List of Skills by Age

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1-2 Months

Demonstrates a range of basic emotions, including interest, distress, disgust

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2-4 Months

Smiles with joy in face-to-face interaction

Objects when play is interrupted with negative vocalizations and facial expression

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4-6 Months

Demonstrates emotions by making sounds of pleasure and displeasure combined with facial expressions

Demonstrates anger and wariness

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6-8 Months

Demonstrates a variety of emotions, including sadness, anger, disgust, worry, fear, and curiosity

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8-10 Months

Emotions expand to include surprise, shyness, fear of strangers, and intense concentration during problem solving

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10-12 Months

Demonstrates social referencing by looking to adult to see how she should feel

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12-15 Months

Demonstrates recognition that his action was not acceptable (showing guilt)

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15-18 Months

Demonstrates exaggerated facial expression as a game to get a response from an adult

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18-21 Months

Demonstrates embarrassment and pride, smiles when engaged in a joint activity with adult

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21-24 Months

Talks about emotions (happy, mad) and states (tired, hungry)

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24-27 Months

Extensive emotional vocabulary, but still may hit or bite to express anger or frustration

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27-30 Months

Produces complex (but subtle) facial expressions, depicting doubt, worry, confusion, exhilaration, and joy

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30-33 Months

Talks about the emotions of others and the cause of their emotions

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33-36 Months

Talks about past and future feelings as well as the causes and consequences of feelings

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36-42 Months

Full range of emotions evident including envy, pity, modesty, and shame

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42-48 Months

Exhibits jealousy and anger at others, but also shows silliness to get others to laugh

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48-54 Months

Recognizes that all feelings are acceptable, but not all behaviors are acceptable

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54-60 Months

Feelings easily “hurt” by others saying or doing something that offends him