INFANTS

6 weeks to 12 months

Social/ Emotional

• Trusts known, caring adults

• Regulates own behavior

• Manages own feelings

• Responds to others’ feelings with growing empathy

• Plays with other children

• Learns to be a member of a group

• Uses personal care skills

Physical

• Demonstrates basic gross motor skills

• Demonstrates basic fine motor skills

Cognitive

• Sustains attention

• Understands how objects can be used

• Shows a beginning understanding of cause and effect

• Shows a beginning understanding that things can be grouped

• Uses problem-solving strategies

• Engages in pretend play

Language

• Develops receptive language

• Develops expressive language

• Participates in conversations

• Enjoys books and being read to

• Shows an awareness of pictures and print

• Experiments with drawing and writing