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Birth Through 3 Months:
- Looks at parent’s face
- Follows noiseless objects with eyes
- Startles to noise
- While on tummy, holds head up
3 Through 6 Months:
- Smiles
- Reaches for toys
- Grasps toys
- When lifted, head does not wobble
- Rolls over
6 Through 9 Months:
- Makes sounds
- Passes toys from one hand to the other
- Feeds self cracker
- Picks up tiny objects with whole hand
- Sits without support
- Pulls to stand against furniture
9 Through 12 Months:
- Plays Pat-A-Cake
- Bangs small toys together
- Says Dada and Mama with meaning
- Gets into sitting position alone
- Walks holding on to furniture
- Crawls on hands and knees
12 Through 18 Months:
- Drinks from a cup without help
- Picks up small objects w/thumb & index finger
- Has three words other than “mama” & “dada”
- Walks well
- Stoops to get toy while standing alone
18 Through 24 Months:
- Helps with simple household tasks
- Removes some clothes
- Scribbles
- Stacks two to four blocks
- Puts two words together
- Points to one body part (eye, ear, nose, mouth)
- Throws ball overhand
- Walks up stairs with help
2 Through 3 Years:
- Puts on own clothes
- Washes & dries own hands
- Stacks 6-8 blocks
- Uses plurals (e.g., toys, blocks)
- Follows simple directions
- Jumps in place
- Peddles trike
- Stands on one foot for one second
3 Through 4 Years:
- Uses four-word sentences
- Asks more questions, knows some of the answers
- Can tell a story
- Hops on one foot
- Puts on shoes, with help
- Dresses without help
4 Through 5 Years:
- Can sing simple songs
- Counts to five out loud
- Spends time looking at books
- Dresses & undresses without help
- Understands almost everything you say
- Can draw a square
- Washes own face and hands
- Plays simple games and follows rules
5 Through 6 Years:
- Knows difference between right & left
- Can name penny, nickel, and dime
- Counts to ten
- Blows own nose
- Can bathe himself without help
- Can print first name
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