Child Development Milestone Chart

Age Social and Physical Emotional Development Development Intellectual Language Development Development

Lies in fetal position with knees tucked up. Unable to raise head. Head falls backwards if Bonds with pulled to sit. At Birth mother. Smiles at Reacts to mother. sudden sound. Closes eye to bright light. Opens eye when held in an upright position. %el is is flat when lying down. Lower back is still weak. Back and neck firm when held 3 sitting. &rasps Months ob'ects placed in hands. (urns head round to ha e a look at ob'ects. !stablishes eye contact. 6 Can lift head Months and shoulders. Sits up with support. !n'oys standing and 'umping.

Beginning to de elop concepts e.g. becomes aware of physical sensations such as hunger. !"plores using his senses. #ake eye contact and cry to indicate need.

Cries igorously. Respond to high$pitched tones by mo ing his limbs.

(akes increasing interest in his surroundings. S)ueals with Shows interest pleasure in playthings. appropriately. Understand Reacts with cause and pleasure to effect+ e.g. if familiar routines. you tie one end *iscriminates of a ribbon to smile. his toe and the other to a mobile, he will learn to mo e the mobile. Responds to different tones of mother. #ay show /stranger shyness/. (akes stuff to mouth. 0inds feet interesting. Understand ob'ects and know what to e"pect of them. Understand /up/

-ttenti e to sounds made by your oice. .ndicates needs with differentiated cries. Beginning to ocalise. Smile in response to speech.

*ouble syllable sounds such as /mama/ and /dada/. Laughs in play. Screams with annoyance.

(ransfers ob'ects from one hand to the other. %ulls self up to sit and sits erect with supports. Rolls o er prone to supine. %almer grasp of cube. 1ell established isual sense. Sits unsupported. &rasps with thumb and inde" finger. Releases toys by dropping. 1iggles and crawls. Sits Months unsupported. %icks up ob'ects with pincer grasp. Looks for fallen ob'ects. Holds bottle. .s isually attenti e. ! "ear Stands holding furniture. Stands alone for a second or two, then collapses with a bump. 1alks holding one hand. Bends down and picks up ob'ects. %ulls to stand and

and /down/ and make appropriate gestures, such as raising his arms to be picked.

-pprehensi e about strangers. .mitates hand$ clapping. Clings to familiar adults.

Shows interest in picture books. 1atches acti ities of others with interest.

Babbles tunefully. 2ocalises to attract attention. !n'oy communicating with sounds.

Cooperates with dressing. 1a es goodbye. Understands simple commands. *emonstrate affection. %articipate in nursery rhymes.

Responds to simple instructions. Uses trial$and$ error to learn about ob'ects.

Babbles 3 or 4 words repeatedly. Responds to simple instructions. Understands se eral words. Uses 'argon.

sits deliberately. #ay walk alone. Holds spoon. %oints at ob'ects. %icks up small ob'ects. Can crawl up stairs frontwards. 5neels unaided. Balance is poor. Can !# crawl down Months stairs backwards. Builds 3 block tower. Can place ob'ects precisely. (urns pages of picture book. S)uats to pick up toys. Can walk alone. *rinks without spilling. %icks up toy without falling o er. Shows !$ preference for Months one hand. &ets up7down stairs holding onto rail. Begins to 'ump with both feet. Can build a tower of 4 or 8 cubes and throw a ball.

Helps with dressing. .ndicates soiled or wet paints. .s ery curious. !motionally dependent on familiar adult.

Can communicate needs. 6abbers freely and loudly.

%lays alone near familiar adult. *emands constant mothering. *rinks from a cup with both hands. 0eeds self with a spoon. -ttains bowel control. (ries to sing. .mitates domestic acti ities.

!n'oys simple picture books. !"plores en ironment. 5nows the names of parts of his body.

Uses /6argon/. Uses many intelligible words. Repeats an adult9s last word. 6abbering established.

% "ears Can kick large (hrows tantrum if 6oins 3$4

(alks to self

ball. S)uats with ease. Rises without using hands. Builds tower of si" cubes. -ble to run. 1alks up and down stairs 3 feet per step. Builds tower of : cubes. (urns picture book pages one at a time.

frustrated. Can put words in on shoes. sentences. Completely spoon Recognises feeds and drinks details in from cup. .s pictures. Uses aware of physical own name to needs. *ry by refer to self. day.

continuously. Speaks o er two hundred words, and accumulate new words ery rapidly.

Can 'ump off lower steps. Can pedal and steer tricycle. &oes up stairs ; foot per step and downstairs 3 %lays co$ feet per step. operati ely . Copies circle. Undresses with .mitates cross assistance. 3 "ears and draws .maginary man on companions.(ries re)uest. Builds ery hard to tower of < please. Uses cubes. Has spoon and fork. good pencil control. Can cut paper with scissors. Can thread large beads on a string. & "ears Sits with knees crossed. Ball games skill increases. &oes down stairs one foot per step. -rgues with other children. %lans games co$ operati ely. *resses and undresses with assistance.

Relates present acti ities and past e"periences. Can draw a person with a head. Can sort ob'ects into simple categories.

Constantly asks )uestions. Speaks in sentences. (alks to himself when playing.

Counts up to 3=. -sks meanings of words. >uestioning at its height. *raw

#any infantile substitutions in speech. Uses correct grammar most of the time. !n'oy counting up to twenty by

.mitates gate with cubes. Copies a cross. Can turn sharp corners when running. Builds a tower of ;= cubes. Skips. 1ell de eloped ball skills. Can walk on along a thin line. Skips on both feet and hops. *raws a man and copies a # "ears triangle. &i es age. Can copy an adult9s writing. Colours pictures carefully. Builds steps with 4$8 cubes. Learns to skip with rope. Copies a diamond. 6 "ears 5nows right from left and number of fingers. (ies shoe laces.

-ttends to own toilet needs. *e eloping a recognisable sense of humour. house. 1ants to be independent.

repetition.

Chooses own friends. *resses and undresses alone. Shows caring attitudes towards others. Copes well with personal needs.

0luent speech 1rites name. with few *raws a infantile detailed substitutions in person. speech. (alks #atches most about the past, colours. present and Understands future with a numbers. good sense of time.

*raws with Stubborn and precision and demanding. !ager to detail. for fresh *e eloping e"periences. #ay reading skills be )uarrelsome well. #ay with friends. write independently.

0luent speech. Can pronounce ma'ority of the sounds of his own language. (alk fluently and with confidence.