Developmental Milestones: Ages 0-5 Years

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Developmental Milestones Ages 0-5 Years

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0-1 Year Gross Motor Skills

• Turns head to both sides when lying on back (0-2
  mo)
• Lifts head up when lying on tummy (0-2 mo)
• Holds head up 90 degrees when lying on tummy (3-5
  mo)
• Stretches out and kicks legs when lying on back
  or stomach (1-5 mo)
• Holds chest up in prone while putting weight on
  forearms (2-3 mo)
• Rolls from tummy to back (2-5 mo)
• Sits independently using hands (5-8 mo)
• Rolls from back to tummy (3-5 mo)
• Gets into sitting position without help (6-10 mo)
• Pulls to standing using furniture (6-10 mo)
• Stands, holding onto objects (6-10 mo)
• Sits without support of hands (8-9 mo)
• Crawls forward (8-9 mo)
• Stands alone (11-14 mo)
• Walks holding on to furniture (9-13 mo)
• Walks alone 2 or 3 steps (11-13 mo)

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0-1 Year Fine Motor Skills

• Moves arms together (0-2 mo)
• Brings hands to middle of body when lying on back
  (1-3 mo)
• Grasps toys actively (2-4 mo)
• Follows object with eyes without moving hands
  (4-6 mo)
• Reaches for object with both arms (4-5 mo)
• Reaches for and grasps objects (4-5 mo)
• Drops objects (5-6 mo)
• Reaches for object with one arm (5-7 mo)
• Transfers object from one hand to another (5-7
  mo)
• Uses hand to rake small objects (7-8 mo)
• Bangs 2 blocks together (8-12 mo)
• Takes objects out of container (9-11 mo)
• Lets go of objects voluntarily (9-10 mo)
• Pokes with index finger (9-12 mo)
• Uses index finger and thumb to pick up small
  objects (10-12 mo)
• Uses hands freely (11-13 mo)
• Puts objects into container (10-11 mo)
• Tries to imitate scribbling (10-12 mo)

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0-1 Year Social Skills

• Enjoys physical contact and touch (0-3 mo)
• Establishes eye contact (0-2 mo)
• Develops a social smile (1-4 mo)
• Enjoys social play (3-6 mo)
• Becomes anxious when separated from parent (6-9
  mo)
• Cooperates in games (6-10 mo)
• Begins to show fear with previously accepted
  situations (6-18 mo)
• Shows toys to others (9-12 mo)
• Engages in relational play (9-12 mo)
• Explores environment (9-12 mo)
• Tests parents response during feeding and
  bedtime (9-12 mo)

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0-1 Year Self Help Skills

• Can open and close mouth in response to food (0-1
  mo)
• Coordinates sucking, swallowing, and breathing
  (1-5 mo)
• Sleeps from 4-10 hour intervals at night (1-3 mo)
• Brings hand to mouth (2-4 mo)
• Can swallow pureed foods (3-6 mo)
• Brings hand to mouth with objects in hand (3-5
  mo)
• Sleeps 10-12 hours at night with awakening (4-8
  mo)
• Mouths and munches solid foods (5-8 mo)
• Holds own bottle (5-9 mo)
• Finger feeds self (9-12 mo)
• Holds spoon (9-12 mo)
• Sleeps 12-14 hours at night (9-12 mo)
• Helps with dressing by extending arms and legs
  (10-12 mo)

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0-1 Year Cognitive Skills

• Responds to sounds (0-1 mo)
• Inspects hands (2-3 mo)
• Uses hands and mouth to explore objects (3-6 mo)
• Can find a partially hidden object (4-6 mo)
• Attempts to obtain desired object that is out of
  reach (5-9 mo)
• Brings feet to mouth (5-6 mo)
• Plays peek-a-boo (6-10 mo)
• Plays 2-3 minutes with one object/toy (6-9 mo)
• Looks for familiar people/pets when named (6-8
  mo)
• Responds to simple requests with gestures (7-12
  mo)
• Throws objects (9-12 mo)
• Understands no and responds (9-12 mo)
• Enjoys looking at picture books (10-14 mo)

