Fine/gross motor skills

1 month

Head Lag

Strong grasp reflex

2 Months

Lifts head when prone.

Holds hand in open position. Grasp reflex fades.

3 Months

Raises head and shoulders when prone. Only slight head lag.

Grasp reflex gone. Keeps hands open loosely.

4 Months

Rolls Back —> side

grasps objects with both hands.

5 months

Rolls front —> back.

Uses palmar grasp dominantly.

6 Months

Rolls back —> front.

Holds Bottle.

7 Months

Bears weight on feet, sits, leans forward with both hands.

Moves objects from hand to hand.

8 Months

Sits unsupported

Begins using pincer grasp

9 Months

Pulls to stand. Crawls on hands and knees.

Crude pincer grasp. Dominant hand evident.

10 Months

Changes from prone to sitting position.

Grasps rattle by hand.

11 Months

Cruises or walks while holding on to something.

Places objects into container. Neat pincer grasp.

12 Months

Sits down from standing position. Walks with one hand held.

Tries to build 2-block tower without success. Turns pages in a book.

15 Months

Walks without help. Crawls up stairs.

Uses a cup. Builds a tower with 2 blocks.

18 Months

Runs clumsily. Throws ball overhead. Jumps with both feet. Pushes/pulls toys.

Manages a spoon. Turns pages in book (2 or 3 at a time). Builds 3-4 block tower.

2 years

Walks up and down stairs.

Builds 6-7 block tower. Turns pages in a book one at a time.

2.5 years

Jumps using both feet. Stands on 1 foot momentarily. Few steps on tiptoe.

Draws circles. Good hand-finger coordination.

3 years

Rides a tricycle. Stands on one foot for a few seconds.

4 years

Skips/hops on one foot. Throw ball overhead. Catches ball.

5 years

Jumps rope. Walks backward heel to toe. Throws and catches a ball with ease.

2 - 3 Months

Cooing, responds to talking with smiling and cooing.

20 weeks

Vowel and consonant sounds with cooing.

6 months

Babbles, uses phonemes of all languages

8-9 Months

Phonemes, rhythms, intonation of home language, receptive vocabulary of 20 - 30 words.

12 MO

Expressive language, says single words

12-18 months

Uses word-gesture combinations

18-20 months

Uses 2 word sentences, has expressive vocabulary of 100 - 200 words.