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Child Development
- 0-6 Months
- 6-12 Months
- 12-18 Months
- 18-24 Months
- 2-3 Years
- 3 Years+

During the first six Months, your babies grow up and develop their skills very quickly. Parents can obviously observe from when babies develop their physical development, especially their fine motor skills. This happens when they try to grab or hold objects. They learn how to control muscles. Moreover, they understand sensory stimulation and express their needs both physical and emotional to parents.

Physical

Social & Emotional

Intellectual

Language
New Born
- Move to take the form of general reflexes which involve the whole body
- Get blurry vision and still not good at focusing on objects.
- Love staying close to familiar adults.
- Recognize and respond to familiar vision and sounds
- Cry to communicate.
1 Month
- Turn their heads while lying on tummies.
- Grip finger in their palms.
- Only focus on objects about 8-12 inches away.
- Become calm when picking them up and speaking with rhythmic or gentle voices.
- Get startled at loud noises.
- Watch and follow objects placed in front of their faces, especially the ones with vivid colors.
- Communicate by smiling, gazing, and crying.
- Begin to make simple sounds such as "Ooh" and "Aah".
2 Months
- Hold heads up for a short period of time.
- Follow nearby large objects with eyes.
- Enjoy being hugged and cuddled.
- Smile when being touched or talked with.
- Follow objects with eyes and recognize people at a distance.
- Make cooing and gurgling sounds.
3 Months
- Lift heads and chests up and look both ways when lying on stomachs.
- Sit only with full support.
- Attempt to reach for a toy held above their chests.
- Follow moving objects.
- Start to babble and mimic sounds they hear.
- Observe environment by putting stuffs into their mouths.
- Make eye contact and chuckle in response to people.
4 Months
- Hold heads steady without support.
- Begin to creep.
- Sit with some support.
- Reach objects with two hands together at body's midline.
- Put hands in their mouths or out objects from hands to mouths
- Show anxiety when approached by unfamiliar people.
- Recognize familiar people and objects at a distance.
- Babble, express and mimic sounds they hear.
5 Months
- Hold up heads and shoulders.
- Sit with hands support.
- Can slowly hold on to any objects with a single hand.
- Respond to their own names.
- Smile at others.
- Recognize familiar objects and explore objects they're interested in.
- Babble, express and mimic sounds they hear.
6 Months
- Scoot, roll or crawl.
- Roll over side to side.
- Begin to sit with a little help.
- Start teething
- Respond to people’s expressions of emotions
- Often become joyful.
- Realize if an object is dropped, it's still there and should be picked up.
- Make sounds with one-syllable words such as "Ba", "Da", "Ma."
New Born

Physical
Move to take the form of general reflexes which involve the whole body
Get blurry vision and still not good at focusing on objects.

Social & Emotional
Love staying close to familiar adults.

Intellectual
Recognize and respond to familiar vision and sounds.

Language
Cry to communicate.
1 Month

Physical
Turn their heads while lying on tummies.
Grip finger in their palms.
Only focus on objects about 8-12 inches away.

Social & Emotional
Become calm when picking them up and speaking with rhythmic or gentle voices.
Get startled at loud noises

Intellectual
Watch and follow objects placed in front of their faces, especially the ones with vivid colors.

Language
Communicate by smiling, gazing, and crying.
Begin to make simple sounds such as "Ooh" and "Aah".
2 Months

Physical
Hold heads up for a short period of time.
Follow nearby large objects with eyes.

Social & Emotional
Enjoy being hugged and cuddled.
Smile when being touched or talked with.

Intellectual
Follow objects with eyes and recognize people at a distance.

Language
Make cooing and gurgling sounds.
3 Months

Physical
Lift heads and chests up and look both ways when lying on stomachs.
Sit only with full support.
Attempt to reach for a toy held above their chests.
Follow moving objects.

Social & Emotional
Start to babble and mimic sounds they hear.

Intellectual
Observe environment by putting stuffs into their mouths.

Language
Make eye contact and chuckle in response to people.
4 Months

Physical
Hold heads steady without support.
Begin to creep.
Sit with some support.
Reach objects with two hands together at body's midline.
Put hands in their mouths or out objects from hands to mouths.

Social & Emotional
Show anxiety when approached by unfamiliar people.

Intellectual
Recognize familiar people and objects at a distance.

