Child development

Question 1

4-6 weeks

Answer 1

Smiles at parent
Social smile ~ 6 weeks
Can recognise Mum’s face
Shows preference to human faces

Question 2

6-8 weeks

Answer 2

Cooing

Question 3

3 months

Answer 3

Can hold head up, grasp reflex disappears
Babbling
Localises sound source
Squeals with pleasure appropriately, discriminates smile

Question 4

5 months

Answer 4

Reaches out; oral exploration
Spontaneous babbling and sound experiments

Question 5

6 months

Answer 5

Hand to hand transfer, rolling over, palmar grasp
Double syllable sounds, e.g. ‘dada’
Localises sound 45cm lateral to either ear

Question 6

9-10 months

Answer 6

Cruises around and crawls, sits unsupported, picks up object with pincer grasp
Babbles tunefully
Looks for dropped toys, plays peek a boo
Stranger anxiety followed by object permanence

Question 7

1 year

Answer 7

Stands alone momentarily
One or two words
Separation anxiety

Question 8

18 months

Answer 8

Walks alone, holds rails and climbs, can jump with both feet, can build a tower of 3 or 4 cubes and throw a ball, can use a spoon
Many intelligible word (up to 40), uses holophrases
Shows rapprochement (hugs when coming back)

Question 9

2 years

Answer 9

Able to run, 6 cubes
Makes sentence, telegraphic initially
Parallel play
Dry by day
Sorts objects into simple categories

Question 10

3 years

Answer 10

Goes upstairs 1 foot per step and downstairs 2 feet per step, copies circle, imitates cross and draws the man on request, 9 cubes
Speaks in sentences
Cooperative play, imaginary companions

Question 11

4 years

Answer 11

Can skip, copies a cross
Toilet trained mostly

Question 12

5 years

Answer 12

Can hop, copies a triangle
Fluent speech with grammar use; uses function words
Dresses and undresses alone
Sorts objects by function and type

Question 13

6 years

Answer 13

Copies a diamond, can count number of fingers
Nearly adult like speech