Goals for Infants (6 weeks-12 months)
Social and Emotional Skills
✔ Begins to identify and recognize caretakers, even reaching out to them in time
✔ Begins to respond with cooing or facial expressions when spoken to and interacted with
✔ Begins to mimic language with simple sounds or reactions
✔ Cries, smiles, and coos as an appropriate response to environment
✔ Responds to language or music
✔ Self-soothing
✔ Responds differently with familiar and unfamiliar adults
✔ Begins to show interest in other peers or adults
✔ Becomes aware of own body (ex: Discovers feet)Becomes aware of own body (ex: Discovers feet)
✔ Engages in acts of self-care (Ex: moves hands together when washing hands)
✔ Shows confidence in emerging skills
Language Skills
✔ Seeks or looks towards language or music
✔ Responds when spoken to with eye contact, facial expression, or by making a noise
✔ Babbles and coos
✔ Copies words or sounds modeled
✔ Shows an interest in movement and song
Fine Motor Skills
✔ Begins grasping toy with whole hands and later with fingers
✔ Uses “Pincher Grasp” to pick up food or toy
✔ Uses hands to hold own bottle
✔ Uses hands to clap or wave
✔ Coordinates eye and hand movements
✔ Uses different actions: (kicks, pinches, swipes, pats, etc)
Gross Motor Skills
✔ Moves body, arms, and legs with coordination
✔ Rolls from Tummy to back or back to tummy
✔ Crawls or “Army” crawls with arms/ legs
✔ Sits up without support
✔ Pulls weight of body up into standing position
✔ Kicks legs to bounce or rock while supported
✔ Walks while assisted or holding onto support
Cognitive Skills
✔ Recognizes common care-takers
✔ Responds appropriately to environmental stimuli
✔ Copies behaviors modeled (example: Clapping, waving, peek-a-boo)
✔ Respond to verbal direction (example: being told yes or no)
✔ Uses senses to explore objects, people, and the environment
✔ Makes things happen and watches for results of repeat actions
✔ Searches for missing or hidden objects