The best thing you can do to learn about cognitive development is watch it happening! Spend 20 minutes observing an infant or toddler in each of the age groups in the table below. If you do not have any children enrolled in a specific age group, write an example of what you think you might see or what you have noticed before in this age group. Write your observations that describe cognitive development. What is the infant or toddler doing, tasting, touching, or exploring, for example?

1. What cognitive developmental milestones do you see?

   1. Young Infant
      (Birth to 8 months)
       
   2. Mobile Infant or Pre-Toddler
      (6 to 18 months)
       
   3. Toddler
      (16 to 36 months)
       

2. What is the infant or toddler not yet able to do? What does the infant or toddler seem almost ready to do (i.e., what do they need help with)?

   1. Young Infant
      (Birth to 8 months)
       
   2. Mobile Infant or Pre-Toddler
      (6 to 18 months)
       
   3. Toddler
      (16-36 months)
       

3. What are you doing to support cognitive development?

   1. Young Infant
      (Birth to 8 months)
       
   2. Mobile Infant or Pre-Toddler
      (6 to 18 months)
       
   3. Toddler
      (16-36 months)