At 3 months, Does Your Child:
Turn head towards bright colors and lights, follow moving object with eyes,
recognize bottle or breast, respond to loud sounds, grasp rattles or hair,
wiggle and kick with legs and arms, lift head and chest while on stomach,
smile, make cooing sounds?
At 6 months, Does Your Child:
Turn towards source of normal sound, reach for toys and pick them up, roll
over
(both ways), move toys from one hand to the other, play with toes, help hold
bottle during feeding, know familiar faces, babble, sit with minimum support?
At 12 months, Does Your Child:
Pull self to a standing position, crawl on hands and knees, drink from cup,
enjoy peek-a-boo and patty cake, wave bye-bye, put toys into containers, say
1-2 words, walk around furniture?
At 18 months, Does Your Child:
Like to pull, push, and dump things, follow simple directions, pull off
shoes, socks, and mittens, like to look at pictures, feed self some, use 8-10
words that are understood, walk without help, step off low objects and keep
balance, stack 2-3 blocks, turn 2 or 3 pages at a time?
At 2 years, Does Your Child:
Use 2-3 word sentences, say names of toys, recognize familiar pictures, feed
self with spoon, play alone and independently, turn one page at a time, like to
imitate parents, identify hair, eyes, ears, and nose by pointing, build a tower
of 6 blocks, show affection, run well?
At 3 years, Does Your Child:
Walk up steps alternating feet, ride a tricycle, dress with supervision, open
door,
play with other children, repeat simple rhymes, use 3-5 word sentences, name at
least one color correctly, use toilet, take turns, hop on one foot, feed self
with some spilling, wash and dry hands, throw a ball over head, avoid some
dangers such as hot, follow one-step directions, identify big and small,
verbalize toilet needs, know first and last name?
At 4 years, Does Your Child:
Serve self food, brush teeth with help, put on simple clothes, copy lines,
circles, and draw face, catch a bounced ball, swing unaided, point and name
objects in books, move around immediate neighborhood,
follow two- and three- step familiar directions, sort by shape and color, enjoy
playing dress-up, share toys while playing with others, combine two or more
sentences, ask "wh" questions, tell simple stories, know age and gender, point
to 6 basic colors, know last name?
At 5 years, Does Your Child:
Use fork and knife well, wash and dry face and brush teeth unaided, dress and
undress unaided, draw simple figures, catch a tossed ball, jump over low
objects, know simple songs or stories, cross the street safely, follow
three-step unfamiliar instructions, name colors and numbers, engage in complex
pretend play, initiate play and play with others, resolve conflicts with peers,
can be understood by strangers, use past and future tense in complex sentences,
answer "wh" questions, enjoy riddles and jokes, know phone number and address,
walk backward heel-toe, run on tiptoe, print a few capital letters, recognize
own printed name, lace shoes?