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0-1 Year Language Skills

• Cries when hungry or uncomfortable (0-1 mo)
• Makes sucking sounds (0-3 mo)
• Cry begins to vary in pitch, volume, and length
  to express needs (1-5 mo)
• Laughs (1-4 mo)
• Coos (2-7 mo)
• Cries rhythmically with mouth opening and closing
  (2-4 mo)
• Responds to sounds by making sounds (3-6 mo)
• Responds to own name (5-7 mo)
• Babbles double consonants, baba (5-8 mo)
• Responds to bye-bye (6-9 mo)
• Nonspecifically says dada and mama (6-11 mo)
• Shouts for attention (6-8 mo)
• Shows understanding of words with gesture or
  behavior (9-14 mo)
• Specifically says dada or mama (11-14 mo)

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1-2 Years Gross Motor Skills

• Walks backwards (12-21 mo)
• Walks well without support (13-15 mo)
• Throws ball forward (15-18 mo)
• Walks upstairs with one hand held (17-19 mo)
• Kicks a ball (18-24 mo)
• Runs well (18-24 mo)
• Climbs onto furniture (18-21 mo)
• Walks downstairs with one hand held (19-21 mo)
• Walks upstairs holding rail (15-18 mo)
• Jumps with both feet in place (22-30 mo)
• Stands on tiptoes (23-25 mo)

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1-2 Years Fine Motor Skills

• Builds tower using 2 blocks (12-16 mo)
• Points with index finger (12-16 mo)
• Scribbles on own (13-18 mo)
• Uses hands in center of body, one holds an object
  while the other manipulates it (16-18 mo)
• Can imitate vertical strokes when scribbling
  (20-24 mo)
• Builds 4 block tower (18-22 mo)
• Can imitate circles when scribbling (20-24 mo)
• Strings 1-inch beads (20-23 mo)
• Builds 6 block tower (22-24 mo)
• Holds crayon with thumb and fingers (23-25 mo)
• Snips paper with scissors (23-25 mo)

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1-2 Years Social Skills

• Displays independent behavior (12-15 mo)
• Shows a sense of humor (12-18 mo)
• Tends to be messy (12-18 mo)
• Imitates adult behaviors, like housework
• (15-18 mo)
• Expresses affection (18-24 mo)
• Shows more emotions (fear, anger, sympathy),
  (18-24 mo)
• Plays parallel to peers (18-24 mo)
• Likes rough and tumble play (18-24 mo)
• Attempts to comfort others in distress
• (22-24 mo)

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1-2 Years Self Help Skills

• Brings spoon to mouth (12-15 mo)
• Indicates discomfort after soiling pants (12-18
  mo)
• Scoops food and feeds self with spoon (15-24 mo)
• Removes socks (15-18 mo)
• Gives up bottle (18-24 mo)
• Can remove shoes when shoestrings are undone
  (18-24 mo)
• Zips and unzips a large zipper (18-21 mo)
• Holds cup in hand (20-30 mo)
• Turns knobs to open doors (21-23 mo)
• Puts shoes on with help (21-30 mo)

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1-2 Years Cognitive Skills

• Shows understanding of colors (12-18 mo)
• Places circle in shape puzzle (12-15 mo)
• Recognizes several people (12-18 mo)
• Places square in shape puzzle (12-18 mo)
• Matches objects (15-19 mo)
• Identifies one body part (15-19 mo)
• Can recognize and point to 4 pictures of animals
  (16-21 mo)
• Solves simple problems using tools (17-24 mo)
• Matches sounds to animals (18-22 mo)
• Matches objects to pictures (19-27 mo)
• Sorts objects (19-24 mo)
• Assembles nesting blocks (19-24 mo)
• Identifies 3 body parts (19-22 mo)
• Places triangle in shape puzzle (21-24 mo)
• Turns pages of a book one at a time (21-24 mo)
• Identifies 6 body parts (22-24 mo)

