Developmental Milestones Flashcards
2 Months Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Begins to smile at people
• Can briefly calm himself (may bring hands to mouth and suck on hand)
• Tries to look at parent
4 Months Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Smiles spontaneously, especially at people
• Likes to play with people and might cry when playing stops
• Copies some movements and facial expressions, like smiling or frowning
6 Months Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Knows familiar faces and begins to know if someone is a stranger
• Likes to play with others, especially parents
• Responds to other people’s emotions and often seems happy
• Likes to look at self in a mirror
9 Months Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• May be afraid of strangers
• May be clingy with familiar adults
• Has favorite toys
12 Month Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Is shy or nervous with strangers
• Cries when mom or dad leaves
• Has favorite things/people
• Shows fear in some situations
• Hands you a book when he wants to hear a story
• Repeats sounds or actions to get attention
• Puts out arm or leg to help with dressing
• Plays games such as “peek-a-boo” and pat-a-cake”
18 Months Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Likes to hand things to others as play
• May have temper tantrums
• May be afraid of strangers
• Show affection to familiar people
• Plays simple pretend, such as feeding a doll
• May cling to caregivers in new situations
• Points to show others something interesting
• Explores alone but with parent close by
2 Years Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Copies others, especially adults and older children
• Gets excited when with other children
• Shows more and more independence
• Shows defiant behavior (doing what told not to)
• Plays mainly beside other children, but is beginning to include other children
3 Years Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Copies adults and friends
• Shows affection for friends without prompting
• Takes turns in games
• Shows concern for crying friend
• Understands the idea of “mine” and “his/hers”
• Shows a wide range of emotions
• Separates easily from mom/dad
• May get upset with major changes in routine
• Dresses and undresses self
4 Years Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Enjoys doing new things
• Plays “mom” and “dad”
• Is more and more creative with make believe play
• Would rather play with other children than by self
• Cooperates with other children
• Often can’t tell what is real/make-believe
• Talks about what she likes/is interested in
5 Years Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional • Wants to please friends • Wants to be like friends • More likely to agree with rules • Likes to sing, dance, and act • Shows concern and sympathy for others • Is aware of gender • Can tell whats real/make-believe • Shows more independence • Is sometimes demanding sometimes cooperative
6-10 Years Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Achieving a good “fit” w/ family, friends, school
• Sustained self-esteem
• Evolving self-identity
11-20 Years Social and Emotional
Social and Emotional
• Tumultuous time, marked by transition from family-dominated influences to autonomy & peer influences
• Struggle for identity, independence, eventual intimacy
2 Months Language
Language/Communication
• Coos, makes gurgling sounds
• Turns head toward sounds
4 Months Language
Language/Communication
• Begins to babble
• Babbles with expression and copies sounds heard
6 Months Language
Language/Communication
• Responds to sounds by making sounds
• Strings vowels together when babbling and likes taking turns with parent
• Responds to own name
• Makes sounds to show joy/displeasure
• Begins to say consonant sounds (m and b early)
9 Months Language
Language/Communication • Understands “no” • Makes a lot of different sounds like :mamamamama” and “bababababa” • Copies sounds and gestures of others • Uses fingers to point at things
12 Months Language
Language/Communication
• Responds to simple spoken requests
• Uses simple gestures like shaking head “no” or waving “bye-bye”
• Makes sounds with changes in tone (sounds more like speech)
• Says “mama/dada” and exclamations like “uh-oh!”
• Tries to say words you say
18 Months Language
Language/Communication
• Says several single words
• Says and shakes head “no”
• Points to show someone what he wants
2 Years Language
Language/Communication
• Point to things or pictures when they are named
• Knows names of familiar people and body parts
• Says sentences with 2-4 words
• Follow simple instructions
• Repeats words overheard in conversation
• Points to things in books
3 Years Language
Language/Communication
• Follows instructions with 2-3 steps
• Can name most familiar tings
• Understands words like “in,” “on,” and “under”
• Says first name, age, and sex
• Names a friend
• Says words like “I, me, we, you” and some plurals
• Talks well enough for strangers to understand most of the time
• Carries on conversation using 2-3 sentences