Developmental Milestones
Birth to 1 Year
Hearing & Understanding
Talking
- Startles to loud sounds
- Quiets or smiles when spoken to
- Seems to recognize your voice and quiets if crying
- Increases or decreases sucking behavior in response to sound
- Makes pleasure sounds (cooing/going)
- Cries differently for different needs
- Smiles when sees you
2 to 3 Years
Hearing & Understanding
Talking
- Understands differences in meaning
- Follows two requests
- Listens to and enjoys hearing stories for longer periods of time
- Has a word for almost everything
- Use 2-3 words to talk about or ask for things
- Uses, k, g, f, t, d and n sounds
- Speech understood by familiar listeners most of the time
- Often asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them
3 to 4 Years
Hearing & Understanding
Talking
- Hears when you call from another room
- Hears television or radio at the same loudness level
- Answers simple "what", "who", "where" and "why" questions
- Talks about activities at school or at friends' homes
- People outside the family usually understand the child's speech
- Uses a lot of sentences that have 4+ words
- Usually talks easily without repeating syllables or words
4 to 5 Years
Hearing & Understanding
Talking
- Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about them
- Hears and understands most of what is said at home and in school
- Uses sentences that give lots of details
- Tells stories that stick to topic
- Communicates easily with other children and adults
- Says most sounds correctly except a few like l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, th
- Says rhyming words
- Some letters and numbers
- Uses the same grammar as the rest of the family
This information was adapted from www.asha.org/public/speech/development.htm
Occupational Developmental Milestones
2 Months
- Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy
- Makes smoother movements with arms and legs
4 Months
- Hold head steady, unsupported
- Pushes down on legs when feet are on a hard surface
- May be able to roll over from tummy to back
- Can hold a toy and shake it and swing at dangling toys
- Brings hands to mouth
- When lying on stomach, pushes up to elbows
6 Months
- Rolls over in both directions (front to back, back to front)
- Begins to sit without support
- When standing, supports weight on legs and might bounce
- Rocks back and forth, sometimes crawling backward before moving forward
9 Months
- Stands, holding on
- Can get into sitting position
- Sits without position
- Pulls to stand
- Crawls
12 Months
- Gets to a sitting position without help
- Pulls up to stand, walks holding on to furniture
- Make take a few steps without holding on
- May stand alone
18 Months
- Walks alone
- May walk up steps and run
- Pulls toys while walking
- Can help undress self
- Drinks from a cup
- Eats with a spoon
2 Years
- Stands on tiptoe
- Kicks a ball
- Begins to run
- Climbs onto and down from furniture without help
- Walks up and down stairs holding on
- Throws ball overhand
- Makes or copies straight lines and circles
3 Years
- Climbs well
- Runs easily
- Pedals a tricycle
- Walks up and down stairs, one foot on each step
4 Years
- Hops and stands on one foot up to 2 seconds
- Catches a bounced ball most of the time
- Pours, cuts with supervision and mashes own food
5 Years
- Stands on one foot for 10 seconds or longer
- Hops; may be able to skip
- Can do a somersault
- Uses a fork and spoon and sometimes a table knife
- Can use the toilet on by him/herself
- Swings and climbs
Milestones derived from www.cdc.gov/actearly