Developmental milestones

Question 1

2-4 months:
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 1

Gross motor: head steady and smiling
Fine motor: follows object through 180 def
Language and hearing: squeals with pleasure
Adaptive and social skills: smiles

Question 2

5-8 months
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 2

Gross motor: sits without support
Fine motor: passes cube from hand to hand
Language and hearing: Turns to soft voice, Baba/gaga babble (to 10 months)
Adaptive and social skills: Feeds self biscuits. stranger anxiety, object permanence.

Question 3

9-14 months
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 3

Gross motor: stands with support
Fine motor: neat pincer grasp of raisin (12)
Language and hearing: mama/dada specifically. imitates 1 word (9), follows 1-step command (12)
Adaptive and social skills: indicates need by gesture. drinks with cup, waves bye bye. separation anxiety.

Question 4

12-16 months
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 4

Gross motor: walks well alone.
Fine motor: stacks two cubes (to 21 months),
Language and hearing: three words (to 21 months),
Adaptive and social skills: drinks with cup

Question 5

15-24 months
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 5

Gross motor: Walks up steps, Runs (24), kicks ball (24), up/down steps (24),
Fine motor: scribbles spontaneously, 3-6 cubes,
Language and hearing: points to one body part. 10 words (18), 2-3 word phrases (24),
Adaptive and social skills: removes garment, parallel play.

Question 6

21-36 months
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 6

Gross motor: Jumps on spot, stands on one foot (36), tricycle (36)
Fine motor: draws vertical line in imitation. Copies circle/cross (36)
Language and hearing: plurals/phrases, counts to 10 (36), 75% intelligible (36)
Adaptive and social skills: Puts on clothes (except buttons), plays tag with other children.

Question 7

3-4.5 years
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 7

Gross motor: balances on one foot for 5 seconds., hops on one foot. down 1 foot/step.
Fine motor: copes ladder. draws a face.
Language and hearing: understands cold, tired, hungry, asks ‘Wh’ questions. Past tense.
Adaptive and social skills: separates from mother, cooperative play, toiled trained, buttons.

Question 8

5 yrs
Gross motor
Fine motor
Language and hearing
Adaptive and social skills.

Answer 8

Gross motor: skips, rides bicycles
Fine motor: copies triangle, prints names, ties shoelaces,
Language and hearing: fluent speech, future tense, alphabet.
Adaptive and social skills.