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Developmental Milestones - Outline

1 ) Gross motor :GM
2 ) Fine motor :FM
3 ) Language development : L
4 ) Social : S

1 mo           GM  
S
Raises head to surface while laying on his belly
Regards face when in direct line of vision
2 mo L
S
GM
FM
Smiles and coos
Regards face when in direct line of vision
Grasps rattle placed in hand
Follows past the midline
3 mo Follows moving objects
Reaches for things
4 mo Holds rattle and shakes it
Laughs aloud
Maintains steady head control with no head lag
Rolls over front to back
Follows objects 180.
Up on wrists when laying on belly
5 mo Reaches and picks up objects with one hand
Rolls back to front
6 mo Turns over
Sits up with little support
transfers objects from hand to hand
Laughs, babbles, imitates sounds
Turns to sound
Unilateral reach
7 mo Sits by self for 10 seconds
8 mo sits steady for about 5 minutes
9 mo Says Mama-Dada
Sits well
Crawls, creeps or scoots on bottom
Pulls to stand, cruises
Finger feeds
Babbles
Express one or two meaningful vocalizations
Enjoys games peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake
Bangs toys together, unilateral reach
uses pincer grasp, pokes, radicalized hand rake motion
10 mo Pulls self up to side of playpen
11 mo Cruises around the playpen or walks holding on to furniture
12 mo Waves bye-bye
Walks with one hand held
Two words other than mama and dada
Uses precise princer grasp (finger-thumb)
Points 
15 mo Walks by self
Crawls up the stairs
stacks two cubes
Insert raisin in a bottle
Self-feed with finger
Points to one or two body parts
removes clothes
Understands simple commands
Finds hidden objects
gives and takes toys
18 mo Builds a tower of 3 blocks
says ten words
sit in a chair
kicks and throws a ball
Express two or more desires
feeds self, uses a spoon
puckers lips for a kiss

25 mo stacks 5-6 cubes, aligns 2-3 blocks after demonstration
uses vocabulary of 50 plus words
uses 2 word phrases
Uses pronouns: I, me, you
Refers to self by name
Speaks in a manner that is intelligible to parents.
Asks frequent questions: What is that?
Responds to two part verbal commands
Makes or imitates horizontal or circular strokes
2 1/2 years Jumps with both feet off the ground
Builds a tower of 6 blocks
Points to parts of the body on command
3 years Can follow two commands involving : "on", "under" "behind"
Builds tower of 9 blocks
Knows first and last name
copies a circle roughly
4 years Builds a bridge after demonstration
Copies circles and cross
Identifies the longer of two lines
Understands what to do when "tired"
Plays with other children so they interact - tag
Dresses with supervision
5 years Hops two or more times
Catches ball thrown 3 feet
Dresses without supervision
6 years Bicycle riding
Copies a square
Draws a man with six parts
Defines 6 simple words: (ball, lake, house)
Names material of which things are made eg: spoon, door

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