Infant Program

By completion of the Infant program the children will learn the following skills...

First through Third Months:

•  Raising their head and chest while lying on stomach
•  Stretching legs and kicking while lying down
•  Bringing their hands and toys to the mouth
•  Recognizing familiar objects and people
•  Following moving objects with their eyes
•  Watching a person's facial expressions
•  Smiling and babbling

Fourth through Sixth Months

•  Reaching, grasping and shaking toys like rattles
•  Reaching for dangling objects
•  Working hard to reach objects that are out of reach
•  Grasping those objects
•  Finding partially hidden toys
•  Responding to their own name and familiar words
•  Babbling in response to another person's speech
•  Sitting with some help or minimal support
•  Rolling stomach to back
•  Transferring toys one hand to the other hand
•  Looking for noise made nearby
•  Making sounds for specific reasons (hunger, tiredness, etc.)
•  Helping to hold the bottle while drinking
•  Playing with their toes and feet
•  Patting their mirror image
•  Watching toys put in front of them

Seventh through Twelfth Months

•  Crawling on their hands and knees
•  Pulling self up to a standing position
•  Sitting without support
•  Taking steps while holding on to objects for support
•  Beginning to walk some step without support
•  Using simple gestures like shaking head for 'no'
•  Saying 'mama' and 'dada'
•  Shaking, banging, throwing, and dropping objects
•  Feeding themselves small pieces of table foods with fingers
•  Beginning to drink from a 'sippy cup'
•  Picking up small objects with thumb and index fingers
•  Turning pages of a magazine or a book (more than one at a time)
•  Playing 'Pat-a-Cake' or 'Peek-a-Boo'
•  Understanding the meaning of 'bye-bye' and a wave
•  Repeating sounds made by others