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4-6 months

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FOUR MONTHS DEVELOPMENT
  • Lifts head 90 degrees on stomach
  • Laughs out loud
  • Follows your voice
  • Responds to being talked to
May Begin To:
  • Hold head steady while upright
  • Roll over
  • Grasp toy
  • Reach for object
May Work Towards:
  • Cutting first tooth
  • Imitating speech sounds
  • Turning in direction of voice
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FIVE MONTHS DEVELOPMENT
  • Sees bold color
  • Holds head steady when upright
  • Rolls over (one way)
  • Plays with hands and feet
  • Reaches for objects
  • Grasps rattle
May Begin To:
  • Bear some weight on legs when held upright
  • Sit without support
  • Turn in direction of sound or voice
  • Babble sounds
May Work Towards:
  • Pulling to standing position
  • Working to get object out of reach
  • Looking for dropped toy
  • Putting things into mouth
SIX MONTHS DEVELOPMENT
  • Rolls in both directions
  • Turns toward voices
  • Imitates sounds – blows bubbles
  • Keeps head level with body
May Begin To:
  • Sit without support
  • Eat solid food
  • Feed self cracker
  • Stand holding on to something
May Work Towards:
  • Passing from hand to hand
  • Reaching and grasping objects
  • Saying words that combine consonants and
  • vowels: mama, dada, baba.
  • “Scooting” or crawling
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