Understands simple sentences, questions and requests, for example, ‘Give the book to me,’ ‘Find your ball’, ‘Where’s your shoe?’

Learns words and appropriate gestures like saying ‘no’ and shaking his head, saying ‘bye-bye’ and waving, also exclamations such as ‘oh-oh!’

Starts to anticipate when a surprise happens in a song

Takes turns making sounds with you

Searches for object if he knows it is hidden, e.g., lifts inverted cup, looks in box for toy or unwraps toy

Tries out new actions for same goal; modifies old ones through trial and error

Associates actions and sounds with things for example, meows for kitten, points up when he sees a bird

Is aware of his own actions and some of their implications; compares same action done with both sides of his body

Develops stronger memory skills

Responds to simple verbal requests

Uses expressive vocabulary, 2-8 words, like ‘no’, ‘baby’, ‘bye-bye’, ‘hi’ and words that imitate sounds of objects, i.e., bow wow

Uses a single word to express a whole thought

May not talk as much while mastering walking

Enjoys looking at pictures in books

Points to correct parts of the body when asked where they are

Knows that smaller objects fit in larger ones

Searches for hidden object, whether he remembers it was hidden or he hasn’t seen it hidden

Able to match shapes, e.g., places a cylindrical object in a matching hole in a container

Repeats an action that gets a reaction, such as knocking over blocks