| 7 - 12 months |
- Can sit, crawl and walk
- Uses refined pincette grip
- Perception of deepness
and patterns improve |
- Shows intentional and
goal directed behaviour
- Finds objects hidden in one place
- Imitates behaviour of adults with objects
- Solves simple problems by analogy |
- Shows clear attachment pattern with main
supervising person
- Uses caregiver as secure base for explorations |
| 13 - 18 months |
- Improved coordination
of walking
- Manipulates little objects with improved
coordination |
- Experiments with
objects in a "trial and error" way
- Finds objects hidden in more than one place
- Categorizes objects
- Speaks first words |
- Follows simple orders
- Recognizes itself in a mirror
- Participates in play with
parents and siblings |
| 19 - 24 months |
- Jumps, running and climbs
- Manipulates little objects
with good coordination |
- Ability to find an object
moved while out of sight
- Plays as-if games
- Categorizes objects
more effectively
- Knows about 200 words |
- Self-conscious emotions
emerge (1-2 years)
- Self-control appears
- Categorizes itself and others on the basis of age, sex, bodily features and being good or bad |
| 2 years |
- Balance and walking coordination improve
- Running, jumping, throwing and catching develop
- Skilful use of spoons |
- As-if play is getting more complex
- Recognition memory is well developed
- Understands the difference between internal cognitive and external physical events |
- A self-concept and selfesteem start to develop
- Cooperation and instrumental aggression appear
- Understands causes, effects and expressions of basic emotions |
| 3 - 4 years |
- Running, jumping, throwing and catching
improve
- Uses tricycle
- Uses scissors |
- Basic understanding of causality in familiar situations
- Classifies familiar objects hierarchically
- Is aware of some significant written symbols
- Counts small amounts of objects |
- Emotional self-regulation is improving
- Play becomes more interactive
- Differentiates moral rules, social conventions and personal affairs |
| 5 - 6 years |
- Jumping, throwing and catching mature
- Can bind shoe strings, write names and make complex drawings |
- Ability to differentiate between appearance and
reality improves
- Remembering and memory improves
- Simple additions and subtractions
- Knows about 10,000 words and uses many complex grammatical
forms |
- Ability to interpret and predict emotional
reactions of others improves
- Has taken up many morally relevant rules and behaviours |