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1-2 Years Language Skills

• Attempts to communicate (12-17 mo)
• Uses 1-word sentences (12-14 mo)
• Uses expressions like oh no (12-14 mo)
• Says no (13-15 mo)
• Can name 1-2 familiar objects (13-18 mo)
• Uses 10-15 words spontaneously (15-17 mo)
• Uses expressive vocabulary of 15-20 words (17-20
  mo)
• Refers to self by using own name (18-24 mo)
• Uses 2 word phrases (20-24 mo)
• Uses nouns, verbs, and modifiers (20-24 mo)
• Uses intelligible words 65 of the time (21-24 mo)

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2-3 Years Gross Motor Skills

• Catches a large ball (24-16 mo)
• Rides a tricycle (24-30 mo)
• Walks upstairs alone (24-25 mo)
• Jumps 8-14 inches (24-30 mo)
• Walks on a line (24-26 mo)
• Walks down stairs alone (25-17 mo)
• Hops on one foot (30-36 mo)
• Jumps 2-8 inches high (30-36 mo)
• Stands on one foot for 1-5 seconds (30-36 mo)
• Catches 8 inch ball (35 mo)
• Jumps 24-34 inches (35-36 mo)
• Runs on toes (34-36 mo)

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2-3 Years Fine Motor Skills

• Can imitate horizontal strokes when scribbling
  (24-30 mo)
• Can roughly copy a cross (24-26 mo)
• Folds paper in half (24-30 mo)
• Can copy a circle (25-36 mo)
• Builds 8 block tower (28-31 mo)
• Roughly cuts line using scissors (28-35 mo)
• Uses adult like grasp when coloring (36-48 mo)
• Strings ½ inch beads (33 mo)

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2-3 Years Social Skills

• Able to distinguish self as a separate person
  (24-36 mo)
• Can be clingy and dependent (24-30 mo)
• Can be physically aggressive (24-30 mo)
• Dramatizes using a doll (24-30)
• Initiates play independently (24-30 mo)
• Uses mine and values property (24-30 mo)
• Can separate in familiar surroundings (30-36 mo)
• Will obey and respect simple rules (30 mo)
• Resists change and has difficulty with
  transitioning (30-36 mo)
• Participates in interactive games (30 mo)

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2-3 Years Self Help Skills

• Unbuttons large buttons (24-25 mo)
• Brushes teeth with help (24 mo)
• Undresses with help (24 mo)
• Dresses with help (28-32 mo)
• Uses a fork (30-36 mo)
• Buttons large buttons (30-36 mo)
• Assists with bathing self (30 mo)
• Takes responsibility for toileting but needs help
  with wiping (31 mo)
• Dresses with supervision and help with fastenings
  (32 mo)

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2-3 Years Cognitive Skills

• Understands concept of one (24-30 mo)
• Can demonstrate use of objects (24-28 mo)
• Obeys a related 2-part command (18-24 mo)
• Obeys a separate 2-part command (24-29 mo)
• Matches circles, squares, and triangles (26-30
  mo)
• Matches identical simple pictures of objects
  (27-30 mo)
• Matches primary colors (29-33 mo)
• Sorts circles, squares, and triangles (30-36 mo)
• Completes 3-4 piece puzzles (30-36 mo)
• Understands the concept of 2 (30-36 mo)
• Plays house (30-36 mo)
• Sorts colors and points to colors when named (33
  mo)

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2-3 Years Language Skills

• Produces more sounds (p, b, m, k, g, w, h, n, t,
  d)
• Uses 3 word sentences (24-30 mo)
• Uses past tense (24-30 mo)
• Answers questions (24-26 mo)
• Vocalizes all needs (30-31 mo)
• Will give full name when asked (30-33 mo)
• Uses expressive vocabulary of 7200 words
• Asks what, where, and when questions (34
  mo)
• Uses intelligible words 80 of the time (35 mo)

