Get a move on!
The Finer things
Social Butterfly
Are you talking to me?
Automatic for the people
100
I can be a bear or a commando and clean the floors but as a motor milestone, I am unreliable since some kids skip me.
What is crawling?
100
At 12 months, this is how you grab a cheerio
What is a neat pincer grasp?
100
At this age, hiding my toy behind your back is not going to make me forget about it!
What is 6 months (object permanence established)?
100
When you get to my age, you can make their day when you say Mama and Dada
What is 12 months
100
En garde!! If I keep doing this after 4-6 months, I need to see a neurologist.
What is the Asymmetric tonic reflex (fencer's pose)
200
I'm 4 months old I have these three motor abilities
What is raising my head and neck from prone position, roll front to back, no head lag when my parents pick me up?
200
At the young age of 4-5 months, I have my first voluntary grasp. What is it called?
Ulnar palmar grasp
200
After not letting you sleep for the first 6 weeks, I can do this now, and it makes it all better! It is one of the earliest social skills I have
What is a social smile
200
"Once upon a time, there was a red, yellow, blue, and green rainbow that pointed to a big pot of gold." I had to wait till I was this old to be able to tell you that.
What is 4 years speech hints: what are fluency, past tense, 4 colours, intelligibility
200
If you stroke the side of my mouth, you better have mommy or a bottle handy for this reflex!! You can relax once I get to this age
What is the rooting reflex (3-4 months integrated)
300
If I'm not walking by now, you'd better refer me to therapy!
What is 18 months?
300
When I am old enough, I can do two different things with my hands at the same time. By what age can I do this most challenging type of bilateral activity?
By 2 years of age children develop coordinated bimanual skills
300
Just like everything else, play develops. What are the 4 types of play in developmental order?
What are sensorimotor, constructional, imaginary, and game play (rule governed)
300
If by now I can't say 3 words, call in the speech therapist!
What is 15-18 months
300
This reflex is important for me to connect with my parents when I am an infant, but needs to integrate by 6 months or I am going to have a hard time with fine motor development
Palmar grasp
400
Aside from wowing you on my Big Wheel, I can also do 3 things when I'm 3
What is: can go up the stairs alternating my feet, can stand on one foot, can JUMP?
400
Now that I am drawing, put these different pencil grasps in developmental order: static quadruped, palmar supinate, pronated, dynamic tripod grasp, digital pronate
What is palmar supinate, pronated, digital pronated, static quadruped, dynamic tripod?
400
At 24 months, this is how I play. But watch out, because by 4, I'll be playing like this with my friends and no end of trouble is coming when we work together!
What is parallel play; cooperative play
400
I am this age when I start laughing and this age when I start to enjoy playing peek-a-boo.
What is 4 months and 10-11 months
400
This reflex is a protective response up until I am 4-5 months old, after that it integrates and lets me develop this purposeful response.
Avoidance response, voluntary release
500
Now: you have to hold my hand Now: you can let me go Now: you'd better wear sneakers!!
What is walking with assistance at 12 months walking alone at 15 months running at 24 months
500
Between ages 5 and 7, I will master doing this fastener?
What is tying my shoelaces
500
This is the normal progression of peer development in infancy at 2 months, 9 months, and 12 months.
What is recognizing smiling in response to caregivers voice by 2 months, separation anxiety at 8-9 months, will give/take objects in play
500
You will find me imitating everything I see my mom and dad do at this age while I am playing. I now enjoy pretending to be just about anything I can imagine.
24-36 months
500
This reflex develops until I am 11 months of age and it allows me to use tactile cues to get my pacifier.
What is instinctual grasp?