Language
Babble, express and mimic sounds they hear.
5 Months

Physical
Hold up heads and shoulders.
Sit with hands support.
Can slowly hold on to any objects with a single hand.

Social & Emotional
Respond to their own names.
Smile at others.

Intellectual
Recognize familiar objects and explore objects they're interested in.

Language
Babble, express and mimic sounds they hear.
6 Months

Physical
Scoot, roll or crawl.
Roll over side to side.
Begin to sit with a little help.
Start teething

Social & Emotional
Respond to people’s expressions of emotions
Often become joyful.

Intellectual
Realize if an object is dropped, it's still there and should be picked up.

Language
Make sounds with one-syllable words such as "Ba", "Da", "Ma."
Appropriate Toys for 0 to 6 Months
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Musical
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Auditory
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Fine Motor
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Coordinator
Visual Stimulation:
Encourage your babies to focus on objects and stimulate their vision development like mobiles and baby gym.
Motor Stimulation:
Help your babies use for batting, grasping and kicking such as mobiles and baby gyms.
Auditory Stimulation:
Soothe your babies with gentle sounds using music boxes or rattles irrors.
Intellectual Stimulation:
Grab your babies’ attention in looking at pictures and listening to other people tell story through using floating baby book or photos book with vivid colors.
Encourage you babies to learn about themselves and surroundings such as unbreakable safety mirrors.

Between the sixth and the twelfth Months, they are known as little explorers who are always curious. They are motivated to explore the world by crawling around and grabbing objects within their reach. Their surroundings are very attractive for them as they are eager to find new discovery. They love making sounds while sitting on the floor. Sucking and biting toys are also their favorite hobbies since the first tooth is coming. Soon they will be able to bite and chew soft foods.

Physical

Social & Emotional

Intellectual

Language
6 Months
- May scoot, roll or crawl.
- Roll over side to side
- Begin to sit with a little help.
- Start teething
- Responds to other people’s expressions of emotion and appears joyful often
- Begin to realize that if an object is dropped, it is still there and just needs to be picked up
- Begin to make sounds that resemble one-syllable words like "ba,","da", "ma."
7 Months
- Sit unassisted.
- Reaching for and picking up toys.
- Enjoy playing with people and imitating smiles and frowning
- Show interested in small details of objects.
- Repeat sounds, for example, “ma-ma, mum-mum”
8 Months
- Sit well without support with straight back
- Grasp an object with one hand
- Attach to parent (usually mother). Fear of separation
- Look at a picture book with their parents and like to touch and turn the pages
- Begin to understand and respond to “No”
9 Months
- Pull up to standing
- Pass object from one hand to other
- Understand others’ actions and facial expression
- Enjoy rhythmic music
- Use their index finger to poke at things, such as switches, buttons, and electrical outlets.
- Hold a bottle or drink from a cup you hold for them
- Use certain sounds for different things
- Begin using hand movements to communicate wants and needs
10 Months
- Stand with handholds for short periods.
- Step sideways holding on
- Enjoy playing with people and imitating smiles and frowning
- Search for partially hidden object.
- Learn words that represent something, for example, saying “bird” while pointing to the sky.
11 Months
- Stand for a moment and sit from a standing position
- Tries to gain approval and avoid disapproval
- Can be uncooperative
- Begin to realize that if an object is dropped, it is still there and just needs to be picked up
- Begin to use simple single words, for example, “dada” or “mama”
12 Months
- Move and hold head easily in all direction.
- Stand well and begin to take step
- Pull or push things while walking
- Imitate and copy simple action
- Take longer interest in toys and activity
- Begin to sort by shapes and colors
- Begin pretend play by imitating what he or she sees in real life
- Begin to produce sounds or word that refer to action.
- Increasingly speak in words
6 Months

Physical
May scoot, roll or crawl.
Roll over side to side
Begin to sit with a little help.
Start teething

Social & Emotional
Responds to other people’s expressions of emotion and appears joyful often

Intellectual
Begin to realize that if an object is dropped, it is still there and just needs to be picked up

Language
Begin to make sounds that resemble one-syllable words like "ba,","da", "ma."
7 Months

Physical
Sit unassisted.
Reaching for and picking up toys

Social & Emotional
Enjoy playing with people and imitating smiles and frowning

Intellectual
Show interested in small details of objects

Language
Repeat sounds, for example, “ma-ma, mum-mum”
8 Months

Physical
Sit well without support with straight back
Grasp an object with one hand

