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Sensory-Motor Development
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Small Muscle – Infants 3 to 6 months will:
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- see objects which are further than ten feet away,
- move their eyes together from side to side, up and down, and in a circle while watching a moving object,
- open their fists,
- find and play with their fingers and may suck them, and
- put objects in their mouths to explore them.
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Large Muscle - Infants 3 to 6 months will:
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- hold their heads steady when held in a sitting position,
- reach with both hands for nearby objects,
- lift their feet while lying down,
- take part of their own weight on their legs when held steady,
- roll over from front to back, and
- try to sit up by pushing themselves up from their stomachs.
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Self-Help – Infants 3 to 6 months begin to:
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- hold onto a bottle while being fed.
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At 3 to 6 months of age infants will:
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- whimper, gurgle, squeal and chuckle,
- babble while alone,
- make both high and low sounds,
- make strong steady sounds,
- make happy sounds for longer periods of time,
- try to imitate some sounds you make,
- make sounds to get your attention,
- may cry less often, and
- cry, grunt, groan, or whimper to show discomfort.
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Social-Personal Development
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Now the infants at 3 to 6 months of age will:
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- like to spend more time out of the crib playing with others,
- cry to show discomfort and laugh or smile to show pleasure,
- enjoy smiling and babbling at themselves in a mirror,
- breathe faster and move arms and legs when excited,
- show interest in toys and people,
- smile at people or things, especially faces,
- recognize the people they are with the most and may stare at strangers and new objects,
- show anger by crying, and affection by hugging and smiling,
- recognize the difference between people and things, and
- cry when left alone.
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Infants 3 to 6 months of age will:
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- tell the difference between family and others,
- may recognize their bottle,
- react to a real face more than a picture by smiling and babbling,
- play alone with toys,
- repeat actions which cause toys to move or make a noise,
- act differently when something strange happens,
- look for and uncover a toy which is partly hidden,
- watch other children play,
- stay awake for one to two hours at a time, and
- coo, hum, or stop crying when they hear soft music.
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Reference: Michigan Department of Social Services
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