DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES OF BABIES

	DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES		SUGGESTED STIMULI		BENEFITS
NEWBORN AND UP	Follows objects visually. Gazes toward moving objects		Mobiles		Promote eye focus; auditory stimulation
	Recognizes voices of different persons		Bright colour, bold pattern books or bumper
	Turns to sounds		Cuddling toys		Tactile stimulation, security feeling
	Explores hands, feet and mouth		Musical toys		Build attention span; soothing
	Smiles and makes laugh		Rattles		Sound awareness
	Able to sit with support		Mirrors (non-breakable)		Encourage baby to lift his head, self discovery
	Able to grasp
	Make sounds to express their emotion.
6 MONTH AND UP	Able to crawl, stand or walk with support		Push-Pull toy/cars		Small and large muscle development
	Better pincer grasp (use the thumb and index finger to pick up an object)		Stacking toys		Visual stimulation, small muscle co-ordination
	Can sit up, roll over and clap hands		Drums
	Discovering the concept of cause and effect		Balls		Tactile stimulus (grasping, throwing)
	Attuned to rhythm and beat to move his/her body		Activity cloth books
	Likes to pick up, open, push, pull or throw small objects around them		Toys or play mats with pockets or flips for peek-a-poo
	Likes to babble and waits for response
	Bangs on surfaces, shakes objects to make noise
	Manages to stack up things
12 MONTH AND UP	Improves fine motor skills		Blocks and stacking toys		Eye hand co-ordination
	Comprehends and follows instructions		Stuffed toys		Learn to socialize, emotion development
	Able to categorize and recognize different sizes, shapes and colours		Shape sorters		Visual and tactile stimulation
	Experiments with independence		Simple puzzles		Develop finger deterity and eye hand co-ordination
	Possesive, Hasn't learnt to share		Toys with buttons, levers and lids
	Able to bend at waist to pick up objects
24 MONTH AND UP	Runs full speed		Phones, tools, computer toys		Imitates adults, role playing
	Better fine motor skills, can draw pictures		Pounding sets		Cause and efffect and small muscle development
	Acquired to about three hundred words, starts to talk in phrases/sentences		Dolls/doll sets		Role Playing
	Starts to enjoy playing with other children but is still very possesive		Art supplies		Stimulate creativity and imagination
	Imitates adults		Blocks		Helps develop spatial concept
	Takes things apart and fits them together again. Likes repetition		Books		Enrich their vocabulary, attention span