Developmental Milestones Flashcards
begins running (gross motor)
2 years
Walks up and down stairs (gross motor)
2 years
Hand dominance is usual - fine motor
2 years
Build an 8 cube tower - fine motor
2 years
Aligns cube horizontally - fine motor
2 years
Initiates a vertical line - fine motor
2 years
- pulls on garment, uses spoon well, opens door turning knob (personal/social)
2 years
Toilet training usually begins (personal/social)
2 years
Two word phrases, refers to self by name (me, mine), follow simple directions (speech and language)
2 years
Runs well, pedal tricycle (3 cycle), walks upstairs alternating foot (gross motor)
3 years
Imitates three cube bridge, coples circle, overhand throw (fine motor)
3 years
Toilet trained (personal/social)
3 years
Pours from the pitcher, unbuttons, parallel play (personal/social)
3 years
Three word phrases, give a full name, identify self as boy or girl, uses future tense (speech and language)
3 years
Walk down alternating foot, hops on one foot, plantar arches develop (gross motor)
4 years
Handles a pencil by finger and wrist like adult
4 years
Copies across, draw frog-like person
4 years
Underhand throw
4 years
Cooperative play, imaginative make-believe play
4 years
Dresses and and dresses with supervision
4 years
Uses past tenses, adjectives, adverbs
4 years
repeats 4 digits
4 years
Skips and tiptoe
5 years
Tandem walking
5 years
Throw with diagonally arm and body rotation
5 years
Catches with hands
5 years
Creative play, competitive team play
5 years
Brushes teeth, dresses with supervision except tying shoelace
5 years
Fluent speech, gives a name, address, and age
5 years
Rides a bicycle, roller skates
6 years
Prints alphabet, letter reversal still acceptable
6 years
Mature catch and throw a ball
6 years
Teacher is an important authority, plays table games, uses of fork appropriately
6 years
Shows mastery of grammar, uses proper articulation
6 years
Continuing refining of skills
7 years
Eats with a fork and knife, combs hair, responsible for grooming
7 years
Language milestone
Crying
Birth
Language milestone
Cooing begins
2 to 4 months
Language milestone
Understands first word
5 months
Language milestone
Babbling begins
6 months
Language milestone
Change from universal linguist to language specific listener
6 to 12 months
Language milestone
Uses gestures, such as showing and pointing
Comprehension of words appears
8 to 12 months
Language milestone
First word spoken
13 months
Language milestone
Vocabulary spurt starts
18 months
Language milestone
Uses to word utterances
Rapid expansion of understanding words
18 to 24 months
Raise head
2 months
Roll over
4 months
Sits up
6 months
Crawl
9 months
Walks
12 months
Twinkles (smiles)
2 months
Focuses on sound
4 months
Stranger anxiety
6 months
Name (response)
9 months
Told commands (response)
12 months
True emotions develop
6 months
Ability to regulate, or control, one’s emotions is a psychosocial advancement of what life span?
Early childhood
True emotions develop
6th month
Participate in organized sports
Middle childhood
Body image starts to become a concern
Middle childhood
Sits without help
4-9 months
Stands with help
5-11 months
Crawls on hands and knees
5-13 months
Walks with help
6-14 months
Stands alone
7-17 months