Cyp Core 3.1 Child Development Chart

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...