Developmental Milestones: Birth to 5 years!
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AGE GROSS MOTOR FINE MOTOR COMMUNICATION/SOCIAL COGNITIVE/ADAPTIVE!
Lifts head/chest when Eyes track past the ! Alerts to sound
2 mos. prone midline
Recognizes parent
! Social (reciprocal) smile
! Laughs Orients head to direction
4 mos. Rolls front to back Grasps a rattle
of a voice
! Soothed by parent’s voice
! Babbles
Sits with little or no ! Reaches with one hand
6 mos. Developing stranger Feeds self
support ! Transfers objects
!
anxiety
! Developing immature
! Says “mama/dada”
pincer grasp Plays gesture games"
9 mos. Pulls to stand indiscriminately
! Bangs two objects (e.g., pat-a-cake)
! Waves bye-bye
together
! One word other than
12 “mama”/”dada”
Stands/walks alone Fine pincer grasp Points to desired object
mos. ! Follows one-step
commands with a gesture
15 ! Uses spoon and cup
Stoops and recovers Scribbles in imitation Uses 3–5 words
mos. ! Turns pages in a book
18
Runs well Builds a tower of 3 cubes Points to 1–3 body parts “Helps” in the house
mos.
! Speaks in 2-word
24 ! Throws ball overhand Copies drawing a line combinations Removes an article of
mos. ! Kicks a ball with crayon ! > 50-word vocabulary clothing
! Parallel play
! Speaks in 3-word
36 sentences
Pedals a tricycle Copies a circle Brushes teeth with help
mos. ! 75% of language is
intelligible to a stranger
! 100% of language is
48 intelligible to a stranger
Hops Copies a square or cross Knows 4 colors
mos. ! Plays cooperatively with a
group
60 ! Defines simple words
Skips Copies a triangle Dresses self
mos. ! Uses 5-word sentences