Social & Emotional
Attach to parent (usually mother). Fear of separation

Intellectual
Look at a picture book with their parents and like to touch and turn the pages

Language
Begin to understand and respond to “No”
9 Months

Physical
Pull up to standing
Pass object from one hand to other

Social & Emotional
Understand others’ actions and facial expression
Enjoy rhythmic music

Intellectual
Use their index finger to poke at things, such as switches, buttons, and electrical outlets.
Hold a bottle or drink from a cup you hold for them

Language
Use certain sounds for different things
Begin using hand movements to communicate wants and needs
10 Months

Physical
Stand with handholds for short periods.
Step sideways holding on

Social & Emotional
Enjoy playing with people and imitating smiles and frowning

Intellectual
Search for partially hidden object.

Language
Learn words that represent something, for example, saying “bird” while pointing to the sky.
11 Month

Physical
Stand for a moment and sit from a standing position

Social & Emotional
Tries to gain approval and avoid disapproval
Can be uncooperative

Intellectual
Begin to realize that if an object is dropped, it is still there and just needs to be picked up

Language
Begin to use simple single words, for example, “dada” or “mama”
12 Months

Physical
Move and hold head easily in all direction.
Stand well and begin to take step
Pull or push things while walking

Social & Emotional
Imitate and copy simple action
Take longer interest in toys and activity

Intellectual
Begin to sort by shapes and colors
Begin pretend play by imitating what he or she sees in real life

Language
Begin to produce sounds or word that refer to action.
Increasingly speak in words
Appropriate Toys for new 6 to 12 Months
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Musical
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Auditory
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Fine Motor
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Coordinator
Touching and Holding:
Develop tactile skill with different kinds of surfaces; smooth, soft, rough using sensory toys such as The Sensory Tumbling
Help babies make teething easier and chewing by cutting the teeth through massaging the gums to relieve pain like teethers and gummy rings
Social and Emotional Development:
Keep your baby happy and engaged in playing such as The Baby Car
Muscle Development:
Develop the large muscle groups and improve balance using roller, clutching toys and walkers
Improve fine motor skill and coordination using soft balls and clutching toys
Intellectual Stimulation:
Engage babies explore, discover and figure things out by themselves such as The Sensory Tumbling
Encourage babies’ early attempt to communicate with you through recognizing pictures and listening story using soft cloth books or wooden toys such as The Mirror Baby Book and The Vehicle Puzzle
Develop creative play during bath time using floating toys such as The Sea Life Bath Set

Between the ages of one and two, it’s obvious for parents to see their physical development grows. As it is known as a huge change for your little ones since your child is beginning to leave the stage of babyhood and become a toddler. They have gained many new skills and have a high level of energy. They can move faster every day and require less support from you to help walk and discover independence while recognizing their need for security. They also love imitation whether they are sounds or actions. Discovering surroundings is still their favorite hobbies. They are eager to learn more about their daily routine activities, for example, taking off clothes and socks.

Physical

Social & Emotional

Intellectual

Language
12-18 Months
- Start walking independently
- Climb stairs
- Recognize himself in the mirror.
- Copy adult activities such as driving a car or cooking
- Begin to identify and point at body parts
- Look at books and turn the pages
- Demonstrate memory of people and places
- Can also follow simple commands, such as "Bring me your shoes," or "Put the book down."
- Understand and follow simple command
12-18 Months

Physical
Start walking independently
Climb stairs

Social & Emotional
Recognize himself in the mirror.
Copy adult activities such as driving a car or cooking

Intellectual
Begin to identify and point at body parts
Look at books and turn the pages
Demonstrate memory of people and places

Language
Can also follow simple commands, such as "Bring me your shoes," or "Put the book down."
Understand and follow simple command
Appropriate Toys for 12 to 18 Months
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Musical
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Auditory
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Fine Motor
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Coordinator
Muscle and listening Development:
Improve gross motor and balance skill such as push & pull toys
Encourage fine motor skill and hand-eye coordination through drawing or hammering and pounding toys such as The Hammer Balls
Engage auditory skill by learning the difference between sounds, and to improve fine motor dexterity and hand-eye coordination using musical toys such as The Fish Castanet
Social and Emotional Development:
Make kids have bath time exciting and an exploration of the properties of liquid and force, including discovering how things float, dive and move in water like bath toys such as The Sailing Boat
Intellectual Stimulation:
Develop mathematical skill by teaching kids about shapes, colors, orders, sizes and patterns using stacking toys, nesting toys and shape sorter toys such as The Owl Sorter and The Nesting Boxes
Improve matching and sorting skills, to encourage imagination and creativity with patterns and colors using blocks of different shapes and colors such as The Stacking Wheels and The Happy Engine Help kids practice their listening and speaking skill such as The My First Phone and The Dino Car

