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Infant Toddler Learning & Development Foundations

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8 months<br />

Foundation: Recognition of Ability<br />

The developing understanding that the child can take action<br />

to influence the environment<br />

At around eight months of<br />

age, children understand that<br />

they are able to make things<br />

happen.<br />

For example, the child may:<br />

• Pat a musical toy to try to<br />

make the music come on<br />

again. (5–9 mos.; Parks 2004)<br />

• Raise arms to be picked up by<br />

the infant care teacher. (6–9<br />

mos.; Fogel 2001, 274)<br />

• Initiate a favorite game; for<br />

example, hold out a foot to a<br />

parent to start a game of “This<br />

Little Piggy.” (8 mos.; Meisels<br />

and others 2003;<br />

6–9 mos.; Fogel 2001, 274)<br />

• Gesture at a book and smile<br />

with satisfaction after the infant<br />

care teacher gets it down from<br />

the shelf. (8 mos.; Meisels and<br />

others 2003)<br />

18 months<br />

At around 18 months of age,<br />

children experiment with different<br />

ways of making things<br />

happen, persist in trying to do<br />

things even when faced with<br />

difficulty, and show a sense<br />

of satisfaction with what they<br />

can do. (McCarty, Clifton, and<br />

Collard 1999)<br />

For example, the child may:<br />

• Roll a toy car back and forth<br />

on the ground and then push<br />

it really hard and let go to<br />

see what happens. (18 mos.;<br />

McCarty, Clifton, and Collard<br />

1999)<br />

• Clap and bounce with joy after<br />

making a handprint with paint.<br />

(12–18 mos.; Sroufe 1979;<br />

Lally and others 1995, 71)<br />

• Squeeze a toy in different<br />

ways to hear the sounds it<br />

makes. (Scaled score of 10<br />

for 13:16–14:15 mos.;* Bayley<br />

2006)<br />

• Smile after walking up a steep<br />

incline without falling or carrying<br />

a bucket full of sand from<br />

one place to another without<br />

spilling.<br />

• Proudly hold up a book hidden<br />

in a stack after being asked by<br />

the infant care teacher to find<br />

it.<br />

*Denotes thirteen months, 16 days, to fourteen months, 15 days.<br />

Chart continues on next page.<br />

36 months<br />

23<br />

At around 36 months of age,<br />

children show an understanding<br />

of their own abilities and may<br />

refer to those abilities when<br />

describing themselves.<br />

For example, the child may:<br />

• Communicate, “I take care of the<br />

bunny” after helping to feed the<br />

class rabbit. (18–36 mos.; Lally<br />

and others 1995, 71)<br />

• Finish painting a picture and hold<br />

it up to show a family member.<br />

• Complete a difficult puzzle for<br />

the first time and clap or express,<br />

“I’m good at puzzles.”<br />

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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