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(Infants 12 to 18 months)
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Sensory-Motor Development
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Small Muscle – Infants 12 to 18 months will:
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- drop and throw objects away from them,
- build a tower of two blocks, and
- make crude lines with a crayon.
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Large Muscle - at this stage, infants:
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- throw a ball overhand,
- begin to respond to music by swaying, clapping, or humming,
- crawl upstairs and downstairs,
- walk forwards and sideways alone, and
- walk up and down stairs holding an adult’s hand or holding a railing.
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Self-Help – Infants 12 to 18 months can now:
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- use a spoon with little spilling,
- drink from a cup with help,
- pull clothes off, and
- may show they are wet by being restless.
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At 12 to 18 months of age infants:
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- may use or understand the words "mama" or "dada" correctly,
- may use one word to try to show their needs, such as "milk?", for "can I have some milk?"
- know four or five words including their own name,
- repeat a word in a way which shows they want you to react to it,
- sometimes put simple words together such as "go bye-bye",
- cry when unable to say or do what they want to do,
- say "no" to things even when they really want them, and
- imitate words.
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Social-Personal Development
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At this time infants 12 to 18 months of age:
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- actively try to spend more time with others,
- want to please you and may show more interest in things you and older children do,
- will play next to other children,
- sometimes do just what you do not want them to do,
- may become angry, fight and cry when something is taken away but they may give up a toy when asked to,
- will show a sense of humor,
- may show fears in some situations such as taking a bath, and
- may prefer a favorite toy.
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At 12 to 18 months of age infants:
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- understand simple directions such as "Clap your hands,"
- answer simple questions such as "Do you want to eat?"
- correctly use names of familiar people and a few objects such as "ma-ma", "da-da", "ball",
- get and carry small familiar things,
- look for something in more than one place,
- may look for a missing toy,
- find new ways to get things done,
- notice when familiar people have left the room and may cry,
- notice different sounds made by things they drop and throw,
- remember for more than a day things that happen,
- remember that some things happen one after another such as food-wash-nap, and
- look at or point to a few parts of their own body when asked.
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Reference: Michigan Department of Social Services
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