Milestones Flashcards
Gross motor: Lift head when prone
0-3 months
Fine motor: grasp reflex disappears
0-3 months
Communication: sensitive to the way they are held, tone of voice; prefer human faces; smiles and laughs
0-3 months
Gross motor: rolls both directions-front to back then back to front
3-6 months
Fine motor: holds bottle; uses two hands for objects
3-6 months
Communication: babbles (vowels then consonants)
3-6 months
Gross motor: sits unsupported, crawls
6-9 months
Fine motor: transfers object hand to hand, pincer grasp
6-9 months
Communication: “Dada” and “Mama”; understand “no” and “yes”; express anger and frustration
6-9 months
Gross motor: stands, cruises
9-12 months
Fine motor: drinks from cup, eat with spoon, prefers fingers
9-12 months
Communication: 3-5 words, follows directions, knows name
9-12 months
Gross motor: walk alone, creep up stairs
15 months
Fine motor: uses cup; builds tower 2 blocks
15 months
Gross motor: runs clumsily, falls often; throws ball overhead; jumps in place with two feet
18 months
Fine motor: manages spoon; turns page in book; builds tower of 3-4 blocks
18 months
Communication: 50 word vocab
18 months
Gross motor: walks up and down stairs
2 years
Fine motor: turns pages of book one at a time; builds tower of 6-7 blocks
2 years
Communication: 2-3 word sentences, 300 word vocab, follows 2-3 step instructions
2 years
Gross motor: jumps across floor; stands on one foot momentarily; tiptoes
2.5 years
Fine motor: draws circles, hand-finger coordination; turn doorknob
2.5 years
Gross motor: rides tricycle, stands on one foot for a few seconds
3 years
Fine motor: dress and undress self with assistance, copies circle
3 years
Communication: 2-3 sentences; uses “I”, “me”, “you”
3 years
Gross motor: skips and hope; throws ball overhead, catches ball
4 years
Fine motor: pour drink, draws person with 2-4 body parts
4 years
Communication: 3-5 word sentences; sings song
4 years
Gross motor: jumps rope, walk backwards, throws and catches ball, hop and skip
5 years
Fine motor: print some letters; feed self with utensils, dress and undress self; brush own teeth
5 years
Communication: >2100 word vocab, 4-5 word sentence, tells simple story
5 years