S.P.I.E.S.SocialPhysicalIntellectualEmotionalSpiritual

Social Development

•Learning to interact with others and to express oneself to others in a positive manner

Physical Development

•Growth of the body both inside and out; the increasing ability to control and coordinate body movements.Physical wellness

Intellectual Development

•Learning to think, remember, understand, reason, and use language

Emotional Development

•Learning to recognize and express one’s feeling in a positive manner

•Establish one’s identity as a unique person

Spiritual Development

•Gradually learning to base one’s behavior on personal belief of right and wrong.

Social Development• 1 – Become alert and try to focus on face or

voice• 7 - Smiles• 11 – Enjoys baths• 16 – Responds with total body to faces they

recognize• 18 – Begins to smile, fixes on mothers face in

response to her smile• 23 – Wants someone near them when awake,

will stay awake longer if someone interacts with them

• 24 – At the end of this period, the baby can “stare a person down”

• 28 - Will recognize their mother• 29 – Grasp and clasp people, will adjust their

body to the body of the person holding them.

• 2 – Can hold eyes in a fixed position• 5 – Puts thumb in mouth• 9 – When on tummy lies in a frog-like

position• 10 – When on tummy will lift head briefly

and turn head to clear nose from bed• 17 – Begins to hold erect when in sitting

position• 21 – Hands are predominantly closed with a

clutching or scratching motion• 22 – Grips an object if hand strikes it

accidently

Physical Development

• 3 – Interested in sounds• 8 – Begin to watch their hands and

feet• 12 – Stare indefinitely at their

surroundings such as crib mobiles• 15 – Can follow objects from one side

of their vision to another• 20 – Responds to voices• 26 – Beginning to wait for expected

reward - feeding• 27 – Combine sensation such as

touching and looking

Intellectual Development

•4 – Baby will show distress, excitement, and delight

•14 – Begins to develop a repertoire of emotional crying and cooing signals that can be understood by parents

•19 – Can quiet themselves with sucking

Emotional Development

•6 – Predictable reinforcement relationship is being learned

•13 – Trust is beginning to develop as parents meet the needs of their infant

Spiritual Development