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OUT TODAY:

Step by step, the very first guide to HOW A

A BABY SHOULD GROW UP

TWENTY YEARS IN THE WRITING!

Vision and fine movements

Heating and speech

Social behaviour and play

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Posture and forge movements

1 MONTH

Lies on back with hand to one aide, arin vut- atretched or both

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nexed, legs neked, kneen apart, soles of feet Lurned Inwards. Large, jerky move- ments of limbs. Al rest: hands closed and thumbs turned in. When check touched, turna to some side:

turns rar touched,

Held nitcns, head RWAY. falls forward. Placed down. wards on face, head imme. distely turns to side; arme and legs fexed under body. buttocks humped up.

6 MONTHS

FOR

Lifts head from pillow when lying on back. Sita with support in sot or pram and turna hend from side to side 10 look eround. Moves GT in brisk purposeful fashion and holds them up to be lifted. When hands RTAsped, pulls himself up. Kicks strongly. Can roll ever, Heid alting, head is drmiy erect and back stra Eht. Placed downwards on face, lifta hend and chest well up, supporting himself оп extended aITTİR.

12 MONTHS

Sits well for Indefinite time. Čan rise to sitting position from lying down. Crawls rapidly on all fours. Pullo 10 standing and, fets him- kelf down sgnin holding on to furniture. Walks 'round furniture stepping alɖewnys. Walks with

ar both hands held. May stand None for a few moments.

one

18 MONTHS

Walks well with feet only elightly apart, starts and BLODS safely Runs alimly

upright dyea xed on ground one to two yards. ahead. but cannot con Lique round obstacles. Pusties and pulla large lors and boxes round Door. Can carry large doll while walking Back into small chair or slides in sidaways. Walks upstairs with helping hand. Creeps backwards downstairs: occasionally

Bumps down a few steps on bullocks facing downwards. Picks up loys from floor without falling

six monihy of the year, marriage for Shir- ley MacLaine is a long- distance telephone call away.

This love-on-the-dial Ir- rangement is unavoidable since her husband, Steve Parker,. is running a film company in Tokyo while she is kept busy filming in Hollywood.

Recently, Miss MacLaine, re- garded by mony as the fastest- rising young actress in Holly- wood today. grrived in Londe for the first tline, and we talked about the 5,000-mile sap in her marriage.

of

A curious amalgam custard-pie sinpslice and sly sex appeal, Miss MacLaine sald:- "Well, first I'll tell you:

1

don't want to settle down and

or eyes

Stares expressionlessly at brightness of window blank

Shuta wall. tightly when pencil shone directly into them at Follows 1 to 2 inches.

flash brieny pencil-lamp

at one foot. with cyes Notices dangling toy or Tallie shaken in line of Vision at to Inches. watch Beginning to mother's nearby face when she feeds or talks to

Visually Insatiable; movṇa head and eyes eagerly in Follows every direction. adult a movements across room. Immediately fixates objects Loy, bell, apoon, sweet) within 6-12 Inches and strelches out both hands to grasp them. When toys fail from hands searches vaguely round cot with eyes and patting hands.

Picks

up

small objects

· (blocks, - string, SWOOLS, crumb with precise pincer grasp of thumb and Index Anger. Drops toy deliber ately and watches it fail to ground. Points with Index Anger at objects he wants. Watches small toy pulled along for across room 101. AWAY. Out of duors: watches movementy of prople, animals, cars with prolonged. intent regard Recognises familiar propin approaching from 20ft. ar more away Uses both hands freely

Picks up small aweeta, beads. pina, thread Immediately on Bight, with delicate pincer grasp. Spontaneous scribble when Eiven pencil and paper, using preferred hand. Builds tower of three cubes after demonstration

picture book. Points to distant interest ing objects out of doors Beginning lo show denke pre- ference for using Orte hand

aloys simple

Startled by sudden 'loud noises. stiftens, quivera, blinks. screws eyes up, extends limbs, and may cry, Movements momoritarily

frozen" when small bell rung gently 3 to sin. from eat for 3 to 550c. Etops whimpering 10 sound of human nearby scothing voice, but not when scream- or feeding.. Cries Ing iustity when hangry or un- comfortable. Utters SILEI gultural noisea when content

Tums immediately to mother's voice across room.

usin Vocalises tunefully, single syllables' a. muh, A00, der Laughs, chuckies. and squeals aloud in play. Screams with annoyance. Ehows evidence of response to different emotional tones of mother's voice. Responds to velce, rattle. bell at lift. from each ear by correct. Viu local'sation, but may show lightly delayed response.

and

Knows

Immediately turns to own name. Babbles loudly tunefully, and Inces santly Shows by nullable mbyemenia and behaviour that he understands several words in usual context town

walk, and family names.

Compre dinner. pussy.

comniande hends simple, Associated witht Resture (Give It to me. Come to mummy. Imitates adulta: plavil vocalisations with gleeful enthusiasm.

