12 months

• Crawls on hands and knees.
• Starts to walk without help or support.
• Eats using a spoon and drinks water or milk from a cup.
• Sits without support and reaches for objects that are close without falling.
• Uses fingers and thumb to pick up objects that are small.
• Holds crayons and color pencils in a way that allows them to color.
• Grabs toys while walking.
• Can help undress him/herself.

• Tacks two blocks/things.
• Searches for a hidden object.
• Understands 'no', 'bye-bye' and 'come here'.
• Can follow 1-step verbal commands without any gestures.

• Says 2 to 8 words.
• Recognizes the sounds of animals.
• Controls intonations, patterns of those similar to parents.
• Says and shakes head 'no'.
• Points to show someone what he/she wants.

• Distinguishes self and others.
• Fears strange people and places, and may cling to caregivers in new situations.
• Waves 'bye-bye'.
• Plays peek-a-boo.
• Shows affection to familiar people.
• Plays simple pretend, such as feeding a doll etc
• Points to show others something interesting.
• Explores by him/herself with parents close by.

Give your child things to stack up and to put into and take out of containers. Sample toys: nesting and stacking objects, containers and cloth clips.

Ask your child simple questions. Respond to your child's attempt to talk. Show and talk about nature, pictures and things.

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