DEVELOPMENTAL
MILESTONES
(Approximate ages of development - each child is an individual and may
vary somewhat)
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AREA OF DEVELOPMENT
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Age
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Gross motor
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Fine motor
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Emotional Development
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Speech/hearing
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Feeding
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Birth –3mo
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Flexion or curled position dominates
Active random movement in arms and legs
Raises and holds head at 45
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*Brings hands to middle of body
*Perceives hand toys and rattles
* Takes hands to mouth
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*Developing refined movements
* Swaddling, cuddling for self regulation
*Starts to recognize features
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* Exhibits listening response
* Smiles to physical contact
*Reacts to sound
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* Sucks well
* 2-4 oz liquid every 3-4 hrs.
* suck, swallow breathe
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3-5 mos
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*Raises to elbows when laying on his/her
tummy
*Rolls
*Sits for 30 seconds by self
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*Reaches and grasps objects
*Brings hands together
*Transfers toy between hands
*Maintains grasp
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*Increased cooing and babbling
*Shows interest in different sensations
for 3+ seconds
*Remains calm and focused for 2+ minutes
* Awakens or calms to a parents voice
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* Attends to sound source
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Turns face towards person speaking
* Startles to
sound, *“recognize” familiar voices, *smiles at people,
* Repetitive
sounds,
* Cries
differentiate according to meaning
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*5 mo- adds thin cereal
*4-6 mo thin baby food stage 1
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6-11 mos
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*Sits independently
*Plays with toys while sitting
*Crawls and/or creeps (7-8)
*Sits erect in chair
*Pulls to stand (9mo)
* 9 mo – sits from standing
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*Bangs 2 cubes held in hand
*Uses pincer grasp
*Points fingers
*Releases objects into container
* Reaches with one hand in prone while
weight bearing
* Pushes, pulls, slides, squeezes
* Supinates forearm
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*Responds to overtures
*Anticipates an object that was shown
then removed
*Becomes displeased when you are
unresponsive during play for more than 30 seconds
*Protests and grows angry when frustrated
*Lifts arms to parents
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* Searches for objects
* Makes purposeful movement to cause
sound or motion
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Responds to the word “no”,
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“Recognizes” changes in tone, rhythm and music,
* Attend to
environmental sounds,
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Gurgling sounds and vocal play, begin babbling
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*7 mo thicker baby food
*8 mo soft mashed table foods
& Hard munchables
*9 mo meltable hard solids
*10 mo soft cubes
*11 mo soft mechanical single texture 12
mo. stage 3
*10-12 cup and spoon to mouth
*10-12 mo. Lip closure
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12-17 mo
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*Stands by self
*Walks by self without falling
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* Imitates scribble
* Builds 3-4 cube tower
*Turns pages in books
* Places circle in formboard
* 12 mo: Objects as tools e.g. spoon
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Attempts self direction
* Resists adults control
* Likes to be near adults
* recognizes several people in addition
to immediate family
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Verbalize 1-2
words, understand and comply with simple requests, understand and reply to
simple questions, points to objects in books and body parts, enjoys
sing-songs and rhymes
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*9-12 mo. controlled biting
*13-15 mo. coordinated *diagonal patterns
for chewing
*12-14 soft table foods
*16-18 hard mechanicals
*Minimal food loss
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18-23 mo
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*Carries object while walking
*Kicks large ball
*Walks backwards
*Squat
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*Imitates circular scribble
*Imitates crayon strokes
*Drinks from cup
* Places circle and square in formboard
* Beads into a bottle
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* Identifies self in mirror
*Uses name to refer to self
*Experiences a strong sense of
self-importance
* Expresses affection
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* Matches pairs of objects
* Responds to 3 simple commands
*Demonstrates use of six objects
*Asks for
things by pointing and verbalizing,
* vocab up to
50 words
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*Tongue cleans lips
* Eating a variety of foods with the
family
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24-30 mo
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*Runs
*Jumps with both feet
*Walks down stairs by self
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*Removes pants with elastic waist
*Assists with putting on socks
* Imitates vertical stroke
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*Displays dependent behavior: clingy/
whines
*Feels strongly possessive
*Frustration tantrums may be present
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*Able to begin
following 2-step directions
* Able to
string 2-3 words together
* Understands
contrasting concepts (e.g. hot/cold),
* Possesses
300-400 word vocabulary
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*Rotary chewing
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30-35 mo
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*Throws ball over and underhand
*Catches balls of various sizes
* Jumps over objects
* Targets and throws ~ 3 ft.
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*Does 3-4 piece puzzle
*Copies a circle
*Unbuttons large buttons
* Builds tower 8-9 blocks
* Understands concept of one
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Snips paper with scissors
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*Separates easily in familiar
surroundings
*Shows independence
* Engages in peer interaction
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* Matches objects to pictures
* Matches signs or words to pictures
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*25-36 mo. uses tongue to clean oral area
*25-36 mo. can grade jaw for different
size bites, cup tops etc
*Rotary chewing
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36-47 mo
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*Rides tricycle
*Walks up and down stairs
*jumps forward and up
*does consecutive jumping
*Walks downstairs alternating feet
(rails)
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*Builds an 8 cube tower
*Strings 1/2 “ beads
*Puts on socks, shoes and underwear
*Feeds self with spoon and fork
* Draws tadpoles
*Copies cross
*Can cut straight lines without tearing
paper
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*Initiates own play
*Takes pride in achievements
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*Understands who, what and where
questions
* Begins to
converse about things that have happened earlier
* Speech is
fluent,
*Names and
identifies objects by use
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48-59 mo
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*Advanced running and coordination
*skips
*walks balance beams
*somersaults
*balances on one foot 5 seconds
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No rail on stairs
* Alternates feet on stairs
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*Traces a line
*Copies a square
*Can lace and zip clothes
*Shows hand preference
3-4 finger pencil grasp
Draws person with four features (4 yrs)
Adds body (5 yrs)
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*Understands simple “who”,
“what”, “where” and “why” questions
* Comprehends spatial language
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* 4-5 word
sentences emerge
* Details
provided in conversations
* Vocabulary
includes 1000 words
* Begins to
comprehend spatial language
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60-71 mo
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*Walks up and down stairs holding objects
*Rides bike with training wheels
*Jumps 3 feet distance
* Jumps 1 foot height
*Gallops
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*Prints first name
*Cuts out shapes
*Buttons 1” buttons
*Cuts with knife and fork
*Colors within the lines
*Connects dots
*Transitional pencil grasp
* Copies triangle
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*Answers simple questions about stories
*Understands most language at school and
home
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*Begins
reading skills *comprehends simple stories,
*Make-believe
stories emerge
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72-83 mo
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Skips alternating feet and maintaining
balance
Mature catch of balls with arms and bent
elbows at the side
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Mature grasp-dynamic tripod (6.5 yrs)
Visual scanning
Copies diamond
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Expressive vocabulary includes 2500 words and
* Receptive
vocabulary exceeds 15,000 words.
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