INSTRUCTIONS: Add punctuation to the following paragraphs. Include underlining. (Do not eliminate any punctuation already in the paragraph.) Birth through the first year of life is a remarkable time for babies. At birth, many infants are given a new-born assessment to see if they have the potential to grow into normal, healthy adults. Kellie Lee was born on Tuesday August 3 2001 at St. John's Hospital in Denver Colorado where everything checked out normal, and she was soon sent home. Her senses of smell hearing and touch were keen. At two weeks, she could recognize her mothers voice and smell. Vision was the least developed sense and her eyes seemed unfocused. Her vision span was approximately 8 to 30 inches but beyond that, objects appeared a little blurred. During the first year

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of her life she tripled her weight and gained approximately a foot in height. Her brain at birth, which was 25 percent of an adult-sized brain, grew dynamically the first year. Piaget the well-known child psychologist recognized an infant like Kellie's ability to make interesting things last, to recognize that objects out of sight still exist, and to solve rudimentary problems. Also, during this first year Kellie moved from lying rolling over sitting up crawling standing, to walking. Indeed Kellies first year was predictably impressive.

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     Birth through the first year of life is a remarkable time for babies. At birth, many infants are given a new-born assessment to see if they have the potential to grow into normal, healthy adults. Kellie Lee was born on Tuesday, August 3, 2001, at St. John's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, where everything checked out normal, and she was soon sent home. Her senses of smell, hearing, and touch were keen. At two weeks, she could recognize her mother's voice and smell. Vision was the least developed sense, and her eyes seemed unfocused. Her vision span was approximately 8 to 30 inches, but beyond that, objects appeared a little blurred. During the first year of her life, she tripled her weight and gained approximately a foot in height. Her brain at birth, which was 25 percent of an adult-sized brain, grew dynamically the first year. Piaget, the well-known child psychologist, recognized an infant like Kellie's ability to make interesting things last, to recognize that objects out of sight still exist, and to solve rudimentary problems. Also, during this first year, Kellie moved from lying, rolling over, sitting up, crawling, standing, to walking. Indeed, Kellie's first year was predictably impressive.