Birth to 3 Months Developmental Milestones

Module One Language & Literacy

Crying

First stage of Language Development

Crying consists of…

Voice & speech patterns (ex: high and low)

Melody of speech

Crying

When do babies start staring at your face?

From birth

Babies stare at your face to imitate ___?

mouth, lip, and tongue movements

Staring

a reflex action that helps newborns prepare for later speech & language development.

Positioning baby

4-6 inches from face

When does obligatory looking start?

Starts by One Month

Timeframe for obligatory looking to start

1-4 months

Babies tend to stare at ?

bright lights & objects of high contour/contrast (ex: black and white images marketed towards babies) (babies can see this more clearly), especially human faces.

What do babies tend to focus on facially?

Focus on facial movements like eyes, tongue, lips, and jaw which helps w/ development of speech sounds, words, and sentences.

Why should baby and caregiver look into each others eyes?

to start emotional bond and love feelings.

Talking w/ baby

1. Sight (what baby sees

2. Body (what baby does with body)

Facilitation Tips- positioning

4-6 inches

When should we start calling baby by name?

From BIRTH

Birth-10 months

Baby is called by name

11 months

babies recognize their names and respond when called (via vocalization or look in direction of name calling)

Motherese/parentese

SOFT, SOOTHING, HIGH TONE of voice, & short sentences when you talk to babies.

Why use soft soothing high tone

• During the first 9 months: the melody is the message which they gradually imitate

Singing and playing w/ babies

from birth to pre-k, sing/play with baby

songs and games build?

vocabulary

When can babies hear the difference between speech sounds

By 2 months

When do babies begin to coo

by 2-3 months

When do babies go from crying stage to cooing stage?

by 2-3 months

Why do babies coo

to interact with people around them

What do coo’s sound like

like vowel sounds ex: ooo and aaa

What do baby’s cooing imitate

Melody

When do babies begin to imitate TONE of voice

By 3 MONTHS