- Explores movement both on the floor and upright to deepen their sense of body – rolling, wriggling, spinning, toppling, climbing
- Develops security in walking upright using feet alternately and can also run short distances (vestibular)
- Begins to walk upstairs facing forwards holding rail or hand of adult, with both feet onto a single step at a time
- Changes position from standing to squatting and sitting with little effort
- Participates in finger and action rhymes, songs and games, imitating the movements and anticipating actions
- Hands start to operate independently during a task that uses both, with each hand doing something different at the same time (eg holding a block in one hand and steadying the other block with the other hand
- Shows interest, dances and sings to music rhymes and songs, imitating movements of others (interoceptive)
- Can walk for increasing distances with purpose, stopping, starting and changing direction (vestibular and proprioceptive)
- Looks closely at small items and creatures, and can also see items at substantial distance, comfortably changing focus from one to the other
- When holding crayons, chalks etc, makes connections between their movement and the marks they make
- Uses gesture and body language to convey needs and interests and to support emerging verbal language use
- Can track and catch scarves and balloons
