Milestone Quiz 3

Question 1

Birth-3 months

Answer 1

-Responds to and imitates facial expressions of others
- Recognizes bottle or breast
- Briefly looks at objects

Question 2

4-6 months

Answer 2

• Explores with hands and mouth
• Smiles/vocalizes to mirror image; reaches to
  mirror image
• Experiments with cause-effect (e.g., shakes
  rattle)
• Reaches for objects

Question 3

7months-1 year

Answer 3

• Searches for partially hidden object
• Struggles to get objects that are out of reach
• Plays game like peek-a-boo
• Imitates simple acts (e.g., clapping, nodding,
  gives, points, shows)
• Pulls rings off of peg

Question 4

12-18 months

Answer 4

Explores objects in many different ways (e.g.,
shaking, banging, throwing, dropping)
- Points to named pictures
- Begins to use objects correctly (e.g., drinking
from cup, brushing hair, dialing phone,
listening to receiver)
- Laughs at silly actions (e.g., as in wearing a bowl as a hat)
- Solves problems by trial and error (e.g.,
obtaining a toy using a stick-like object)

Question 5

18-24 months

Answer 5

-Finds objects even when hidden under two or three covers
- Likes to take things apart
- Stacks rings on peg in order of size; builds higher towers
- Turns pages of book one page at a time
- Activates mechanical toy
- Pretend plays about familiar situations

Question 6

2-2.5 years

Answer 6

-Begins to sort by shapes and colors
- Can name 1 color
- Begins make-believe play
- ‘Acts out’ mother/father and baby scenario
- Begins to understand functional concepts of
familiar objects and part/whole concepts
-Shares toys

Question 7

2.5 – 3 Years

Answer 7

• Matches an object in hand or in the room to a picture in a book
• Completes 5+ piece puzzles
• Counts 2-3 objects
• Knows more numbers (but not necessarily in
  correct order)
• Remembers what happened yesterday
• Knows where things usually belong
• Substitutes one object for another in pretend
  play (e.g., pretending a block is a car)
• Laughs at silly ideas (e.g., milking a dog)
• Avoids some dangers (e.g., hot stove)
• Selects the object that is NOT the same from
  a set of objects (e.g., “Which object does not
  belong?”)
• Pretends to be a caregiver (e.g., feeding baby
  doll, changing baby doll, etc.)
• Holds fingers up to show their age
• States first and last name

Question 8

3-4 years

Answer 8

-Identifies and names primary colors
- Counts to 10
- Begins to have a clearer sense of time (e.g.,
wants to know what happens next)
- Engages in fantasy play
- Distinguishes between the real and pretend
worlds
- Takes turns and can do so without always
being reminded
- Identifies situations that would lead to happiness, sadness, anger, etc.
- Draws somewhat recognizable picture that is meaningful to the child if not to the adult;
can name and briefly explain their picture
- Distinguishes day activities (e.g., playing)
from night activities (e.g., sleeping)
- Traces/copies figures (squares) and drawn
objects
- Knows division of day – morning, afternoon,
night
- Matches object to occupation (e.g., fishing
rod to fisherman, stethoscope to doctor, etc.)

Question 9

4-5 years

Answer 9

-Draws recognizable pictures
- Copies more complex figures (triangle)
- Likes cutting/pasting
- Knows own street and town
- Begins to relate clock time to daily schedule
- Identifies a problem, lists possible solutions
verbally and then chooses which one(s) are
appropriate
- Tells color of unseen object (“What color is
an apple?”)
- Categorizes and names items without visual
clues (e.g., animals, food, toys); Decides own
criteria for categories
- Predicts story based on book cover