3 to 12 months old kids are termed as infants. During this stage, kids develop the below mentioned cognitive skills-
- Watches moving objects, moves eyes from side to side to watch.
- Communicates if happy or sad.
- Watches faces and looks at your face while feeding.
- Reaches for toys and brings toys to mouth.
- Uses hands and mouth to explore the world.
- Transfers objects from hand to hand.
- Tries to get things that are out of reach.
- Looks around at things.
- Watches an object as it falls.
- Looks for objects that he/she saw you hide.
- Transfers things smoothly from hand to hand.
- Plays “peek-a-boo.”
- Uses thumb and index finger to pick things up, such as cereal Os.
- Turns pages in a book.
- Puts things in the mouth.
- Puts objects in and out of containers.
- Looks at the correct picture when it’s named.
- Bangs things together.
- Begins to use common objects correctly (drinks from a cup, brushes hair).
- Follows simple directions, such as “pick up your book.”
- Explores things by banging, shaking or throwing.
- Pokes with an index finger.
- Let’s go of things without help.
