Motor Skills
Period of time when babies are able to walk alone
What is 9-12 months?
Infants coo and make pleasant vowel sounds at this age
What is 0-3 months?
Fear experienced by infants when in the presence of unfamiliar adults
What is Stranger Anxiety?
This famous Swiss psychologist theorized that children progress through distinct stages of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This developmental milestone is reached when a toddler can successfully use a spoon without turning it upside down, usually achieved around this age.
What is 18 to 24 months?
Period of time when child pushes up on arms while lying on tummy
What is 0-3 months?
Back and forth interactions between child and caregiver
What is serve and return?
Everyone has an innate style (easy, slow-to-warm-up, or intense) that shapes how they react to new environments.
What is temperament?
Babies learn best when they find themselves in these two situations
What is calm and alert
Allowing a toddler to drink from this type of cup instead of a sippy cup promotes mature swallowing patterns by age 2.
What is an open cup?
If child is not yet doing this motor skill by 12 months, a physical therapist may be needed
What is crawling?
At this age, children can recognize names of family members and point to 2 body parts.
What is 6-12 months?
By 3-4 months it appears after playful stimuli
What is laughter?
What is about 30 months
The recommended total hours of daily sleep (including naps) for a 1-to-2-year-old toddler.
What is 11 to 14 hours?
Condition where tight neck muscles cause child's head to tilt or twist to one side.
What is torticollis?
This form of babbling consists of repeating C-V pairs, as in "ma ma ma"
What is reduplicated babbling?
An emotional and physical connection between a child and caregiver which results in comfort and stress relief.
What is attachment and bonding?
True independence in unbuttoning large front buttons and zipping/unzipping jackets usually emerges by this age.
What is 36 months or 3 years?
Age in which child can jump in place and throw a ball
What is 1-2 years?
This style of speech used by caregivers features real words and correct grammar spoken with a high pitch, sing-song melody, slower tempo, and elongated vowels.
What is Parentese?
Period of time when children begin to pretend play
What is 12-18 months?
The cerebral cortex, in which many areas are not yet committed to specific function and has a high capacity for learning. And if a part or the cortex is damaged, other parts can take over the tasks it would have handled
What is brain plasticity