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Age
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Gross Motor Skills
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Fine Motor Skills
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Speech Development
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3 months
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Tummy:
- lifts head to 90
- bears weight through forearms
- begins rolling tummy to back
Back:
- kicks legs off surface
- brings hands to midline
- may reach for a toy
Sitting:
- still needs full support, head will bob occasionally
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- Brings hands to midline
- Visually tracks people or objects
- Actively holds a toy
- Hands predominantly open
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- Sucks & swallows well during feedings
- Quiets or smiles in response to a sound or a voice
- Coos or vocalizes other than crying
- Turns head toward direction of a sound
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6 Months
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Tummy:
- Bears weight through extended arms
- Turns/pivots in both directions
- Shifts weight onto one arm to reach for a toy with the other arm
Back:
- Rolls back to tummy
- Plays with both feet with hands
Sitting:
- Sits independently when placed
- May use UEs for support in sitting
Standing:
- Stands with support, takes full weight over her legs
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- Transfers toy from one hand to the other
- Brings toys to mouth
- Reaches for objects with one arm
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- Beginning to use consonant sounds in babbling (dada)
- Uses babbling to get attention
- Begins to eat cereal and pureed foods
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9 Months
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Tummy:
- Gets up on hands and knees
- Begins to crawl forward on hands and knees
Sitting:
- Moves from sitting to belly
- Gets into sitting position independently
- Reaches to the side for a toy without losing balance
Standing:
- Pulls to stand at a supportive surface
- Begins cruising using furniture for support.
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- Plays pat-a-cake
- Shakes, bangs and throws toys
- Pokes with one finger
- Attempts to pick up small objects with 2 fingers
- Turns several pages of a board book at once
- Explores and examines an object using both hands
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- Understands a few words (no-no, bye-bye)
- Responds to name
- Increases variety of sounds and syllable combinations in babbling
- Looks at familiar objects and people when named
- Begins to eat mashed foods
- Babbles in imitation of real speech, with expression
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12 Months
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- Crawls forward on hands and knees
- Stands without support briefly
- Starts to take a few steps independently
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- Finger feeds self
- Points with index finger
- Puts three or more objects into a container
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- Meaningfully uses mama and dada or says 1-2 words
- Recognizes name
- Imitates familiar sounds
- Responds to simple commands
- Produces long strings of gibberish in social communication
- Begins to use an open cup
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15 Months
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- Walks independently with fewer falls and increased speed
- Squats without support to pick up a toy
- Will walk up and down stairs with hands held, places both feet on each step
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- Stacks two objects or blocks
- Helps with getting undressed
- Holds and drinks from an open cup
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- Vocabulary consists of 5-10 words
- Imitates new less familiar words
- Understands 50 words
- Increased variety of coarsely chopped table foods
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18 Months
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- Walking independently
- Starting to walk up and down steps holding onto a railing
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- Uses both hands in midline – one to hold, other manipulates.
- Builds tower using three blocks
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- Knows several body parts
- Uses 5-20 words, including names
- Identifies some pictures in a book
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2 Years
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- Runs
- Jumps in place
- Walks up and down stairs using two feet on each step
- Throws ball overhead
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- Uses a spoon and a fork
- Opens a door
- Draws a vertical line
- Brushes teeth with help
- Dresses with help
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- Has 50 words or more
- Speaks several two-word phrases
- Follows single-step and two-step commands
- Listens to short stories
- Uses pronouns
- Waves goodbye
- Makes familiar animal sounds
- Understands “no”
- Uses words like “more” to make wants known
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3 Years
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- Kick a ball
- Walk up stairs using alternating feet
- Beginning to ride a tricycle
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- Scribbles
- Copies a circle
- Matches several puzzle pieces
- Puts on a coat independently
- Independently uses a fork, spoon and cup
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- Speaking in 3-4 word sentences
- 75% of speech should be understood by others
- Identifies body parts
- Calls self “me” instead of name
- Combines nouns and verbs
- Has a 450 word vocabulary
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4 Years
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- Rides a tricycle or bicycle with training wheels
- Hops on one foot
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- Draws a person with three parts
- Builds a tower of blocks
- Cuts and pastes
- Copies a cross and a circle
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- Sings a song
- Talks about daily activities and experiences
- Distinguishes fantasy from reality
- Gives name and phone number
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5 Years
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- Runs, walks and climbs without difficulty
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- Copies a square or triangle
- Prints some letters
- Draws a stick figure with head, body, arms and legs
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