Your baby’s development in their tenth month

Receptive Language

  • Visually recognizes people

  • Understands 2-3 simple requests such as “say bye-bye!” (spoken or signed)

Expressive Language

  • Combines babbling with gestures

  • Makes mouth movements such as sticking out tongue

  • May sign first word

Cognitive

  • Watches the path of something as it falls

  • Looks for things they see you hide

  • Plays peek-a-boo

  • Picks up things between thumb and index finger

Social

  • May be afraid of strangers

  • May be clingy with familiar adults

  • Has favorite toys

Motor

  • Pulls to stand

  • Uses a pincer grasp to pick up small items

  • Bangs things together

Gestures

  • Hands objects to people

  • Turns away from undesired food/items

Sources:

  • https://helpmegrowmn.org

  • https://www.cdc.gov/act-early/milestones

  • www.michigan.gov/mikidsmatter

  • https://idrpp.usu.edu/projects/ski-hi/deaf-hard-of-hearing/early-intervention

  • https://hopepubl.com/product/ski-hi-curriculum/

  • https://firstwordsproject.com/about-16by16/

Strategies for reading without *actually* reading

ASL Words and Phrases this Month

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WHERE

LITTLE

AGAIN