At Four Months, Your Child will Likely…

Physical Development:

• Tries to grab with hand.
• Wiggles and kicks with arms and legs.
• Rolls over (stomach to back).
• Sits with support.

Social & Emotional Development:

• Cries different ways for different reasons.
• Loves to be touched or held close.
• Responds to a shaking rattle or bell and to peek-a-boo games.
• Laughs and chuckles.
• Shows signs of fear, anger or disgust.

Intellectual Development:

• Can use eyes and hands together.
• Explores objects with mouth.
• Recognizes bottle or breast.

Delevopmental milestones associated with feeding:

• Can approximate lips to the rim of a cup.

Birth to 18 Months - First Connections with Families
First Connections with Families provides information about child development, reading to your child, and child health and safety.

The Early Learning Guidelines for Ages Birth to 3
This exciting new resource is being written to assist early childhood caregivers/teachers, parents and other adults with information about supporting the learning and development of young children. The Guidelines provide information related to seven domains or areas of learning and development:

• Social & Emotional Developmentment
• Approaches to Learning
• Health & Physical Development
• Language & Literacy Development
• Mathematics
• Science
• Creative Arts