Developmental Milestones

Question 1

3 months (gross motor skills)

Answer 1

infant raises head 45 degrees from prone

Question 2

3 months (fine motor skills)

Answer 2

holds hands in front of face; hands are open

Question 3

3 months (language skills)

Answer 3

infant begins to coo

Question 4

Toys for the 3 month old

Answer 4

mobile, contrasting colors & patterns; mirror; music; rattle

Question 5

4-5 months (gross motor skills)

Answer 5

lifts head and looks around; rolls over

Question 6

4-5 months (fine motor skills)

Answer 6

bats at objects; grasps rattles; holds bottle & carries objects to mouth

Question 7

4-5 months (language skills)

Answer 7

laughs, vocalizes in response to others, responds to name

Question 8

Toys for 4-6 month olds

Answer 8

fabric or board books; easy-to-hold toys that make noise; floating/squirting bath toys; soft dolls or animals

Question 9

6 months (gross motor skills)

Answer 9

tripod position; rakes objects

Question 10

6 months (fine motor skills)

Answer 10

releases objects to take another; rakes objects

Question 11

6 months (language skills)

Answer 11

squealing

Question 12

8 months (gross motor)

Answer 12

sits unsupported

Question 13

8 months (fine motor)

Answer 13

gross (crude) pincer grasp

Question 14

8 months (language skills)

Answer 14

babbling; follows simple commands

Question 15

9 months (gross motor)

Answer 15

crawls

Question 16

9 months (fine motor)

Answer 16

bangs objects together; drinks from cups with assistance

Question 17

9 months (language skills)

Answer 17

gives meaning to names; mama and dada; recognizes objects by name

Question 18

toys for the 8-12 month old

Answer 18

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)

Question 19

10 months (gross motor)

Answer 19

pulls to stand; cruises holding onto furniture

Question 20

10 months (fine motor)

Answer 20

fine pincer grasp; puts objects into container & takes out; feeds self with fingers

Question 21

10 months (language skills)

Answer 21

imitates animal sounds

Question 22

12 months (gross motor)

Answer 22

sits from standing; walks independently

Question 23

12 months (fine motor)

Answer 23

feeds self with cup and spoon; pokes with finger; holds crayon and marks on paper

Question 24

12 months (language skill)

Answer 24

uses 2-3 recognizable words with meaning

Question 25

18 months (gross motor)

Answer 25

climbs stairs with assistance

Question 26

18 months (fine motor)

Answer 26

turns multiple pages in a book; removes shoes; stacks 4 cubes

Question 27

18 months (language skills)

Answer 27

understands “no” uses 5-20 words; knows 200 words; sometimes answers “what’s this?”

Question 28

18 month old toys

Answer 28

push-pull toys

Question 29

2 year old (gross motor)

Answer 29

run; kick ball; stand on tiptoe; carry objects while walking; climb w/o assistance

Question 30

2 year old (fine motor)

Answer 30

build tower of 6 or 7 cubes; right or left handed; scribbles; turns knobs; puts round pegs into holes

Question 31

2 year old (language skills)

Answer 31

40-50 words; 2-3 word sentences; points to body parts and pictures; uses my or mine

Question 32

3 years (gross motor)

Answer 32

climbs; pedals tricycle; walks up and down stairs with alternate feet

Question 33

3 years (fine motor)

Answer 33

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

Question 34

3 years (language skills)

Answer 34

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

Question 35

4 years (gross motor)

Answer 35

throws ball overhand; kicks ball forward; hops on one foot; stands on one foot for 5 sec

Question 36

4 years (fine motor)

Answer 36

uses scissors well; copies capital letters; draws circle and square; draws a person with 4 body parts

Question 37

4 years (language skills)

Answer 37

tells stories; knows at least one color; can count a few numbers

Question 38

5 years (gross motor)

Answer 38

skips; somersaults; skate; swim

Question 39

5 years (fine motor)

Answer 39

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

Question 40

5 years (language skills)

Answer 40

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