| Stares
while awake
Can
hold gaze momentarily on bright light
Sometimes
eyes may seem turned in
Moves
eyes and head together |
Hand
and eye coordination
Objects
will be held close to eyes for inspection
Points
to objects and people
Interested in pictures & identifies them in books |
Eyes
begin to move without head movement
Begin
to follow moving people & objects
Able
to focus on parent's face
|
Can
look at objects without touching
Watches
Movement of toys, cars etc
Watches
hand drawing & scribbling
Starting
to keep colouring on paper
Smiles
when sees favourite things & people
Watches
& imitates other children
Describes
pictures in books
|
|
Start
to watch own hands
Eyes
move actively to look at surroundings
Interested
in looking at food, bottle, toys
Able
to look at more distant objects
|
Inspects book by bringing head & eyes close to
page
Draws a circle & cross on paper
May
be able to wink
|
Eyes
may turn inwards when looking at toy
Watches
activities for longer periods
Looks
for fallen toys
Holds
toys and inspects them
Crawls
to get out of reach toys
Looks
around to see what is happening
Responds
to smiles and friendly voices
Increased visual inspection of objects & people
Increased
visual interest in new objects/place
|
Using
hands and eyes together well
Rolls
eyes expressively
Draws
& names pictures
Can
do colouring within the lines
Can cut and paste
May
be able to copy some letters
May
be able to thread beads
Observant and visually alert |
