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4.2: What Infant and Toddlers are Like

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    During the infant/toddler years, all children depend on responsive, secure relationships to develop and learn. Let’s explore what infants and toddlers are like in terms of their progression through developmental milestones, so that we can connect it to what they need from adults. Here are some representations of what children are like as infants and toddlers. You can find other ages and more developmental milestones in Appendix C.[1]

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    Figure 4.7: What infants and toddlers are like at different ages.[2]

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    [1] Content by Jennifer Paris is licensed under CC BY 4.0

    [2] Graphics by Ian Joslin and Anthony Flores (licensed under CC BY 4.0) use the following images: image by Raoul and Hannah Snyman (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0), image (in the public domain), images by the CDC (in the public domain), image by Spc. Anna K. Perry (in the public domain), image by the CDC (in the public domain), image by Marine Cpl. Jessica L. Martinez (in the public domain)

    This page titled 4.2: What Infant and Toddlers are Like is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Jennifer Paris, Kristin Beeve, & Clint Springer.