Milestones
Age Social behaviour +
Gross motor Fine motor + vision Speech + hearing
play
(6 weeks = smile)
Reaches for object
Lying on abdomen Laughs
3 months Good head control
Fixes and follows to Turns towards sound
Enjoys friendly
180 degrees
handling
Held sitting, back Not shy
6 months straight Holds palmar grasp Double syllables May put hand on bottle
Rolls front to back when being fed
Shy
Says ‘mama’ and
Pulls to standing Points with finger Takes everything to
9 months Crawling Early pincer grip
‘dada’
mouth
Understands ‘no’
Plays ‘peek-a-boo’
Cruises
Good pincer grip Knows and responds to Helps getting dressed
1 year Walks with one hand
Bangs toys together own name Waves ‘bye-bye’
held
Runs
Combines 2 words
Walks up stairs + Tower of 6 blocks Plays near others, not
2 years downstairs holding Copies vertical line
Points to parts of the
with them
body
onto rail
Talk in short sentences
Rides a tricycle using Tower of 9 blocks (3-5 words)
3 years pedals Copies circle Asks ‘who’ and ‘what’
Uses fork/spoon
questions
Plays with other
Asks ‘why’, ‘when’ and children
4 years Hops on one leg Copies cross
‘how’ questions Dress independently-
except buttons/laces
Age Social behaviour +
Gross motor Fine motor + vision Speech + hearing
play
(6 weeks = smile)
Reaches for object
Lying on abdomen Laughs
3 months Good head control
Fixes and follows to Turns towards sound
Enjoys friendly
180 degrees
handling
Held sitting, back Not shy
6 months straight Holds palmar grasp Double syllables May put hand on bottle
Rolls front to back when being fed
Shy
Says ‘mama’ and
Pulls to standing Points with finger Takes everything to
9 months Crawling Early pincer grip
‘dada’
mouth
Understands ‘no’
Plays ‘peek-a-boo’
Cruises
Good pincer grip Knows and responds to Helps getting dressed
1 year Walks with one hand
Bangs toys together own name Waves ‘bye-bye’
held
Runs
Combines 2 words
Walks up stairs + Tower of 6 blocks Plays near others, not
2 years downstairs holding Copies vertical line
Points to parts of the
with them
body
onto rail
Talk in short sentences
Rides a tricycle using Tower of 9 blocks (3-5 words)
3 years pedals Copies circle Asks ‘who’ and ‘what’
Uses fork/spoon
questions
Plays with other
Asks ‘why’, ‘when’ and children
4 years Hops on one leg Copies cross
‘how’ questions Dress independently-
except buttons/laces
