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The first year of life is a period of significant change and growth in the areas of cognitive, motor, social and emotional, and language areas. Understanding the norms of development during this time and ways to assess your child’s progress will ensure your child is off to a great start in life.

Screening Tools and Developmental Delays

• Developmental Screening (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
• Facts about Developmental Screening Tools (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
• Child Development and Public Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
• Developmental Disabilities (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
  

Overall Development

• Growth and Development, Ages Zero to Three: What Parents Need to Know (Advocated for Youth)
  

Cognition, Learning, and the Senses

• Cognitive Development: The First Five Years (NYU Child Study Center)
  
• Cognitive Development: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
• Learning, Play, and Your Newborn (The Nemours Foundation)
• Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Learning, Play, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Learning, Play, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• The Senses and Your Newborn (The Nemours Foundation)
• The Senses and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• The Senses and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• The Senses and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)

Physical Growth

• Growth and Development, Ages Zero to Three: What Parents Need to Know (Advocates for Youth)
• Your Child's Growth (The Nemours Foundation)
  
• Growth and Your Newborn (The Nemours Foundation)
• Growth and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Growth and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Growth and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)

Motor

• Hand and Finger Skills: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Motor Development: The First Five Years (NYU Child Study Center)
• Movement: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn (The Nemours Foundation)
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Will Baby Crawl? (National Science Foundation)

Social and Emotional

• Social and Emotional Growth: The First Five Years (NYU Child Study Center)
• Social and Emotional Development: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Young Children's Social Development: A Checklist (Education Resource Information Center)
• Assessing Young Children's Social Competence (Education Resource Information Center)
• Young Children's Emotional Development and School Readiness (Education Resource Information Center)

Language

• Young Children's Oral Language Development (Education Resource Information Center)
• Language and Communication: The First Five Years (NYU Child Study Center)
• Language: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Typical Language Accomplishments for Children, Birth to Age 6 (U.S. Department of Education)
• Look Who's Talking (NYU Child Study Center)
• Communication and Your Newborn (The Nemours Foundation)
• Communication and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old (The Nemours Foundation)
• Development - Coos, Phonics, and Everything in Between (St. Louis Children's Hospital)
• Delayed Speech or Language Development (The Nemours Foundation)

Parenting Tips and Suggestions During the First Year of Life

• Parenting and the First Year of Life (U.S. Department of Education)