Vocabulary
Growth Chart
Shows the average height and weight of girls and boys at various ages.
Is an instinctive, automatic response, such as grasping or sucking.
Reflex
Babies physical development in the first year is in the muscle development.
Motor skills
The baby lifts there head and turns it from one side to the other at
1 Month
Sits up steadily
2 months
Stimulating Environment
An environment in which the baby has a wide variety of things to see, touch, taste, smell, and hear.
This is stimulated when something is put in the babies mouth.
The sucking reflex
The two basic motor skills include
Gross Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills
Opens and closes there hands at
3 months
May walk alone
11-12 months
A key skill used to check the childs progress.
Developmental Milestone
This happens when the babies cheek is stroked.
The rooting reflex
Small precise movements like using scissors or writing.
Fine Motor Skill
Turns head at the direction of sounds.
5 Months
Stands with assistance
11 months
The ability to perceive objects that are three dimensional,
Depth Perception
This causes the baby to throw there arms back with the fists clenched when the arms are held and suddenly released.
Moro Reflexes
This has to do with jumping and running or climbing.
Gross Motor Skill
Is able to walk a few steps on there own.
12 Months
Pulls objects into and takes them out of objects
10 months
Involves the smaller muscles of the body such as those in the fingers.
Fine Motor Skills
These reflexes go away in a
A month
Uses there index finger to poke at
9 Months
What is the first motor skills infants require?
Moving there heads to movement or sound.