Milestones Flashcards
Involuntary grasp
newborn
grasp reflex disappears
2-3 months
Brings hands to midline
2 months
Voluntary grasp (no release)
4-5 months
Raking objects
6 months
Transfers objects between hands
6 months
Uses thumb to grasp cube
6-8 months
Mature cube grasp (fingertip and distal thumb)
10-12 months
Plays “pat-a-cake”
9-10 months
Tower of 2 cubes
13-15 months
Scribbles
15 months
Vertical lines
18 months
Tower of 4 cubes
18 months
Uses cup well
15-18 months
Uses spoon well
2 years
Uses fork well
4 years
Large buttons
3 years
Tie shoes
6 years
Stacks 6 blocks
24 months
Stacks 8 blocks
30 months
3 block bridge
3 years
5 block gate
4 years
Moro disappears by
3-4 months
Parachute appears by
6-9 months
When lying down, can lift head momentarily by
1 month
When lying down, can lift head to 45 degrees/can lift head off table by
2 months
When lying down, can lift head to 90 degrees/ can lift chest by
4 months
When pull to sitting, has complete head lag
newborn
When pull to sitting, has no head lag
4 months
When pull to sitting, lifts head off of table in anticipation of being lifted
6 months
Rolls front to back
4-5 months
Rolls back to front
5-6 months
Sits with support
6 months
Sits without support
7 months
Pulls to stand
9 months
Walks holding onto furniture
11 months
Walks without help
13 months
Walks well
15 months
Runs well
24 months
Runs stiffly
18 months
Can climb up & down stairs, 2 feet on each step
2 years
Can climb up & down stairs, 1 foot per step each way
4 years
Jumps off ground with 2 feet up
2.5 years
Hops on 1 foot
4 years
Skips
5-6 years
Balances on 1 foot for 2-3 seconds
3 years
Balances on 1 foot for 6-10 seconds
4 years
Social smile
1-2 months
Smiles at mirror
4 months
Separation anxiety
6-12 months
Waves bye-bye
10 months
Shows or offers toy to adult
11 months
Dresses self (except buttons in back)
3 years
Ties shoe laces
5 years
Symbolic play
12 months
Parallel play, empathy
24 months
Fantasy play
36 months
Cooperative play
3-4 years
Can tell fantasy from reality
5 years
Games with rules
6 years
Coos
2-4 months
Squeals
4 months
Babbles
6 months
Mama/dada: nonspecifically, polysyllabic babbling
9 months
First words: mama/dada specifically
9-12 months
Understands 1-step commands
15 months
Uses > 5 words
18 months
Follows simple commands
18 months
Can identify 4 body parts
18 months
Vocabulary of 10-50 words
13-18 months
2-word sentences
18-24 months
100-200 words in vocabulary
24 months
50% of speech is understood by stranger
24 months
Uses personal pronouns
24 months
Identifies 6 body parts
24 months
Understands prepositions
30 months
Speaks in 3-4 word sentences
36 months
Knows hundreds of words
36 months
75% of speech is understood by stranger
36 months
Can use plurals
36 months
Can identify 2 colors
36 months
Understands what/who questions
36 months
100% of speech is understood by stranger
4 years
Speaks in paragraphs
4 years
Uses past/present tense
4 years
Identifies gender
4 years
Identifies 5-6 colors
4 years
Uses “why” questions
4 years
Operational thinking
6 years
Birth weight is regained by
10-14 days
Birth weight doubles by
4 months
Birth weight triples by
12 months
Birth weight quadruples by
24 months
Birth length doubles by
4 years
Birth length triples by
13 years
Birth length increases by how much by 12 months?
50%
After age 2, average annual height increase is?
2” per year
After age 2, average annual weight gain is?
5 lbs per year
Head circumference growth in first 2 months
0.5 cm/week
Head circumference growth in first year
1 cm/month
Imitates a horizontal stroke when drawing
2 years
Draws a person with a head and 1 body part
3 years
Draws a person with 6 body parts
5 years
Draws a person with 12-14 parts
6 years
Draws a person with 18 parts
7 years
Pedals a tricycle
3 years
Can catch a bounced ball
4 years
Hops on 1 foot 2-3 times
4 years
Rides a bike without training wheels
6 years
Can write part of their first name
4 years
Throws a ball overhand
4 years
Can write their name
5 years
Can hop on 1 foot 15 times
5 years
