Childhood developmental milestones Kirby, A. (2012) 'Childhood developmental milestones'. Newport: Dyscovery Centre, University of Wales. Age Language & Physical & Motor Social & Emotional Cognitive Red flags Years Reading Development Development Development Development 4 Gross motor Can play with other Asks lots of questions No pointing Uses correct Dressing self children and taking first and last name Little or no grammar most of unaided (except turns Can repeat three digits speech the time. tying shoelaces) Observing others in correctly three times Hard for others – Can recognise Uses whole play e.g. six-eight-nine to understand rhymes body to kick ball Counts up to 20 speech Can sit and listen forcibly Can watch a TV Difficulty to a story for 5 Catches large programme or DVD for running/climbing minutes ball between 10 minutes Dribbling Infantile extended arms Difficulty substitutions in Jumps vertically with speech with both feet nursery Understands leaving the floor rhymes number/space Goes down concepts- e.g. stairs one foot on/over/under per step Fine motor Can copy and draw a cross, horizontal and vertical line
Childhood developmental milestones Kirby, A. (2012) 'Childhood developmental milestones'. Newport: Dyscovery Centre, University of Wales. Age Years Language & Reading Development Physical & Motor Development Social & Emotional Development Cognitive Development Red flags 4 Uses correct grammar most of the time. Can recognise rhymes Can sit and listen to a story for 5 minutes Infantile substitutions in speech Understands number/space concepts- e.g. on/over/under Gross motor Dressing self unaided (except tying shoelaces) Uses whole body to kick ball forcibly Catches large ball between extended arms Jumps vertically with both feet leaving the floor Goes down stairs one foot per step Fine motor Can copy and draw a cross, horizontal and vertical line Can play with other children and taking turns Observing others in play Asks lots of questions first and last name Can repeat three digits correctly – three times e.g. six-eight-nine Counts up to 20 Can watch a TV programme or DVD for 10 minutes No pointing Little or no speech Hard for others to understand speech Difficulty running/climbing Dribbling Difficulty with nursery rhymes