Six Months

Place these milestones into the correct domain on your

table/chart

Can roll over from back to

front
Understand the meaning of
words such as bye-bye
Lying down:
Lift legs into vertical (up and
down) position and grasp one
or both feet
Adjust their position to see
things better

Squeal with delight

Can hold most of their own
weight on their legs
Understand up and down
and can make appropriate
gestures such as arm
motions
Poke at small things with
index finger

reach for and take offered toy

Talk to themselves in a singsong voice
Use their whole hand to move
toy from hand to hand
Are becoming more wary of
strangers
Are more aware of others
feelings
(cry is sister cries, etc.)

Change the position of their

angle body to reach for an
object
Are visually very alert and
can follow activities of
someone across room
Offer toys to others
Babble
Show distress when mom
leaves

New Vocabulary:
Babble= To make sounds or words or imperfectly
Delight = To give a great satisfaction, enjoyment, or pleasure
Distress = Pain, physical or mental suffering, or sorrow

Six Months

Place these milestones into the correct domain on your

table/chart

Index Finger = The fourth finger next to the thumb

Palmar grasp = Whole hand (look in the book, it explains it)
Squeal = To make sharp voice
Wary = Watchful, afraid of something