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Study Guide

Newborns

• Uncoordinated movements of arms and legs.
• Heads need support when being carried or moved from surfaces.
• Crying to communicate.

2 months

• Use of their TWO arms to push up from the ground.
• Hold head up more against gravity, but still requires some support.

4 months

• Use of all FOUR extremities to roll onto backside.
• Head no longer needs support.
• Push down on legs to do some weight-bearing.
• Fine motor: begin to hold toys.

6 months

Imagine the number 6 as a baby sitting up, with the rounded bottom part of the number 6 being their bottom.

• Begin to sit without support.
• Roll from belly to back and vice versa.
• Begin to bounce while being held.

9 months

6 upside down – handstand? “pull to stand”

• Pull to stand and can stand while holding on.
• Crawl.
• Get into sitting position and sit without support consistently.

1 year

Random fact, CRUISE ships average ONE thousand feet in length.

• Cruising (walking while holding onto furniture).

1.5 years

• Walk.
• 0.5 for half, as in walking up the steps, but not down.

2 years

Terrible twos

• Begins to run.
• Walk up and down stairs while holding on.
• Tiptoeing
• Climbing
• Kicking
• Throwing.

3 years

Tricycles of 3 wheels, just like 3 years

• Beginning to pedal a tricycle.
• Running
• Climbing
• Going up and down stairs.

4 years

Think about school and what they do.

Number “4” also looks like a child standing on 1 foot.

• Hop and stand on one foot for a few seconds.

5 years

Playing with their peers.

• Stand on one foot much longer.
• Hop
• Somersault
• Swing
• Climb (such as on the playground).