Developmental Milestones

🏃 Motor Skills

• Holds head up when on tummy
• Makes smoother arm and leg movements

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Coos, makes gurgling sounds
• Turns head toward sounds

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Begins to smile at people
• Briefly calms self (may bring hands to mouth)

🧠 Cognitive

• Pays attention to faces
• Begins to follow things with eyes

🏃 Motor Skills

• Holds head steady without support
• Pushes down on legs when feet are on a hard surface
• May roll from tummy to back

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Begins to babble
• Copies sounds he hears
• Cries in different ways for different needs

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Smiles spontaneously
• Likes to play with people
• Copies facial movements

🧠 Cognitive

• Reaches for toy with one hand
• Uses hands and eyes together
• Follows moving things with eyes

🏃 Motor Skills

• Rolls over in both directions
• Begins to sit without support
• Supports weight on legs and might bounce

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Responds to own name
• Strings vowels together ("ah", "eh", "oh")
• Responds to sounds by making sounds

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Knows familiar faces
• Likes to play with others
• Responds to other people's emotions

🧠 Cognitive

• Brings things to mouth
• Shows curiosity about things
• Tries to get things that are out of reach

🏃 Motor Skills

• Stands holding on
• Can get into sitting position
• Crawls

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Understands "no"
• Makes many different sounds
• Copies sounds and gestures

🤝 Social & Emotional

• May be afraid of strangers
• Has favorite toys
• May be clingy with familiar adults

🧠 Cognitive

• Watches the path of something as it falls
• Looks for things you hide
• Plays peek-a-boo

🏃 Motor Skills

• Gets to a sitting position without help
• Pulls up to stand, walks holding on to furniture
• May take a few steps without holding on

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Responds to simple spoken requests
• Uses simple gestures (shaking head, waving)
• Says "mama" and "dada" and exclamations like "uh-oh!"

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Is shy or nervous with strangers
• Cries when mom or dad leaves
• Has favorite things and people

🧠 Cognitive

• Explores things in different ways (shaking, banging, throwing)
• Finds hidden things easily
• Copies gestures

🏃 Motor Skills

• Walks alone
• May walk up steps and run
• Pulls toys while walking
• Helps undress self

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Says several single words
• Says and shakes head "no"
• Points to show what he wants

🤝 Social & Emotional

• May have temper tantrums
• May be afraid of strangers
• Shows affection to familiar people
• Plays simple pretend (feeding a doll)

🧠 Cognitive

• Knows what ordinary things are for (phone, brush, spoon)
• Points to get the attention of others
• Shows interest in a doll or stuffed animal by pretending to feed

🏃 Motor Skills

• Kicks a ball
• Begins to run
• Walks up and down stairs holding on
• Throws ball overhand

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Points to things in a book
• Says sentences with 2 to 4 words
• Follows simple instructions
• Knows names of familiar people and body parts

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Copies others, especially adults and older children
• Gets excited when with other children
• Shows increasing independence
• Shows defiant behavior

🧠 Cognitive

• Finds things hidden under 2-3 covers
• Begins to sort shapes and colors
• Completes sentences and rhymes in familiar books
• Plays simple make-believe games

🏃 Motor Skills

• Climbs well
• Runs easily
• Pedals a tricycle
• Walks up and down stairs with one foot on each step

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Follows 2- or 3-step instructions
• Can name most familiar things
• Says first name, age, and sex
• Carries on a conversation using 2-3 sentences

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Copies adults and friends
• Takes turns in games
• Shows concern for crying friend
• Understands "mine", "his", "hers"

🧠 Cognitive

• Can work toys with buttons, levers, and moving parts
• Plays make-believe with dolls, animals, and people
• Does puzzles with 3 or 4 pieces
• Turns book pages one at a time

🏃 Motor Skills

• 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

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Knows some basic grammar rules
• Sings a song or says a poem from memory
• Tells stories
• Can say first and last name

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Enjoys doing new things
• Plays "Mom" and "Dad"
• Is more and more creative with make-believe play
• Would rather play with other children than alone

🧠 Cognitive

• Names some colors and numbers
• Understands counting
• Starts to understand time
• Draws a person with 2 to 4 body parts

🏃 Motor Skills

• Stands on one foot for 10 seconds or longer
• Hops and may skip
• Can do a somersault
• Uses a fork and spoon, sometimes a knife

🗣️ Language & Communication

• Speaks very clearly
• Tells a simple story using full sentences
• Uses future tense ("Grandma will be here")
• Says name and address

🤝 Social & Emotional

• Wants to please friends
• Wants to be like friends
• More likely to agree with rules
• Likes to sing, dance, and act

🧠 Cognitive

• Can count 10 or more things
• Draws a person with at least 6 body parts
• Can print some letters or numbers
• Knows about things used every day (money, food)