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Prenatal - Development (1st Month)
First month: Implantation. About one week after fertilization, the embryo drifts from a fallopian tube into the uterus. Here it attaches to the uterine lining.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal - Development - Physical
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Germinal Stage
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First Trimester
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Embryonic Stage
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Prenatal - Seeing (2nd month)
Second month: Eyes develop. Roughly by the middle of the second month, 5/6/7 weeks into pregnancy, eyes form on the ends of stems that have grown from each side of the front part of your babies developing brain. This starts at the skin that will develop into your babies face.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal - Seeing During the second month, the baby is in the Embryonic Stage.
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Fetal Stage
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Prenatal – Development – Body functions (3rd month)
Third month: All internal organs are formed. Some are still immature when entering the fourth month.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal – Development – Body functions
During the third month, the baby moves onto the final prenatal stage, the fetal stage.
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Prenatal – Development –Seeing (4th month)
Fourth month: The eyelids are completely formed! Your baby can now react to changes in light. It’s said that if you shine a flashlight at your belly, the baby will squirm to avoid the beam.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal – Development –Seeing
During the fourth month, the baby is in the fetal stage.
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Second Trimester
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Prenatal – Body awareness (5th month)
Fifth month: Increased baby size and increased baby movements allow the expectant Mother to start feeling quickening. (Quickening is the first time you feel the baby move) This is usually when first time Mothers feel it. Second, Third, etc, time Mothers usually feel the baby move earlier.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal – Body awareness
During the fifth month, the baby is in the fetal stage.
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Prenatal – Feeding and Well Being (6th month)
Sixth month: The umbilical cord has become thick and strong.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal – Feeding and Well Being
During the sixth month, the baby is in the fetal stage.
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Prenatal - Seeing (7th month)
Seventh month: Eyes. Your baby’s eyelids can now slowly open. He/She can open and close their eyes. Their pupils will respond to the change in brightness.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal - Seeing
During the seventh month, the baby is in the fetal stage. Welcome to the third and final trimester!
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Third Trimester
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Prenatal – body development (8th month)
Eighth month: Hair! Your baby most likely has hair on his or her head. This hair will probably fall out after birth.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age Stage: Prenatal – body development
During the eighth month, the baby is in the fetal stage.
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9th & Final Month!
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Infancy (Birth to 18 months)
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Infancy – Physical (Month 2)
Month 2: Your baby is able to lift his or her head 45 degrees! It is still soft and sensitive, so watch out.
Domain of Development: Physical
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Infancy – Cognitive (Month 6)
Month 6: Your baby is now able to show more thought during playtime. They may have an object in each hand, and try to go for that third item. The baby can start to understand what their next step may be, but they are unable to process that they have to get rid of a previous step first.
Domain of Development: Cognitive
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Infancy – Physical and Motor Skills (Month 12)
Infancy – Physical and Motor Skills (Month 12)
Month 12/1 year: At one year of age, your baby is now standing by his or herself. If he or she is well developed, he or she can also walk with holding hands with you, or even on their own!
Domain of Development: Physical
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Infancy – Speech and Vocabulary (Month 15)
Month 15: Your child has probably said his or her first words by now. At 15 months old, their vocabulary typically consists of very basic words they hear constantly. Mom, Dad, and maybe cat, dog or up.
Domain of Development: Cognitive
Age stage: Infancy – Hearing
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Infancy – Sense of Self (Month 18)
Infancy – Sense of Self (Month 18)
Month 18: Your baby is growing right before your eyes, and now he or she has a sense of self! They have developed the ability to separate themselves from others. Their sense of stranger danger is also now setting in, and may become more clingy in public.
Domain of Development: Cognitive
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Toddlerhood (18 - 36 months)
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Toddlerhood – Sentence Structure (20 months)
20 months: Your toddler is now able to start stringing words together to form sentences!
Domain of Development: Cognitive
Age stage: Toddlerhood – Speech & Language
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Toddlerhood - Empathy (Month 24)
Toddlerhood– Empathy (Month 24)
Month 24/2 years: Your two year old has developed a sense of self, and is now connecting this to a sense of others. Empathy is the emotional response that one feels in response to perceiving another’s pain.
Domain of Development: Socio-Emotional
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Toddlerhood – Writing (27 months)
27 months: Your toddler has started to imitate you in another way, writing!
Domain of Development: Cognitive
Age stage: Toddlerhood – Writing
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Toddlerhood - Creativity (30 Months)
30 months: Recently your toddler probably started scribbling and trying to imitate your hand movements when you write or draw. Now they are starting to develop interest in arts and crafts. Be sure to teach them how to clean up after these usually messy projects!
Domain of Development: Cognitive
Age stage: Toddlerhood – Creativity
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Toddler - Coordination (Month 35)
Month 35: Your toddler is now able to dress him or herself! You have been helping them every morning and evening, and now they are able to dress themselves! Perhaps they are unable to tie their shoes still, but that will happen shortly.
