Developmental Milestones Flashcards
3 months (gross motor skills)
infant raises head 45 degrees from prone
3 months (fine motor skills)
holds hands in front of face; hands are open
3 months (language skills)
infant begins to coo
Toys for the 3 month old
mobile, contrasting colors & patterns; mirror; music; rattle
4-5 months (gross motor skills)
lifts head and looks around; rolls over
4-5 months (fine motor skills)
bats at objects; grasps rattles; holds bottle & carries objects to mouth
4-5 months (language skills)
laughs, vocalizes in response to others, responds to name
Toys for 4-6 month olds
fabric or board books; easy-to-hold toys that make noise; floating/squirting bath toys; soft dolls or animals
6 months (gross motor skills)
tripod position; rakes objects
6 months (fine motor skills)
releases objects to take another; rakes objects
6 months (language skills)
squealing
8 months (gross motor)
sits unsupported
8 months (fine motor)
gross (crude) pincer grasp
8 months (language skills)
babbling; follows simple commands
9 months (gross motor)
crawls
9 months (fine motor)
bangs objects together; drinks from cups with assistance
9 months (language skills)
gives meaning to names; mama and dada; recognizes objects by name
toys for the 8-12 month old
plastic cups (bangs objects together at 9 months), bowls; mirror; building blocks; stacking toys (8 months=crude pincer grasp); busy boxes; balls; dolls; board books; toy telephone; push-pull toy (12 month)
10 months (gross motor)
pulls to stand; cruises holding onto furniture
10 months (fine motor)
fine pincer grasp; puts objects into container & takes out; feeds self with fingers
10 months (language skills)
imitates animal sounds
12 months (gross motor)
sits from standing; walks independently
12 months (fine motor)
feeds self with cup and spoon; pokes with finger; holds crayon and marks on paper
12 months (language skill)
uses 2-3 recognizable words with meaning
18 months (gross motor)
climbs stairs with assistance
18 months (fine motor)
turns multiple pages in a book; removes shoes; stacks 4 cubes
18 months (language skills)
understands “no” uses 5-20 words; knows 200 words; sometimes answers “what’s this?”
18 month old toys
push-pull toys
2 year old (gross motor)
run; kick ball; stand on tiptoe; carry objects while walking; climb w/o assistance
2 year old (fine motor)
build tower of 6 or 7 cubes; right or left handed; scribbles; turns knobs; puts round pegs into holes
2 year old (language skills)
40-50 words; 2-3 word sentences; points to body parts and pictures; uses my or mine
3 years (gross motor)
climbs; pedals tricycle; walks up and down stairs with alternate feet
3 years (fine motor)
undresses self; copies circle; builds tower of 9-10 cubes; holds pencil in writing position; screws/unscrews lids; turns book pages one at a time
3 years (language skills)
understands prepositions; follows 3 part commands; half speech understood by people outside of family; 3-4 word sentences; vocab of 1000 words; can say name, age, and gender; uses pronouns and plurals
4 years (gross motor)
throws ball overhand; kicks ball forward; hops on one foot; stands on one foot for 5 sec
4 years (fine motor)
uses scissors well; copies capital letters; draws circle and square; draws a person with 4 body parts
4 years (language skills)
tells stories; knows at least one color; can count a few numbers
5 years (gross motor)
skips; somersaults; skate; swim
5 years (fine motor)
prints some letters; draws person with at least 6 body parts; dresses and undresses without help; ties shoes; uses fork,spoon, knife with supervision, copies triange, cares for own toileting
5 years (language skills)
long, detailed conversations; uses past, future, and imaginary; answers questions using why and when; can count to 10; recalls parts of a story; speech completely intelligible; speech is grammatically correct; says name and address
