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How can I support emotional development in my 18-to-24-month-old?
Support emotional development in an 18-to-24-month-old by being a calm, responsive presence — naming feelings, comforting big emotions instead of punishing them, and keeping predictable routines that help your toddler feel safe. Tantrums and clinginess are normal at this age. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerSupporting Emotional Development in Your 2-Year-Old
Support a 2-year-old's emotional development by naming feelings, staying calm during tantrums, keeping routines predictable and offering warm, consistent comfort — toddlers learn to manage emotions by borrowing your steadiness. Meltdowns are normal at this age. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerSupporting Emotional Development in Your 3-to-6-Month-Old
You support a 3-to-6-month-old's emotional development through warm, responsive, predictable care — answering their smiles, coos and cries with love. This 'serve and return' builds trust, security and early self-regulation. There's nothing to fix; your everyday attention is the most powerful tool. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my 3-year-old?
Support a 3-year-old's emotional development by naming feelings, staying calm during meltdowns, keeping routines predictable, and playing together daily. Big emotions and wobbly self-control are normal at this age — children learn to self-soothe by borrowing your calm. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my 4-year-old?
Support a 4-year-old's emotional development by naming feelings, staying calm and present during big emotions, using pretend play, keeping predictable routines and coaching friendships — co-regulating until self-regulation grows. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my 5-year-old?
You support a five-year-old's emotional development by naming feelings, staying a calm and connected anchor during big moments, coaching through small disappointments, and giving everyday chances to practise patience, empathy and recovery. Big ups and downs are normal at this age. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my 6-to-9-month-old?
Emotional development in a 6-to-9-month-old is supported through warm, responsive and predictable everyday care — answering cues, naming feelings, playing face-to-face games, and allowing healthy stranger and separation awareness. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my 6-year-old?
Support a six-year-old's emotional development by naming feelings, staying calm so they can co-regulate, coaching after big feelings pass, allowing all emotions while setting kind limits on behaviour, and keeping routines and sleep steady. Most six-year-olds still need adult help to calm down — this is normal. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my 9-to-12-month-old?
Support emotional development in a 9-to-12-month-old through warm, responsive caregiving — comforting cries, sharing smiles and peek-a-boo, naming feelings, and gently riding out normal separation and stranger anxiety, which is how secure attachment forms. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support emotional development in my newborn?
You support a newborn's emotional development by responding warmly and consistently to their cries, holding them close, talking and singing softly, and sharing eye contact and first smiles — building a secure, loving bond. You cannot spoil a newborn; responsive care is the foundation. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support feeding therapy goals at home?
You support feeding therapy at home by keeping mealtimes calm, predictable and pressure-free, practising the exact oral-motor and sensory steps your therapist sets, and offering repeated low-stakes food exposures while following your child's lead. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support Floortime (DIR) therapy goals at home?
Support Floortime (DIR) at home by getting on the floor, following your child's lead, and opening and closing many warm back-and-forth 'circles of communication' in short, frequent play sessions that build connection, two-way interaction and thinking. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support group therapy goals at home?
Group therapy goals are supported at home by knowing the specific weekly skill the team is targeting, then practising it in low-pressure everyday moments — turn-taking, sharing, greetings and small group play with siblings or friends. Short, joyful, repeated practice helps a child carry a group-room skill into real life. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 12-to-18-month-old?
Support motor development in a 12-to-18-month-old with safe floor and walking practice, climbing, hands-on play with blocks and crayons, finger foods, and joyful ground play. Every child finds their own pace. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 18-to-24-month-old?
You support motor development in an 18-to-24-month-old through plenty of safe, playful movement — walking on varied surfaces, climbing, carrying, kicking a ball, scribbling, stacking and self-feeding — while letting them try themselves before you help. Gross and fine motor skills grow through repetition and joyful play, not drills. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 2-year-old?
You support a 2-year-old's motor development through daily, joyful, hands-on play — running, climbing, carrying, stacking and scribbling — offering a little more challenge than they can already manage and letting them lead. Big-body and fine-motor skills grow fastest through movement and self-care practice, not screens. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 3-to-6-month-old?
Support a 3-to-6-month-old's motor development with daily supervised tummy time, floor play with room to reach and kick, face-to-face interaction, and limited time in seats and bouncers. By around 6 months many babies hold their head steady, roll and reach. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 3-year-old?
Support a 3-year-old's motor development through daily active play — running, climbing, jumping and ball games for big muscles, plus crayons, blocks, threading and finger foods for small muscles. Children this age learn through joyful repetition, not drills. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 4-year-old?
A 4-year-old's motor development is best supported through active, playful daily practice — running, climbing, balancing and ball play for big muscles, and drawing, threading, cutting and dressing for small ones. Keep it fun and praise effort, and seek a developmental check if your child frequently falls, tires quickly, cannot hop or climb stairs, or struggles to hold a crayon. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 5-year-old?
A 5-year-old's motor development is supported through active, joyful play — running, hopping, climbing and ball games for the big muscles, and drawing, cutting, threading and building for the small hand muscles. Aim for around an hour of active play daily and keep it fun, not drill-like. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 6-to-9-month-old?
Support a 6-to-9-month-old's motor development with frequent supervised tummy and floor time, open space to roll and reach, toys placed just out of reach, supported sitting practice, and hand play with varied toys — while limiting time in walkers and bouncers. Follow your baby's pace and seek a check if they aren't sitting with support by around 9 months. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 6-year-old?
Six-year-olds develop motor skills best through generous, varied everyday play — running, climbing, balancing and ball games for gross motor skills, and drawing, cutting, threading and dressing for fine motor skills. Keep it playful and celebrate effort, and seek a gentle developmental check if your child seems much clumsier than peers or avoids physical and pencil tasks. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my 9-to-12-month-old?
Support motor development in a 9-to-12-month-old by giving plenty of supervised floor time, encouraging crawling, pulling up and cruising, and offering reaching, grasping and finger-feeding practice in a safe space — avoiding baby walkers. Babies vary widely in timing. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Read the answer AnswerHow can I support motor development in my newborn?
Newborn motor development is supported through simple everyday care — short, supervised tummy time, plenty of holding and carrying, face-to-face play and free movement when awake. There is nothing complex to teach; ordinary nurturing care builds head control and strength. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
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