DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES
Check to see if your child is achieving these typical milestones at each age level:
By 3-4 months
Turns head toward bright colors and lights
- Recognizes familiar objects and people; smiles at the sound of your voice
- Makes cooing sounds
- Lifts head when on stomach
- Wiggles and kicks with arms and legs
- Becomes quiet in response to sound, especially to speech
- Begins to develop a social smile
Brings their hands together
By 6 Months
- Follows moving objects with their eyes
- Turns toward the source of normal sound
- Reaches for objects and picks them up
- Switches toys from one hand to another
- Plays with their toes
- Helps hold bottle during feeding
- Recognizes familiar faces
- Imitates speech sounds
- Responds to soft sounds, especially talking
- Rolls over
By 12 Months/1 Year
- Gets to a sitting position without help
- Pulls to a standing position
- Stand briefly without support
- Crawls
- Enjoys imitating people; tries to imitate sounds
- Enjoys simple social games, such as “gonna get you!”
- Explores objects; finds hidden objects
- Responds to “no;” uses simple gestures, such as pointing to an object
- Babbles with changes in tone; may use single words (“dada,””mama,” “Uh-oh!”)
- Turns to person speaking when his/her name is called.
By 36 Months/3 Years
- Throws a ball overhead
- Rides a tricycle
- Puts on their shoes
- Opens the door
- Turns one page at a time
- Plays with other children for a few minutes
- Repeats common rhymes
- Use three-to-five word sentences
- Names at least one color correctly
By 24 Months/2 Years
- Likes to push and pull objects
- Says about 50 words
- Recognizes familiar pictures
- Kicks a ball forward
- Feeds themselves with a spoon
- Expresses affection openly and has a wide range of emotions
- Makes mechanical toys work; plays make-believe
- Sorts objects by shape and color, matches objects to pictures
- Follows a 2- or 3-part command; uses simple phrases to communicate with others, such as “go outside, swing?”
- Uses pronouns (I, you, me) and some plurals (cars, dogs).
Contact Right Start, Inc. today at (718) 375-2505 if you are concerned about your child not reaching the above typical milestones.
Content Source:
NYS DOH publication “Early Help Makes a Difference”
www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/learn-signs/developmental-milestones-age
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/checklists/all_checklists.pdf – follow the link to download the detailed milestones checklist