At this age, your toddlers will make a significant improvement in not only physical but also intellectual and emotional. They begin to walk, run and climb with better skills, and this is when a new sense of independence emerges! As your toddlers continue to explore the world, you may see them watch and imitate others. Probably they prefer playing alone to playing in groups. However, socialization is important for children to learn their social and emotional development; therefore, introducing them to new friends is a good idea.

Physical

Social & Emotional

Intellectual

Language
18-24 Months
- Twist and move easily while sitting.
- Walk independently and begin to run.
- Pick up small object with pincer grasp using either hand
- Show increasing ability to turn objects around.
- Like to participate in household chores
- Like what’s known as ‘parallel play’ where they play quite happily next to each other, but don’t actually interact
- Respond to commands
- Can stack objects
- Name or point to some parts of body
- Can sort and fit related objects together, so shape-sorter toys-wooden boxes with different shaped holes and corresponding blocks
- Point at familiar objects or people in picture.
- Respond to yes/no questions with shake/nod head.
- Express gladness when they do something successfully
18-24 Months

Physical
Twist and move easily while sitting.
Walk independently and begin to run.
Pick up small object with pincer grasp using either hand
Show increasing ability to turn objects around.

Social & Emotional
Like to participate in household chores
Like what’s known as ‘parallel play’ where they play quite happily next to each other, but don’t actually interact

Intellectual
Respond to commands
Can stack objects
Name or point to some parts of body
Can sort and fit related objects together, so shape-sorter toys-wooden boxes with different shaped holes and corresponding blocks

Language
Point at familiar objects or people in picture.
Respond to yes/no questions with shake/nod head.
Express gladness when they do something successfully
Appropriate Toys for 18 Months to 2 Years Old
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Musical
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Auditory
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Fine Motor
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Coordinator
Fine Motor and Coordination Development:
Support kids using their small muscles and hand-eye coordination by grabbing, stacking, and sorting such as large and small balls, sorting and stacking toys and wooden fruit
Emotional Stimulation:
Create their own sound by toy instruments such as The Solid Drum and The Concertino
Intellectual Stimulation:
Improve mathematical skills by learning about shapes, categorization, including comparing and ordering objects such as The Stacking Ring, The Sort and Count Cups, The Sorting Puzzle and The Twist and Shape
Language Development:
Encourage kids to speak in sentences such as dolls and wooden cameras like My First Camera

In this stage, they’re neither babies nor children. Familiarly known as “Terrible Twos”, this in-between stage can be frustrating for parents. Some children may not follow your instructions but they still depend on you for love and approval. Emotions are difficult for toddlers to control: they can be temperamental. Their moods can change within a short period of time. The best way to deal with them is to allow them to take adventure when appropriate but provide consistent guidelines for acceptable behaviors. Soon they will understand the differences between good and bad or right and wrong.

Physical

Social & Emotional

Intellectual

Language
2-3 Years
- Walk up and down stairs holding on.
- Can kick a ball.
- Pick up small objects and place down neatly
- Begin to play with other children
- Can take turns in game
- Point to things or pictures when they are asked.
- Can solve some problem in his head, performing mental trial-and-error instead of having to manipulate objects physically.
- Start of imagination, creating their own little worlds and scenarios
- Listen, repeat, and experiment with words on an increasing basis.
- Use pronouns and some plurals
2-3 Years

Physical
Walk up and down stairs holding on.
Can kick a ball.
Pick up small objects and place down neatly

Social & Emotional
Begin to play with other children
Can take turns in game

Intellectual
Point to things or pictures when they are asked.
Can solve some problem in his head, performing mental trial-and-error instead of having to manipulate objects physically.
Start of imagination, creating their own little worlds and scenarios

