out their meaning using cognates and context and read for pleasure. At these ages I loved to read! At twelve years old in math I began to use abstract concepts such as formulas in algebra. -
Age 13: Cognitive
In 2004, my parents told my brothers and I that they were getting a divorce and this would change my life forever. -
Age 16: Biosocial
When I was 16, most of my guy friends were older than me. At sixteen is when I had my first sip of alcohol. -
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Age 18-20: Psychosocial
At age eightteen I met my first serious boyfriend. He was six years old than me. We dated for about a year and a half and it was a whirlwind relationship. He was my first love. We fought all the time but this relationship taught me so much. -
Age 18: Biosocial
In 2009, at the age of 18, I graduated from Novi High School. -
Age 18: Psychosocial
I began my first semester at Schoolcraft Community College. -
Age 22: Cognitive
At 22 I transfered to Eastern Michigan University to further my education. -
24 Years Old: Biosocial
In 2015, when I was 24 I got engaged! -
24 Years Old: Biosocial
On this day, I finally graduated from college. I couldn't wait to finally become a teacher! -
Age 24: Psychosocial
In my first year at Eastern, I met my future husband. -
25 Years Old: Biosocial
I finally landed a teaching job. I'm a second grade teacher and I am so happy. -
27 Years Old: Psychosocial
On this day, I was married to my best friend and soul mate. -
Age 29: Biosocial
On this beautiful day, we welcomed the birth of our first child, a boy named Miles Ross. He is a healthy chubby baby. -
Age 31: Biosocial
We welcome our daughter today, Elizabeth Kay. Her brother couldn't be happier to have a sibling. -
Age 33: Biosocial
We welcomed our third child, a baby girl, named Kaylee Ann. -
Age 34: Biosocial
After giving birth to three children, I wanted to live long and healthy for them. At age 34, after the end of the school year, I began to exercise and eat healthy. -
Age 47: Psychosocial
My husband and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. we are so happy. -
Age 50: Psychosocial
My mother moves in with my family so we can care for her. -
Age 50: Cognitive
At age 50, I celebrated being a teacher for 25 years! -
Age 56: Psychosocial
Today, I welcomed my first grand child. My husband and I are definitely companionate and involved grandparents. -
Age 60: Psychosocial
My husand and I finally have a empty nest. Our children have all moved out and have launched their lives. My mother is now in a home with full time care. -
Age 65: Psychosocial
After 40 years of teaching, I retire. My teaching career was amazing but now it is time for me retire. -
Age 66: Psychosocial
Since I am now retired I took up a new hobby, gardening. -
Age 70: Psychosocial
At age 70, I have several grandparents and I am so happy I am able to spend as much time I can with them. To this day, I am still best friends with Brittany, we've been best friends for 58 years! -
Age 79: Biosocial
My husband has been diagnosed with alzheimers. We begin to sell our house so we can move into assisted living. -
Age 80: Psychosocial
At 80 years old, it was time that my husband and I moved into assisted living. It allowed us to have full time care, be around other people our age and do special activities. -
Age 85: Death and Hoping
When I was 85, my husband passed away. The grief was unbearable. -
Age 91:
After 91 years of life, I had passed away.