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Important Milestones: By the End of Three Months
Babies develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when your
child will learn a given skill. The developmental milestones listed below will
give you a general idea of the changes you can expect, but don't be alarmed if
your own babies development takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Begins to develop a social smile.
Enjoys playing with other people and may cry when playing stops.
Becomes more expressive and communicates more with face and body.
Imitates some movements and facial expressions.
Movement:
Raises head and chest when lying on stomach.
Supports upper body with arms when lying on stomach.
Stretches legs out and kicks when lying on stomach or back.
Opens and shuts hands.
Pushes down on legs when feet are placed on a firm surface.
Brings hand to mouth.
Takes swipes at dangling objects with hands.
Grasps and shakes hand toys.
Vision:
Watches faces intently.
Follows moving objects.
Recognizes familiar objects and people at a distance.
Starts using hands and eyes in coordination.
Hearing and Speech:
Smiles at the sound of your voice.
Begins to babble Begins to imitate some sounds.
Turns head toward direction of sound.
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7 months:
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Important Milestones: By the End of Seven Months:
Babies develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when your
child will learn a given skill. The developmental milestones listed below will
give you a general idea of the changes you can expect, but don't be alarmed if
your own baby's development takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Enjoys social play.
Interested in mirror images.
Responds to other people's expressions of emotion and appears joyful often.
Cognitive:
Finds partially hidden object.
Explores with hands and mouth.
Struggles to get objects that are out of reach.
Language:
Responds to own name.
Begins to respond to "no".
Can tell emotions by tone of voice.
Responds to sound by making sounds.
Uses voice to express joy and displeasure.
Babbles chains of sounds.
Movement:
Rolls both ways (front to back, back to front).
Sits with, and then without, support on hands.
Supports whole weight on legs.
Reaches with one hand.
Transfers object from hand to hand.
Uses hand to rake objects.
Vision:
Develops full color vision.
Distance vision matures.
Ability to track moving objects improves
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1 year:
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Important Milestones: By the End of One Year (12 Months)
Babies develop at their own pace, so it’s impossible to tell exactly when your child will learn a given skill.
The developmental milestones listed below will give you a general idea of the changes you can expect, but don’t be alarmed
if your own baby’s development takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Shy or anxious with strangers.
Cries when mother or father leaves.
Enjoys imitating people in his play.
Shows specific preferences for certain people and toys.
Tests parental responses to his actions during feedings.
Tests parental responses to his behavior.
May be fearful in some situations.
Prefers mother and/or regular caregiver over all others.
Repeats sounds or gestures for attention.
Finger-feeds himself.
Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed.
Cognitive:
Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping).
Finds hidden objects easily.
Looks at correct picture when the image is named.
Imitates gestures.
Begins to use objects correctly (drinking from cup, brushing hair, dialing phone, listening to receiver).
Language:
Pays increasing attention to speech.
Responds to simple verbal requests.
Responds to “no”.
Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for “no”.
Babbles with inflection (changes in tone).
Says “dada” and “mama”.
Uses exclamations, such as “Oh-oh!”.
Tries to imitate words.
Movement:
Reaches sitting position without assistance.
Crawls forward on belly.
Assumes hands-and-knees position.
Creeps on hands and knees.
Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position.
Pulls self up to stand.
Walks holding on to furniture.
Stands momentarily without support.
May walk two or three steps without support.
Hand and Finger Skills:
Uses pincer grasp.
Bangs two objects together.
Puts objects into container.
Takes objects out of container.
Lets objects go voluntarily.
Pokes with index finger.
Tries to imitate scribbling.
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Important Milestones: By the End of Two Years (24 Months) .
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Children develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when
yours will learn a given skill. The developmental milestones below will give you
a general idea of the changes you can expect as your child gets older, but don't
be alarmed if your child takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Imitates behavior of others, especially adults and older children.
More aware of herself as separate from others.
More excited about company of other children.
Emotional:
Demonstrates increasing independence.
Begins to show defiant behavior.
Separation anxiety increases toward midyear then fades.
Cognitive:
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Finds objects even when hidden under two or three covers.
Begins to sort by shapes and colors.
Begins make-believe play.
Language:
Points to object or picture when it's named for him.
Recognizes names of familiar people, objects, and body parts.
Says several single words (by 15 to 18 months).
Uses simple phrases (by 18 to 24 months).
Uses 2- to 4-word sentences.
Follows simple instructions.
Repeats words overheard in conversation.
Movement:
Walks alone.
