- Eager to create and explore movement that creates lots of physical sensation in order to build their sense of body – kicking, waving, wafting, bouncing, balancing, sliding, leaning, rolling.
- Moves from belly-crawling into crawling up on hands and knees
- Becomes adept at changing position from crawling to sitting in order to stop, pick up, handle and investigate objects
- Sits unsupported on the floor, leaving hands free to manipulate objects with both hands
- Picks up objects in palmar grip and shakes, waves, bangs, pulls and tugs them, transferring an object between hands with focus
- Enjoys finger and toe rhymes and games
- Pulls to standing from crawling, holding on to furniture or person for support
- Walks around furniture lifting one foot and stepping sideways (cruising)
- Starts walking independently on firm surfaces and later on uneven surfaces (vestibular)
- Points with first finger, sharing attention with adult
- Starts to throw and release objects overarm
- Enjoys the sensory experience of making marks in food, damp sand, water, mud, paste or paint (interoceptive)
- Pushes, pulls, lifts and carries objects, moving them around and placing with intent (proprioception)
- Climbs inside, underneath, into corners and between objects and shows an interest in climbing upstairs (vestibular and proprioceptive)
- Manipulates objects using hands singly and together, such as squeezing water out of a sponge (proprioceptive)
- Can track and pop bubbles
