‘More than 90% of babies at this age are walking well enough that they are able to squat down, pick something up off the floor and jump back up again’ (Dana Sullivan, 2015)
Children start from learning how to sit up alone which gives them a new perception of the world, crawling gives the child more freedom and independence, they use their upper body strength to pull themselves up from sitting to standing which then later on leads to them being able to stand alone without the assistance of an object or person.
17 month old children are developing rapidly, their cognitive,