Language
Listen, repeat, and experiment with words on an increasing basis.
Use pronouns and some plurals
Appropriate Toys for 2 to 3 Years Old
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Musical
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Auditory
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Fine Motor
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Coordinator
Fine and Gross Motor Skill Development:
Improve strength of gross motor skill which involves movement of large body part and balance skill such as rocking horse and bike ride-on
Enhance fine motor skill and hand-eye coordination such as puzzles and nuts and bolts
Social and Emotional Development:
Help kids learn about their own emotions such as The Mood Memo
Intellectual Stimulation:
Teach about shapes, categorization and trial-and-error learning such as The Geometric Sorting Board, The Geometric Peg Board and The Shape Sorter
Develop problem-solving skill by offering greater challenges and being a good way to give kids victories such as puzzles and gear puzzle toys
Creativity and Imagination:
Give your children the opportunity to learn new set of words and to help make learning new vocabulary fun and engaging such as alphabets and numbers toys like The Alphabet A-Z and The Numbers 1-10, including pretend play toys like The Kitchen Set or The Breakfast Menu Set

Between the ages of three to five years old, their development is apparently seen to be growing up quickly in many directions. Your children are curious, energetic and sociable. They have come a long way on the path towards independence. It’s time for them to join kindergarten, and may already have attended a playgroup or preschool. Home is still their safest place after experiencing all new adventures.

Physical

Social & Emotional

Intellectual

Language
3 Years+
- Be able to walk on tiptoes and easily backward.
- Can hop using only one foot.
- Can make shapes out of play dough, hold a pencil and write letters and cut figures with scissors
- Can tumble, skip changing their feet, and easily catch a ball
- Play alongside other children and may join in other children’s play.
- Become more cooperative with peers, especially in group activities.
- Like to pretend they are other people and to play dress-up.
- Show a great deal of affection toward others.
- Know and can identify basic shapes: square, circle, and triangle.
- Can match and sort things by shapes, colors and size
- Be able to recognize and name up to eight colors, and like to ‘read’ books.
- Can count up to 20 Know concepts such as largest, highest, and alike.
- Begin to understand volume and can identify the container that holds the most.
- Understand night and day and their relation of time
- Use simple sentences. Talk about things and make up stories.
- Use language to express thinking and increasingly complex sentences in speaking to others.
- Say and begin writing the alphabet.
- Can retell a story while following along with pictures in a book.
- Can explain what things do according to their purpose.
- Can answer the telephone properly.
3 Years+

Physical
Be able to walk on tiptoes and easily backward.
Can hop using only one foot.
Can make shapes out of play dough, hold a pencil and write letters and cut figures with scissors
Can tumble, skip changing their feet, and easily catch a ball

Social & Emotional
Play alongside other children and may join in other children’s play.
Become more cooperative with peers, especially in group activities.
Like to pretend they are other people and to play dress-up.
Show a great deal of affection toward others.

Intellectual
Know and can identify basic shapes: square, circle, and triangle.
Can match and sort things by shapes, colors and size
Be able to recognize and name up to eight colors, and like to ‘read’ books.
Can count up to 20 Know concepts such as largest, highest, and alike.
Begin to understand volume and can identify the container that holds the most.
Understand night and day and their relation of time

Language
Use simple sentences. Talk about things and make up stories.
Use language to express thinking and increasingly complex sentences in speaking to others.
Say and begin writing the alphabet.
Can retell a story while following along with pictures in a book.
Can explain what things do according to their purpose.
Can answer the telephone properly.
Appropriate Toys for 3 to 5 Years Old
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Musical
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Auditory
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Fine Motor
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Coordinator
Fine Motor and Coordination Development:
Develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination such as The Balancing Cactus, The Dough Set and The Lacing Beads
Improve mobility and strength on outdoor play equipment like playing golf and toss game such as The Mini Golf-Full-Set and Meadow Ring Toss
Enhance hand-eye coordination and finger dexterity, including encouraging self-help skills .They make children very proud of their independence such as The Tie-Up Shoe
Emotional and Social Skill Development:
Encourage to express their feelings through pretend play and socialize with others and also to know how to live with others in society such as The Doctor Set and The Fantasy Blocks
Intellectual Stimulation:
Help your child to learn about symmetry, balance, shapes and colors in a variety of different sizes and themes and are compatible like the colorful wooden blocks such as The Creative Blocks