Your Child Developmental Milestone

Newborn & up
Follows objects visually. Gazes toward moving objects
Recognizes voices of different persons
Turns to sounds
Explores hands, feet and mouth
miles and makes laugh
Able to sit with support
Able to grasp
Makes sounds to express their emotion

Suggested stimuli:-

Mobiles: promote eye focus; auditory stimulation
Bright color, bold pattern books or bumper
Cuddling toys: tactile stimulation, security feeling
Musical toys: build attention span; soothing
Rattles: sound awareness
Mirrors (non-breakable): encourage baby to lift his head, self discovery

6 months & up


Able to crawl, stand or walk with support
Better pincer grasp (use the thumb and index finger to pick up an object)
Can sit up, roll over and clap hands
Discovering the concept of cause and effect
Attuned to rhythm and beat to move his/her body
Likes to pick up, open, push, pull or throw small objects around them
Likes to babble and waits for response
Bangs on surfaces, shakes objects to make noise
Manages to stack up things

Suggested stimuli:-

Push-Pull toy/cars: small and large muscle development
Stacking toys: visual stimulation; small muscle coordination
Drums
Balls: tactile stimulus (grasping, throwing)
Activity cloth books
Toys or play mats with pockets or flips for Peek-a-Poo

12 months & up

Improves fine motor skills
Comprehends and follows instructions
Able to categorize and recognize different sizes, shapes and colors
Experiments with independence
Possessive. Hasn't learnt to share
Able to bend at waist to pick up objects

Suggested stimuli :-

Blocks and stacking toys: eye hand coordination
Stuffed toys: learn to socialize, emotion development
Shape sorters: visual and tactile stimulation
Simple puzzles: develop finger dexterity and eye hand coordination
Toys with buttons, levers, lids
Books: enrich their vocabulary; attention span

24 months & up

Run full speed
Better fine motor skills: can draw pictures
Acquired to about three hundred words, starts to talk in phrases/sentences
Starts to enjoy playing with other children but is still very possessive
Imitates adults
Takes things apart and fits them together again. Likes repetition

Suggested stimuli :-

Phones, tools, computer toys: imitates adult: role playing
Pounding sets: cause and effect and small muscle development
Dolls/doll sets: role playing
Art supplies: stimulate creativity and imagination
Toys that help develop spatial concept, i.e. blocks
Books: enrich their vocabulary; attention span

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