At Six Months:
- Focus on objects and faces
- Begin to reach for objects
- Turn toward source of sounds or voices
- Interested in people and objects
- Roll over. Sit propped up. Control head in all positions
- Repeat sounds over and over. Make a variety of sounds
- Attempt to grasp objects
At One Year:
- Wave bye-bye
- React to tone of voice
- Pick up and feed self cookies and crackers
- Follow simple directions, (“stand up,” “come here”)
- Turn to you when you call his/her name
- Get around space either by walking along or with help
- Use familiar words like MaMa, DaDa, BaBa (bottle)
At Two Years:
- Follow simple directions (“put the ball on the chair”)
- Speak in simple sentences (“more juice”)
- Show understanding by pointing to the appropriate picture of object when asked “show me_____”
- Feed self with spoon (may spill some)
- Drink from a cup
- Build tower of 4 blocks
- Imaginative play with toys, i.e., play telephone, feed doll, push trucks
- Walk independently
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At Three Years:
- Play alone for up to 20 minutes (build buildings, look at picture books, dress/undress/feed doll)
- Speak in sentences of 3 and 4 words, “I want juice” not “me want juice”
- Be understood by people outside the family even though his/her speech is not perfect
- Carry out 2-3 directions in the correct order, i.e., “go to your room and bring me your shoes”
- Dress self except for buttons
- Go downstairs leading with the same foot, holding on to banister/railing
At Four Years:
- Play group games such as hide and seek and simple board games
- Speak in sentences of 4 and 5 words, i.e., “I want some more cookies.”
- Tell short stories about something she/he has seen, done or heard
- Sit and watch a half-hour children’s program
- Run with ease
- Manage own toileting
At Five Years:
- Understand sharing and taking turns
- Speak clearly and can be understood by others
- Print a few capital letters
- Ask questions to get information
- Hop, skip, jump and climb with ease
- Make needs known verbally to adults other than parent
- Spend time looking at books
- Choose own clothes and dress self for the day
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