GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Sit without support
• Rolling over, crawling and possibly walking
• By 7 months most children will have full colour vision
• Can also see objects at a distance more clearly

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Understands the meaning of "no"
• Maybe shy or anxious with strangers
• 10 months self-esteem begins to develop
• Smiles and kisses own image in the mirror

MORAL DEVELOPMENT
-Babies are amoral meaning that they do not understand right from wrong
-Through social learning experiences learned over years that children understand moral
-Babies can show empathy for each other, for example If a baby is crying other babies will cry aswell

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
-Have mastered "dada", "mumum" then will shout out to call their parents
-Will ask for toys by pointing to it
-Shyness or fear of strangers

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
-Musical toys will continue to interest them and try to sing
-Understand some words
-Be able to say a few words and know the meaning

REFERENCES

• www.parentingcounts.org(physical)
• www.sevencounties.org(emotional)
• www.parents.com(social)
• www.webmb.com(intelectual)
• www.suite.io(moral)