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Cognitive Development: The First Five Years
Source: NYU Child Study Center
Thinking, making new connections, and discovering the world
In the first year of life wonderful and dramatic things happen. The baby usually triples her birth weight; she moves from being totally dependent to crawling and walking. Well before they use spoken language, infants are observing and making connections about what's going on around them. They are soon able to communicate, to interact with others, and to think about their surroundings. Each area of growth occurs in tandem with others- e.g., social and emotional with motor, communication and thinking.