Continues to jabber wyse- fully to himself at play. Uses to 20 recognisable worde Echines prominent or Inst word addressed to Jim Demands desired objects by pointing. accompanied by Inud, Urgent vocní isations or words. Enjoys BUTACT rhymes and tries to join in. Attempts To sina

YERİENDAYA GRID AND A PHILOSOPHY,

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Bucks well. Bleeps most of. the time when not being fed or handled. Expression

to but tending vague, become more alert, progreESS- ing to smiling at about six

Hands weeks.

normally closed, but if opened graspa mother's finger when" paim Is Louched. Stops crying Mother when picked up. supporis head when carry- mg, dressing, and bathing.

Handa competent to reach, for and grasp small toys: most often uses two-handed scooping in approach, but occasionally a single hand. Takes everything to mouth. find feet Beginning to Interesting and even useful in grasping, Puts hands to bottle and pate it when feeding. Shakes rattle deliberately to make it sound

B friendly with strangers but occasionally shown some shyness or even slight anxiety.

Drinks from cup with little Assistance. Holds spoon but cannot use it alone. Help with dressing by holding cut arm and foot. Cessing to drool. Pute wooden cubes in and oul of cup or box. Rattles spoon in cup in imitation, Gives toys 10 adult on request and some. Litea times spontaneously.

10

to be constantly within sight and hearing of adult; Demonstrates ofection familiar people. Waves bye- bye and claps hands in imitation.

Lifts and holds cup between both hands. Drinks with. out much spilling. Hands cup back to adult. Holds spoon and gets food to mouth Takes off shoes, socks, hat. Indicates tollet needs by reallèssness and vocalisation. Bowel_control ually attained Explores environment energetically. Casta objects to hoor in play or anger less often. Briefly Imliates simple actions treading book. Kizs ing doll. Plays contentedly alone, but likes to be near Adult Emotionally Lili very dependent upon CAMICIAT adalierates between clinging and rosintance

SHIRLEY

MACLAINE TELLS:

How to keep a marriage together when you spend most of it apart...

get roots and everything. I machines at the airport in Now "It's got such

20 years old now and I've ad York.

libbed my life this fur and that's how I'd like it to go on.

"We all left together. Steve

a long way to

"Anyway, he took me out to dinner and slowly grow to love him. Then I realised that the I cald: "You scem to have one thing I didn't like about

took Stephanie back to Tokyo learned the secret of keeping a him at Brut-his condence= marriage together when you was beginning to rub off on me. spend most of if apart."

"I want to go on living out...and here I om.

of a suitcase for the rest of

my life. F'd love it if I had a Eoft, by 30ft, suitcase,

Miss MacLaine stuck down

Miss MacLaine mailed a small the envelope that would be her next communication with her smile that stretched as far as we both her eyes before going out. "Well, "And this is the important husband. "Oh, sure, thing Steve feels the same know this kind of life Isn't don't underrate Steve's part, way,"

First snaps

a lot of people don't understand

What-counts.

From then on, I began going Home place. And when Stephanle entirely satisfactory. But who! "I'm tough to live with, was born, Steve decided that he, is that uus existence would be believe me. Moody and sulky. had to make a sucou on his Me' didn't want to be Mr Impossible, imbearable, unless For no reason. But he some to bwa.

understand. He never tries to Shirley MacLaine. rule me that's the secret, I think."

we really loved each other.'

As we talked in her sulle at "I don't see Stove for months, Claridge's Miss MacLaine was sure.. But, gosh, when I do, I cutting up a strip of tiny, really appreciate it, I value it. blurred photographs at herself, You don't go taking each other's husband Parker, and their four presence for granted," year-old chughter Sleplanie.

"So be packed his mitcase and flew to Tokyo to start tils The man who has learned the business. Now he eats more secret of Miss MacLaine is 12 than me. Although the money years her senior and seven years isn't so important, it is po her husband.

tant for me' thai mor burbund feels he is successful even-15 fé "When I first met him," she were only dissing alkohe, said, "I thought the was a toulan PrimaDANGAN TA;

As we sold gooding, the phone! smoothie. I didn't like hian boo These are the fret private plé-

Mine Mactalno weighed the much. He seemed so darned started ringing. And wonder tures we've over had taken as a semily. We bad them done in envelope in her hand. I hope sure of himself and producing phs of those photogenb-yourself there's enough postage on it, all these Broadway dope 106.

She put them into an envelope.

Then: "You know noinèthing!

'I'm moody

It was Zokyo put the line.

Cummings

"Help! Help! Send for a policeman to police the policeman!"

Posture and large movements

2 YEARS

Runs safely on whole foot. stopping and starting with esse and avoiding obstacles. Bquals to rest or to play with object on ground and rises to feet without uslug hands. Pulls toy by card. Gilmbs on furniture to look out of window or open doors. and can get down again. Walks upstairs and down. holding on to rail or wall two feet to a step. Throws small ball without falling: walks into large ball when trying to kick it.

3 YEARS

Walks alone upstairs with -alternating · feet and down- ----

tairs with two feet to step: usually jumps from buttont step. Climbs nursery apparatus with agility. Can túrn round obalacles and corners while running and pushing, and pulling” taya. Rides Teleycle and can turn wide corners of it. GAM walk on tiptoe. Stands momentarily on one foot when shown.

