Milestones Project - COMS 3063

  • Content: 0-2 months

    Semantic Development
    * A baby will startle and look towards sounds
  • Roxy is born!

    Roxy is born!
  • Form: 0-2 months

    Vocalizations
    * 0-2 months: a baby is taking in a lot of information and using reflexive vocalizations
    ex). coughing, crying
  • Use: 0-2 months

    Social Attentiveness
    * quiets, smiles, or turns when hearing speech
    * Uses different sounds to represent moods or needs
  • Period: to

    Infancy

    0-12 months old
    Phonological Awareness
    This is the time period when baby are most receptive to sounds. They work really hard to differentiate each unique sound they here
    Joint Reference Attention
    Babies will learn to pay attention to who is in front of them, talking. They will learn to recognize their caregivers' faces and voices, as well as their favorite objects.
  • Form: 1-4 months

    Vocalizations
    * 1-4 months: babies start using controlled phonation, or "cooing".
  • Content: 2-4months

    Semantic Development
    * Babies will hold objects, inspects them, and explore them using their mouths and
  • Use: 2-4 months

    Face recognition
    * At this stage, babies can look at faces briefly and begin to recognize strangers versus loved ones.
  • Form: 3-8 months

    Vocalizations
    * 3-8 months: a baby's use of vocalizations expands rapidly and are able to start producing clear vowels and glides.
  • Content: 4-6 months

    Semantic Development
    * Purposeful reactions emerge
    * Giggles laughing
    * Reacts to toys with sounds and follows objects with their eyes
    * blows raspberries
  • Use: 4-6 months

    Social Development
    * Will begin to recognize their own name
    * Can fix their gaze on faces or objects
    * Responding to facial expressions
  • Form: 5-10 months

    Vocalizations
    * 5-10 months: Basic Cannonical Babbling starts
    ex). "da" or "ma"
    * ~7-9 month mark: long strings of babbling emerge
    ex). "mamamamama"
  • Content: 6-8 months

    • Semantic Development*
      • Begins to initiate gestures
        • ex). Raising arms to get picked up
      • responds to "no"
      • Recognizes their name
      • Beginning to recognize names of other people
  • Use: 6-8 months

    Joint Attention
    ~At this stage, babies can understand that both the speaker and they are focusing on the same thing.
    * looks for caregiver when they become upset
    * Uses gestures to communicate needs or wants
    * Pushes objects away when they are done playing with it.
  • Content: 8-11 months

    Semantic Development
    * Babies begin to understand that hidden objects still exist even though they can't see them.
    *Beginning to recognize other people's names
    * ex). Auntie Lissa
  • Use: 8-11 months

    Intentional Communication
    * Reaching for objects
    * Repeating sounds others make
    * Imitating gestures they see other use to engage socially
  • Form: 9-18 months

    Vocalizations
    * 9-18 months: Advanced forms emerge
    - dipthongs, multisyllables, jargon
    ex). "mama" or "dada"
  • Content: 10-12 months

    Semantic Development
    * Ability to pair rationality with gestures vocalizations (exhibits goals)
    * ex). points, ways or gives objects away
    * ex). blow kisses or play peek-a-boo
    * Can produce their 1st intentional word
    * Can recognize and understand 5-10 words
    * ex). "bye-bye"
  • Use: 10-12 months

    Imperative Pointing
    * Points, waves or hands objects to others
    * Uses known words socially
  • Roxy turns 1

    Roxy turns 1
  • Period: to

    Toddlerhood

    The main themes of toddlerhood are:
    * building a lexicon
    * Theory of Mind
    * Discourse skills
  • Content: 13-18 months

  • Form: 13-18 months

  • Use: 13-18 months

  • Content: 19-24 months

  • Form: 19-24 months

  • Use: 19-24 months

  • Roxy turns 2!

    Roxy turns 2!
  • Use: 2-3 years

  • Content: 2-3 years

  • Form: 2-3 years

  • Roxy turns 3!

    Roxy turns 3!
  • Form: 3-4 years

  • Use: 3-4 years

  • Content: 3-4 years

  • Period: to

    Preschool Age

  • Content: 4-5 years

  • Form: 4-5 years

  • Use: 4-5 years

  • Roxy turns 4!

    Roxy turns 4!
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