Pulls toys behind her while walking.
Carries large toy or several toys while walking.
Begins to run.
Stands on tiptoe.
Kicks a ball.
Climbs onto and down from furniture unassisted.
Walks up and down stairs holding on to support.
Hand and Finger Skills:
Scribbles on his or her own.
Turns over container to pour out contents.
Builds tower of four blocks or more.
Might use one hand more often than the other.
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Important Milestones: By the End of Three Years (36 Months):
Children develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when yours will learn a given skill.
The developmental milestones below will give you a general idea of the changes you can expect as your child gets older,
but don't be alarmed if your child takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Imitates adults and playmates.
Spontaneously shows affection for familiar playmates.
Can take turns in games.
Understands concept of "mine" and "his/hers".
Emotional:
Expresses affection openly.
Expresses a wide range of emotions.
By 3, separates easily from parents.
Objects to major changes in routine.
Cognitive:
Makes mechanical toys work.
Matches an object in her hand or room to a picture in a book.
Plays make-believe with dolls, animals, and people.
Sorts objects by shape and color.
Completes puzzles with three or four pieces.
Understands concept of "two".
Language:
Follows a two- or three-part command.
Recognizes and identifies almost all common objects and pictures.
Understands most sentences.
Understands placement in space ("on," "in," "under").
Uses 4- to 5-word sentences.
Can say name, age, and sex.
Uses pronouns (I, you, me, we, they) and some plurals (cars, dogs, cats).
Strangers can understand most of her words.
Movement:
Climbs well.
Walks up and down stairs, alternating feet (one foot per stair step).
Kicks ball.
Runs easily.
Pedals tricycle.
Bends over easily without falling.
Hand and Finger Skills:
Makes up-and-down, side-to-side, and circular lines with pencil or crayon.
Turns book pages one at a time.
Builds a tower of more than six blocks.
Holds a pencil in writing position.
Screws and unscrews jar lids, nuts, and bolts.
Turns rotating handles.
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4 years:
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Important Milestones: By the End of Four Years (48 Months)
Children develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when
yours will learn a given skill. The developmental milestones below will give you
a general idea of the changes you can expect as your child gets older, but don't
be alarmed if your child takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Interested in new experiences.
Cooperates with other children.
Plays "Mom" or "Dad".
Increasingly inventive in fantasy play.
Dresses and undresses.
Negotiates solutions to conflicts.
More independent.
Emotional:
Imagines that many unfamiliar images may be "monsters".
Views self as a whole person involving body, mind, and feelings.
Often cannot tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
Cognitive:
Correctly names some colors.
Understands the concept of counting and may know a few numbers.
Tries to solve problems from a single point of view.
Begins to have a clearer sense of time.
Follows three-part commands.
Recalls parts of a story.
Understands the concepts of "same" and "different".
Engages in fantasy play.
Language:
Has mastered some basic rules of grammar.
Speaks in sentences of five to six words.
Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand.
Tells stories.
Movement:
Hops and stands on one foot up to five seconds.
Goes upstairs and downstairs without support.
Kicks ball forward.
Throws ball overhand.
Catches bounced ball most of the time.
Moves forward and backward with agility.
Hand and Finger Skills:
Copies square shapes.
Draws a person with two to four body parts.
Uses scissors.
Draws circles and squares.
Begins to copy some capital letters.
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Important Milestones: By the End of Five Years (60 Months):
Children develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when yours will learn a given skill.
The developmental milestones below will give you a general idea of the changes you can expect as your child gets older,
but don't be alarmed if your child takes a slightly different course.
Social and Emotional:
Wants to please friends.
Wants to be like her friends.
More likely to agree to rules.
Likes to sing, dance, and act.
Shows more independence and may even visit a next-door neighbor by herself.
Emotional:
Aware of gender.
Able to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Sometimes demanding, sometimes eagerly cooperative.
Cognitive:
Can count 10 or more objects.
Correctly names at least four colors.
Better understands the concept of time.
Knows about things used every day in the home (money, food, appliances).
Language:
Recalls part of a story.
Speaks sentences of more than five words.
Uses future tense.
Tells longer stories.
Says name and address.
Movement:
Stands on one foot for 10 seconds or longer.
Hops, somersaults.
Swings, climbs.
May be able to skip.
Hand and Finger Skills:
Copies triangle and other shapes.
Draws person with body.
Prints some letters.
Dresses and undresses without help.
Uses fork, spoon, and (sometimes) a table knife.
Usually cares for own toilet needs.
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