Domain of Development: Cognitive
Age stage: Toddlerhood - Coordination
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Early Years – Friendship (3 Years)
3 years: Your toddler will start to develop friendships. Although they do not yet understand the mature nature of friendship, they will start to play more with friends they like, and that like them.Domain of Development: Socio-emotionalAge stage: Early Years - Friendship Image source: http://playdateplace.kmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kmart-playdate_lessonLearned.jpg -
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Early Years (3-7 Years)
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Early Years – Comprehension of Numbers 1-10 (3 ½ years)
3 ½ years: Your toddler will now have mastered their understanding of numbers up to ten. They can also count to ten by themselves. They can probably also understand cardinality at this point. CarDomain of Development: CognitiveAge stage: Early Years – Comprehension of Numbers Image source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YidgyBc7RkQ/UCH_0YzvPUI/AAAAAAAADLw/IcP5akl7VXs/s1600/Toddler+Number+Matching+Board+6.jpg -
Early Years – Energy (4 years)
4 years: Your toddler may no longer need a day time nap! He/she is probably sleeping well throughout the night as well. On average, 4 to 6 year olds will sleep 10 to 11 hours a night.Domain of Development: PhysicalAge stage: Early Years - Energy Image source: http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/make_bedtime_easier_for_kids_fit_slideshow/getty_rm_photo_of_toddler_waking_up_from_nap.jpg -
Early Years - Magic Beliefs & Disbeliefs
4-8 years: Children have previously believed in fairies and wizards.
Domain of Development: Cognitive
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Early Years – Loss of Teeth
6 ½ years: Loss of first tooth or teeth, and start of adult teeth coming in. This is by North American averages. Many children will start to lose them sooner.Domain of Development: PhysicalAge stage: Early Years – Loss of Teeth Image source: http://photos2.demandstudios.com/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/40/65/dv807023_XS.jpg?h=10000&w=400&keep_ratio=1 -
Middle Childhood – Permanent teeth
8 years: Permanent teeth start to replace lost baby teeth. Domain of Development: Physical Age stage: Middle Childhood – Permanent teeth
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Middle Childhood (8-12 years)
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Middle Childhood – Self-Esteem
9 years: By this age, your child will have a rise in self-esteem.
Domain of Development: Socio-Emotional
Age stage: Middle Childhood – Self-Esteem
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Middle Childhood – Selective Attention
10 years: Selective Attention improves greatly by age 10.
Domain of Development: Cognitive
Age stage: Middle Childhood – Selective Attention
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Middle Childhood – Sibling Rivalry
11 years: By pre-teen years, sibling rivalry can rise.
Domain of Development: Socio-Emotional
Age stage: Middle Childhood – Sibling Rivalry
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Middle Childhood – Gross Motor Development
12 years: Your child’s gross motor skills develop drastically from age 6 to 12. These will differ between boys and girls.
Domain of Development: Physical
Age stage: Middle Childhood – Gross Motor Development
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Adolescence - Puberty (Girls) - Physical
13 Years: By 13, your girl has hit puberty. This involves blossoming breasts, hair in new places, and menstral periods. Domain of Development: Physical Age Stage: Adolescence - Puberty (Girls) Image Source: http://aproko.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/puberty-stages-female-organ-1-jpg.jpg -
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Adolesense (13-18 years)
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Adolescence - Puberty (Boys) - Physical
14 years: By 14 most boys have hit puberty. This involves hair growing in new places, erections, and vocal changes. Domain of Development: Physical Age Stage: Adolescence - Puberty (Boys) Image source: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvnUPS9nkNGlboqXVmoAlAaghkFbZEp7Rk4DQES7Mqk_NknhEn -
Adolescence - Anorexia Nervosa - Physical
12+ Years: This eating disorder mainly effects females age 12-40. They refuse to eat, and some 15+% will literally starve themselves to death. Domain of Development: Physical Age Stage: Adolescence: Anorexia Nervosa - Physical Image Source:http://www.eatingdisorderpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/webinar-anorexia-distorted-body-image.jpg -
Adolescence: Depression - Socio-Emotional
Teenage Depression: Teen depression tends to hit shortly after puberty. Biological, Enviornmental, and Social Factors lead to Depression. Girls are more prone to suffer from it. Domain of Development: Socio-Emotional Age Stage: Adolescence - Depression Image source: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qJFQqXj3MCY/TV7GKv_XzCI/AAAAAAAAAF4/GJV8FM9nYQA/s1600/depressed+teen+male.jpg -
Adolescence: Self-Esteem/Self-Concept (Socio-Emotional)
Self-Concept/Self-Esteem: By Mid-Teens Adolescence will start to ask themselves "Who am I?", "Do I like myself?". They will form a negative, neutral, or positive self-imagen/self-concept which will effect their self-esteem. Domain of Development: Socio-Emotional Age Stage: Adolescence - Self-Esteem/Self-Concept Image Source: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2yl0aa54f1rske2ao1_400.png -
Adolescents - Graduation (Cognitive)
17/18 Years Old: Your child has graduated from high school! What's next? College? A Career? Domain of Development: Cognitive Age Stage: Adolescence - Graduation Image source: http://www.sfexaminer.com/files/blog_images/graduationhats.jpg
