Showing posts with label walking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label walking. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Learning to Walk

For the inaugural learnalittle post, let’s start at the beginning: learning to walk.

After learning to crawl, sit-up, scoot, and cruise, most babies begin to walk anywhere between 9 and 18 months. This basic but vital skill emerges as infant muscle strengthens and motor cortex function refines. But what explains the big age range in which a child might take their first steps?