Infants construct an understanng of their world by coordinating their sensory experiances (sight, sound, hearing, touch and taste with physical actions.
New born babies are born with already recognising familiar sounds, particyularly their mother's and quickly learn to recognise familiar faces. They enjoy focussing on bright colours and solid shapes. this is because their sight is somewhat fuzzy due to their eye muscles not being fully developed as well as the underdevelopment of the soft areas in their brain. They begin responding to sounds by looking towards the source of the noise.
infants respond to voices and seek to be picked up by reaching out. Infants make a very important learning discovery - that through their actions of reaching, making sounds, or crying, they cause others to respond in certain ways.
Between three and four months an infant's hands and toes will become fascinating to them. They begin to reach for, hit at and grasp objects that are within their reach. They also enjoy toys that rattle and squeak and will put everything into their mouth.
At six months babies will imitate sounds, enjoy hearing their own voice, recognise their parents, fear strangers and begin to have an understanding of spatial awareness.
Between six and nine months infants develop the understanding that an object still exists even if it is out of their sight. This means that the infant is developing memory and goal oriented thinking. They also begin to understand that people exist all the time. Infants realise that they can cry not just to get needs met but as a means of calling parents or caregivers.
Between 12 and 18 months infants can follow fast moving objects, associate names with objects, understand 10-50 words, identify body parts and develop attachments to objects;e.g. toys.
Yes ofcourse, Between the age combination of six to nine month the children start to recognize and remember the sounds, faces and touch of the mother and also the other family members.Baby brain development
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