Developmental Milestones
age
1m
Gross Motor
Raises head from prone position
Fine Motor
Language
Visually fixates
Clenches fists tightly
Brings hands to mouth & face
Brings hands to mid -line (to mouth)
Tracks 180°
No longer clenches fist tightly
Holds hands open
Holds object placed in hands
Alerts to sounds
Regards face
Coos in response
Social smile
Babbles randomly
Anticipates feedings
Reaches for familiar
objects
Enjoys looking around
2m
Lifts chest off table
3m
Supports on forearms in prone
Holds head and chest up
4m
Rolls over front to back
Achieves Head control
Supports on wrist
Rolls back to front
Reaches out for object with both hands
Hands to midline
Laughs aloud
Transfers
Reaches out unilaterally
Razzes
6m
Sits when placed, Anterior propping
Helps hold bottle
Raking grasp
Babbles rhythmically
7m
Gets in to sitting posture by self
8m
Commando crawl
Finger Feeds
“Dada” indiscriminately
9m
Immature pincer grasp
Holds Bottle
Throws Objects
“Mama” indiscriminately
Understands own name
10m
Lateral propping
Pulls to stand
Crawls with legs underneath body
Cruises
Walks when both hands held
11m
Walks with one hand held
5m
Social
Stranger anxiety
Orients to Bell indirectly
Orients to Bell directly
One word plus “Mama /
Dada” specifically
Gesture games
“Pat-a-cake”
Waves “Bye-Bye”
Developmental Milestones
age
Gross Motor
Fine Motor
12m
Walks alone
Posterior propping
Drinks from sippy cup
Marks paper with crayon
Mature Pincer Grasp
15m
Creeps upstairs
Plays with ball
Stoops to flore and recovers
Runs
Stairs with hand held
Throws overhand
Runs well
Kicks ball
Walks up & down stairs without help
Vertical jump
Alternates feet going up stairs
Pedals tricycle
Line with crayon
2 bloc tower
18m
24m
3y
4y
Hops / Skips
5y
Swings / Climbs
Social
One step command
with gesture
2 other words
Babbles with inflection
4-6 words
Enjoys imitating
Cooperates with dressing
Copies task (ej. Dusting,
swiping)
Turns pages one at a time
Removes shoes / pants
7 bloc tower
7-20 words
5 body parts
2 word combination
50 word vocabulary
Speech 50% intelligible
Pronouns (I, you, me)
Unbuttons
Copies circle
Undresses completely
Copies cross, square
Dresses self
Dresses and undresses unassisted
Prints some letters
250 words
3-5 word sentence
Speech 75% intelligible
Colors, shapes, ABC song
Speech 100% intelligible
May print name
Recalls part of story
Knows name, age &
gender
Interactive play
Cooperative play
Scribbles spontaneously
3 block tower
NOTE: Pre-school 4 ½ to 5 yrs:
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Language
Alphabet song, some letters
Count to 10
Knows most colors and shapes
Recognizes domestic animals
May spell first name
Uses spoon and cup
independently
Parallel play
Uses spoon adequately
Abides by rules
Helps with chores
Developmental Milestones
Useful Motor Developmental Milestones and Concentration task in School age Children
NOTE:
 Posturing with stressed gait is considered abnormal past 10yrs of age
 Motor overflow (Synkinesis) is considered normal until 10yrs of age
 Other cognitive, months of year forward & backwards greater than 10yrs of age
age
5-6y
6-7y
7-8y
9-10y
11-12y
Gross Motor
Skips
Walks on heels
Tandem forward
Hops in place
Tandem backwards
Stand on one foot
Crouch on tiptoes eyes
closed 10 sec
Hop 2x on each foot in
succession 3 cycles
Catch ball in air
Tandem sideways
Balance tiptoes eye
closed 15 sec
Jump and clap hand 3x
Fine Motor
Digit span
Motor sequence
Opens and closes
hands in sequence
4 Forward
Simultaneous open &
close both hands, arms
extended
Shoelaces
Alternates L&R
index to nose with
arms extended
Sequential finger
opposition (F&B) 5
sec
4-5 Forward
Open close hands in
sequence
Make paper ball
with one hand
Place pennies in box
one at a time
6 Forward
4 Reverse
6 Forward
5 Reverse
5 Forward
Imitate hand edge on
knee, palm knee then
clenched fist (4 cycles)