CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHART
Age | Physical development | Communication and language development | Intellectual/ cognitive development | Social and emotional development |
Birth to one month | Gross motor skills – * Supine * Prone * Sitting position, head will lag.Fine motor skills – * Turns head towards light/shiny objects * Fascinated by human faces. * Hands usually tightly closed * Reacts to loud sounds. | * Needs to share language experiences. Needs other people. * Responds to sound, familiar voices * Quietens when picked up. * Eye contact * Cries to indicate needs. * Moves eyes towards direction of sound. | Touch – * Feels pain * Sensitive to touch (face, abdomen, hands, soles) * Moro or startle reflex.Sound – * Turn to sound * Can stop crying and listen to human voice by 2 weeks.Taste – * Likes sweet taste (breast milk)Smell – * Turns to smell of breast milkSight – * Focus on objects 20cm away * Sensitive to light * Looks at faces – eye contact * Track movement of people and objects * Scan edges of objects * Imitate facial expressions. | * First smile * Imitates facial expressions * Uses total body movement to express pleasure * Enjoys cuddles and feedingStarting to learn where they begin and end, e.g. their hand is part of them but mother’s hand is not. |
One to four months | Gross motor skills – 4 – 8 weeks * Can turn from side to back * Lift head briefly * Jerky and uncontrolled arm and leg movements * Head lags if baby is in sitting position.8 – 12 weeks * Head in central position when lying supine. * Lift head and chest in probe position, supported on forearms. * Almost no lag in sitting position * Legs kick vigorously, separate and together * Wave arms and bring hands togetherFine motor skills – 4 – 8 weeks * Turns head towards light and shiny objects * Show interest and excitement by facial expressions and gaze at face (carer’s) * Use hand to grasp carer’s...