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My Growing Child

• When your baby lies on her back, she should normally move both arms equally well.
• Your baby should normally make sounds such as gurgling, cooing, babbling, or other noises besides crying.
• Your baby should respond to your voice.
• Your baby's hands should frequently be open.
• Your baby should be able to hold her head up for a few seconds when held upright.

• play with his hands by touching them together.
• turn his head to sounds coming from another room.
• be able to roll over from back to tummy or from tummy to back.
• seem like he's trying to stand when you hold your baby under her arms.
• sometimes try to push up with his hands when lying on his stomach.
• be able to see small objects, like crumbs.
• produce a string of sounds.
• react to the emotions of others; he should be able to sense happy, sad, mad.
• relax when you read him a story.
• like to look at himself in a mirror.
• reach for you.

• When you come up behind your baby quietly, she should sometimes turn her head as though she hears you.

• be able to sit without support and without propping herself up with her hands.
• be able to crawl or creep.
• Hold her own bottle.
• Drop or throw toys on purpose.
• Bang and shake her toys.
• Get excited and try to grab or taste a book you are showing her.
• Be wary of people she doesn't know.
• Make sounds that use both vowels and consonants.

• Like to play peekaboo.
• Pull up to stand.
• Walk holding onto furniture.
• Say at least one word other than "ma-ma" or "da-da".
• Turn his head in the direction of where a sound is made.
• Copy familiar behaviors, like using a cup or a telephone.
• Turn books face up, but turn several pages at once.
• Look for and find toys.
• Like to explore objects and spaces.

• Use a cup without spilling.
• Walk across a large room without falling or wobbling from side to side.
• Take off her own shoes.
• Feed herself.
• Look to a parent for comfort in stressful situations.
• Say at least 4-10 words.
• Point to pictures that you name in a book.
• Pretend to talk.

• Say 2-word sentences like "all gone," or "go bye-bye."
• Say about 50 words.
• Take off his own clothes (other than diaper, hat, or socks).
• Run without falling. (Falling once in a while should be expected).
• Look at pictures in a book.
• Be able to pretend to read to you.
• Tell you what he wants.
• Repeat words others say.
• Point to one named body part.
• Play with or around other children.
• Show increasing independence, wanting to do things his own way.
• Collect or hoard things.

• Name at least one picture when you an animal books together.
• Sit with other children for at least 5 minutes for story time.
• Answer "what" questions about the story you've just read with her.
• Throw a ball overhand from a distance of 5 feet.
• Speak clearly enough to be easily understood by most adults.
• Help put things away.
• Answer the question, "Are you a boy or a girl?"
• Name at least one color.
• Speak in 3-word sentences most of the time.

• Pedal a tricycle at least 10 feet forward. Play hide-and-seek, cops-and-robbers, or other games that require her to take turns and follow rules.
• Turn paper pages in a book one at a time.
• Retell familiar stories.
• Describe the action that is taking place in a picture.
• Use action words (verbs).
• Play pretend games, such as with toys, dolls, animals, or even an imaginary friend.
• Copy a circle.
• Pretend to write, making marks on a page that only she can read.
• Use 4- or 5-word sentences.

• Button their clothing or a doll's clothing.
• React well when left with a friend or babysitter.
• Name at least 3 colors.
• Walk down stairs alternating feet.
• Jump with feet apart.
• Point while counting at least three different objects.
• Name a coin correctly.
• Sit and listen to a 20 minute story.
• Copy a square.
• Name at least some letters of the alphabet when seen in a book.
• Identify and print the first letter of his/her name.
• Recognize and name several single-digit numbers.
• Recognize common street and store signs (for example, "Stop" or "Entry").

• Tie their own shoes.
• Dress themselves.
• Catch a small bouncing ball.
• Skip.
• Tell you her age.
• Repeat at least 4 numbers in the proper sequence.
• Recognize and name at least 10 letters of the alphabet.
• Know the sounds of most letters of the alphabet.
• Recognize and read 15 or more common words.
• Copy a few simple words from a book.

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