Clarisse's Growing Up Milestones

Clarisse @ 1 Year 8 months 6 Days

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL:
	Uses a spoon to feed self. - YES
	Chews food well. - YES
	Raises and drinks from cup, then replaces it on table. - YES
	Plays beside but not with other children. Don't Understand this :P Yes, She loves to play, most of the time with Jie Jie Chloe at home lor.
	Is very possessive about toys-no sharing. - YES
	Clings to caregiver when tired or afraid. - YES
	Goes into tantrums when frustrated but can be distracted readily. - YES
	Demands a lot of caregiver's attention. - YES
COMMUNICATION:
	Engages in simple pretend play. - YES
	Uses 50 or more recognizable words but understand as many as 300 words. Hmm..... how to count? Let's try to count - one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, elephant, giraffe, Monkey, Snake, Dog, Cat, Mouse, Dophin, Fish, Baby, Walk, Play, Slide, Want, love, MaMa, PaPa, GrandMa, MahMah, Tai Ma, Jie Jie, Clarisse, YehYeh, KaKak, Rahir, AhGu, AhYi, Banana, Strawberry, Butterfly, Lamb, Cow, Fountain, KLCC, KL Tower, Wet, Car, Raining, Thunder, Tunnel, Down, Up, Go, ready, train, bird, ball, toys, teacup, water, beanbag, milk, cheese, biscuit, jelly, apple, juice, chair, Swimming, duck, cooking, don't want, OK, noodle, pau, vege, me,.......... hmm.....getting more and more difficult now... I guess is a "YES" gua
	Puts together two or more words to formulate a sentence. - YES
	Asks "What's that?" Not really, only use "I WANT I WANT" or "I DON'T WANT" for something NEW to her.
	Joins in nursery rhymes and songs. She loves to sing, she is learning lots of songs from her Jie Jie Chloe.
	Refers to self by name. She refers herself by her name but not in proper pronunciation, to be fair, her name is not easy to pronounce "CLARISSE" "L" "R" "S". Tongue Twister !!!!  So, I realize that she doesn't refer herself by her name ALL THE TIME, SOMETIMES by "ME! ME! ME!" which is much easier to pronounce.
	Points to and repeats the names of body parts such as eyes, nose, hair, feet, mouth. - YES
	Understands simple commands and conversation. - YES
VISION:
	Names familiar miniature toys at a distance of 10 feet away. - YES
	Enjoys picture books, pointing to details on command. - YES
MOTOR (Fine):
	Removes a wrapper from a cupcake or candy bar. Never had cupcake or candy bar till now. PaPa is very strict!
	Builds a tower of six blocks. Attempted in the Shichida Class last week, she managed to stacked a few but I don't think six. The block was with the KLCC picture, and she was supposed to build the block up with the right puzzle order. I helped Darling Clarisse arranged the 6 blocks and she placed the remaining 2 blocks. Is ok, if you don't understand. Hahaha... YES, she can build a tower with maybe 4? blocks.
	Imitates a vertical line with a crayon on paper. Nope! Definitely not yet. I didn't really spend time with my children on this part of the development. I just realized it recently when Chloe's peers can write and draw and Chloe can't do any of those PROPERLY. I am currently working with the HOMEWORK that was distributed by Shichida which required lots of drawing lines and tracing etc.
	Turns pages in a book one at a time. - YES
	Picks up tiny objects as small as a crumb. - YES
MOTOR (Gross):
	Runs on whole foot, but stops by falling down or by colliding with something or someone. Runs on whole foot - OK, YES, but stops by falling down or by colloding with something or someone? - Why must fall down to stop? why must collide with something or someone to stop? Hmm... don't quite understand the question.
	Climbs stairs holding onto the railing (two feet to each step). - YES
	Pulls wheeled toy by string forward and backward. -YES
	Throws a small ball. -YES
	Walks into a large ball when intending to kick it. Kicking? Yes, Clarisse can KICK. walks into a large ball when intending to kick it? -- Don't know.