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3-4 Years Gross Motor Skills

• Stands on 1 foot for 5 seconds (41-46 mo)
• Stands on tiptoes for 3 seconds (43-44 mo)
• Runs 45 feet in 6 seconds (37-38 mo)
• Jumps forward 26 inches (37-38 mo)
• Walks on a line for 8 feet without stepping off
  (41-42 mo)
• Walks up and down stairs, alternating steps
  (43-44 mo)
• Jumps on 1 foot 6 inches forward (43-44 mo)
• Can run and stop on command within 2 steps
  without falling (45-46 mo)
• Throws a ball forward with arm overhead (39-40
  mo)
• Catches a ball with arms bent most of the time
  (41-42 mo)

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3-4 Years Fine Motor Skills

• Cuts a 5 inch line within ½ inch of the line
  (41-42 mo)
• Copies a cross with intersecting lines (41-42 mo)
• Can drop 10 small pellets in a bottle within 30
  seconds (41-42 mo)
• Traces 5 x ¼ inch line without deviating more
  than 2 times (41-42 mo)
• Copies a square (49-50 mo)
• Begins to copy some capital letters
• Draws a person with 2-4 body parts

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3-4 Years Social Skills

• Interested in new experiences
• Cooperates with other children
• Plays mom or dad
• Increasingly inventive in fantasy play
• Negotiates solutions to conflicts
• More independent

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3-4 Years Self Help Skills

• Finds front of clothing (42 mo)
• Snaps or hooks front fastener (42 mo)
• Unzips zipper (42 mo)
• Buttons series of 3 or 4 buttons (42 mo)
• Unbuckles shoe or belt (42 mo)
• Buckles shoe or belt (46 mo)
• Zips zipper (46 mo)
• Puts on shoes with help tying laces (46 mo)

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3-4 Years Cognitive Skills

• Correctly names some colors
• Understands counting and may know a few numbers
• Tries to solve problems from a single point of
  view
• Begins to have some sense of time
• Follows 3 step commands
• Recalls parts of a story
• Understands same and different
• Engages in fantasy play

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3-4 Years Language Skills

• Has mastered some basic rules of grammar
• Speaks in sentences of 5 to 6 words
• Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand
• Tells stories

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4-5 Years Gross Motor Skills

• Stands on one foot for 10 seconds or longer
  (59-60 mo)
• Can complete 3 sit-ups in 30 seconds (59-60 mo)
• Hops forward on one foot (47-48 mo)
• Can walk backward on a line for 5 steps (51-52
  mo)
• Can roll forward (51-52 mo)
• Gallops (51-52 mo)
• Skips (57-58 mo)

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4-5 Years Fine Motor Skills

• Grasps marker/pencil between thumb and pad of
  index finger with marker resting on middle finger
  (49-50 mo)
• Cuts a circle (49-50 mo)
• Can connect dots with a straight line (53-54 mo)
• Cuts a square (53-54 mo)
• Colors within lines (59-60 mo)
• Draws a person with a body
• Prints some letters

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4-5 Years Social Skills

• Wants to please friends
• Wants to be like friends
• More likely to agree to rules
• Likes to sing, dance, and act
• Shows more independence

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4-5 Years Self-Help Skills

• Puts belt in loops
• Ties and unties knots
• Dresses unsupervised
• Is independent in toileting
• Uses fork, spoon, and sometimes a knife

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4-5 Years Cognitive Skills

• Can count 10 or more objects
• Correctly names at least 4 colors
• Better understands the concept of time
• Knows about things used everyday in the home

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4-5 Years Language Skills

• Recalls part of a story
• Speaks sentences of more than 5 words
• Uses future tense
• Tells longer, more detailed stories
• Says name and address

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• Developmental Milestones are ages at which a
  majority of children will demonstrate and master
  sets of skills. Each childs development is
  unique however, most children follow this
  typical developmental pattern. If you are
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