5 YEARS

Buns lightly on toen, Activa and akiful in climbing, eliding. swinging. digging, and various stunta. dkips an alternato fest. Dances to music. Can stand on one foot 8 to 10sec, Con Hop 2 to 3 yards forwards on each foot separately. Grips strongly with either hand.

Vision and line movements

Hearing and speech

Picks up plas and thread nestly and quickly. Removes paper wrapping from small XWEEL Builds tower of six cubes,

Spontaneous circular scrluble and dots when given pencil and paper. Enjoys pleuire books, recog-

details Ane

In Reco favourite pictures. nises familiar adults in photograph after Once

Handedness shown. developed.

well

Builds tower of nine cubes, and bridge of three from model. Can close fist and wiggle thumb, in imitation. Coples circle. Matches, two or three primary colours con lise blue and green). Paints with larme brush on éssel. Cute with scissors.

Builds three stepe with sËR elbes from model. Copies Square and triangle and letters VTHOXLAQUY), Writes a few letters aban- taneously. DAW recor- nisableresan with head. trunk, z tego arms, „and features. "Drawa simple house. Counts fingers on one hand with index finger four of other. Names primary colours and matches 10 or 12 colours.

AFTER TWENTY YEARS of watching babies sleeping, eating, playing, and crying, Dr. Mary Sheridan, of the. Health Ministry, issues a detailed summary today, on exactly how the average child develops over the first five formative years.

From the early days following birth, when the child stares without meaning- ful expression, to the age of five, when he can use a knife

to

Uses 50 or more recognis- xble words, Puts two or more worda tagether form simple sentences. Refers to himself by name, Talk to himself continually as he playa. Constantly saking names of obiectă. Joins in nursery zhymes And songs Shows and repeats hair, hand, feet, eyes, mouth, shoe.

Large

Intelligible vocab- ulary, but speech aliowa Kany unte phonetid subalitutions. Given ful) name and sex. Uses plurals and pronouns. Stl talks to himselt in long nono- togus. Carries un simple conversations. Asks many questions.

Listens eagerly and demands to atories favourites over and over JAMII. Knows several nursery rhymes.

Speech fluent and correct except for confusions s/t/h. Loves stories, and sots them out in detail Inter.. Gives #RC and (usually) birthday." Defines concrete nouns by use. Aska meanings of abstract words.

and fork and choose his own friends, Dr. Sheridan lists what she calls the "stepping. stones" of development which are of interest to every parent.

Working in baby clinics, 'schools, and hospital wards, Dr. Sheridan, who is un married, not only watched the babies but gave them many tests of vision, hearing, and intelligence.

TERRANING "THE HAMMER (AUD SUKUEH NUKITA KRUSHZHEV, RUSSIA'S ALLROUNDER, WHOSE TINING MAKES HIM FAVOURITE IN THIS PEACEFUL COMPETITION

No child should neces

TSHLIMEST

Londuli Express Bervins

Social behaviour and play

Lifts and drinks from sup and replaces on table. Spoon-feeds without spilling. Asks for food and drink. Chewa competently, Pu on hat and shoes. Verbalises toilet needs in reasonable. 11m. Turris door handles. Often runs outside. Follows adult round house and copies domestic activities in alimultaneous

Den play. atantly demanding adult' attention frustrated.

Tantrums when bat attention esally distracted. Defenda own "possessions with deter mination. Plays near other children, but not with them.

Eats with fork and spoon. Waales hands, but decom supervision in drying. Can pull pants and knicktra down and up.. but needs help with buttons.

DIY through night General behaviour mord ammanablOE affectionate and coniding. Lakes to help with adult and activities ___ in” house färden. Enjoys floor play with bricks, boxes, trains, and cars. Joins in play with other children,

Under- stands sharing, playthings. sweets.

Uses knife and fork. Washes and dries hands and face, but needs help and super valon, for test. Undresous and dramas atone. GeneraÍ behaviour

more sensible, controlled, and independent, Plans and builds construc- tively. Floor games very complicated, Chooses an frends. Co-operative with companions and

under-

alanda need for rules and Toir play. Protective towards younger children and pets. Appreciates meaning of clock' ilme...

sarily be considered backward -or abnormal because he appears to be late in develop- ing any of the activities listed by Dr.-Sheridan.

HURDLES: DAS HAMMARSKJÖLD THE FLYING | SREDE, WHO TAKES EVERY OBSTACLE IN

HIS STRIDE

RELAY: BRITAIN'S SENSATIONAL NEW TEAM HOME AND HEATH; WHO ARE EXPECTED TO SET UP A NEW RECORD MIESTAS MESSAGE RUNNERS)

Some are naturally slow starters în certain respects, but catch up later.

Dr. Sheridan is a descen- dant of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the famous 18th- century dramatist.. She has. written period plays herself.

Chapman Pincher

VILKY

DUTTING. HE SHOT: CHARLES DE GAULLE, THE GIANE FROM FRANCE WHO IS NOW COMPETING WITH THE BIG FOWER-STRONG-ARM STUFF

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