Milestones
Visual
- Watches face intently
- Follows moving objects
- Recognizes familiar objects and people at a distance
- Starts using hands and eyes in coordination
Hearing and Speech
- Smiles at the sound of voice
- Cooing noises; Vocal play beings at 3 months
- Attends to sound
- Startles to loud noise
- Quiets or smiles when spoken to
- Seems to recognize your voice and quiets if crying
- Increases or decreases sucking behavior in response to sound
- Begins to imitate some sounds
- Turns head toward direction of sound
- Cries differently for different needs
Social/Emotional
- Begins to develop a social smile
- Enjoys playing with other people and may cry when playing stops
- Becomes more communicative and expressive with face and body
- Imitates some movements and facial expressions
Developmental Red Flags
- Doesn't seem to respond to loud noises
- Doesn't follow moving objects with eyes by 2-3 months
- Doesn't smile at the sound of your voice by 2 months
- Doesn't grasp and hold objects by 3 months
- Doesn't smile at people by 3 months
- Doesn't bring objects to her mouth by 4 months
- Has trouble moving one or both eyes in all directions
- Crosses her eyes most of the time
Visual
- Looks for toy beyond tracking range
- Tracks moving objects with ease
- Grasps objects dangling in front of him
- Looks for fallen toys
Hearing
- Moves eyes in direction of sounds
- Responds to changes in tone of your voice
- Notices toys that make sounds
- Pays attention to music
Social/Emotional
- Enjoys social play
- Interested in mirror images
- Responds to other people's expression of emotion
Speech and Language
- Distinguishes emotions by tone of voice
- Babbling sounds more speech-like with many different sounds, including p, b, and m
- Responds to sound by making sounds
- Chuckles and laughs
- Makes gurgling sounds when left alone and when playing with you
- Uses voice to express joy and displeasure
- Syllable repetition begins
Cognitive
- Finds partially hidden objects
- Explores with hands and mouth
- Struggles to get objects that are out of reach
Developmental Red Flags
- Shows no affection for the person who cares for him/her
- Doesn't seem to enjoy being around people
- One or both eyes consistently turn in or out
- Does not respond to sounds around him
- Has difficulty getting objects to her mouth
- Doesn't turn his head to locate sound by 4 months
- Doesn't roll over by 6 months
- Cannot sit with help by 6 months
- Doesn't laugh or make squealing sounds by 5 months
- Doesn't actively reach for objects by 6 months
- Doesn't follow objects with both eyes
Hearing
- Enjoys games like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake
- Turns and looks in direction of sounds
- Listens when spoken to
- Recognizes words for common items like cup, shoe, book, or juice
- Begins to respond to requests (ex: Come here or I want more)
Social/Emotional
- Shy or anxious with strangers
- Cries when mother or father leaves
- Enjoys imitating people in his play
- Shows specific preferences for certain people/toys
- Prefers mother and/or regular care provider over all others
- Repeats sounds or gestures for attention
- Finger-feeds himself
- Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed
Speech and Language
- Responds to simple verbal requests
- Responds to ënoí
- Makes simple gestures such as shaking head for no
- Babbles with inflection
- Uses speech or non-crying sounds to get and keep attention
- Babbles ëdadaí and ëmamaí
- Uses gesture s to communicate (waving, holding arms to be picked up)
- Has one or two words around first birthday, although sounds may not be clear
- Says ëdadaí and ëmamaí for specific person
- Uses exclamations such as ëoh-ohí
Cognitive
- Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping)
- Finds hidden objects easily
- Looks at correct picture when image is named
- Imitates gestures
Developmental Red Flags
- Does not search for objects that are hidden
- Says no single words
- Doesn't learn to use gestures such as waving or shaking head
- Does not sit steadily by 10 months
- Does not show interest in ëpeek a booí or ëpatty-cakeí by 8 months
- Does not babble by 8 months
Hearing
- Points to a few body parts when asked
- Follows simple commands and understands simple questions
- Listens to simple stories, songs, and rhymes
- Points to pictures in a book when named
Social/Emotional
- Imitates behaviors of others, especially adults and older children
- Increasingly enthusiastic about company or other children
- Demonstrates increasing independence
- Episodes of separation anxiety toward midyear, then fades
- More aware of herself/himself as separate from others
Speech and Language
- Points to object or picture when its named for him/her
- Recognizes names of familiar people objects, and body parts
- Says several single words
- Uses two word sentences
- Says more words every month
- Puts two words together (ìmore cookie,î ìno juiceî)
- Uses many different consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- Follows simple one step instructions
- Repeats words overhead in conversations
- Uses simple phrases
Cognitive
- Finds objects even when hidden under 2 or 3 covers
- Begins to sort shapes and colors
- Begins make-believe play
Developmental Red Flags
- Does not speak at least fifteen words by eighteen months
- Does not use two word sentences by age two
- By fifteen months, does not seem to know the function of common household objects (brush, telephone, bell, fork, spoon)
- Does not imitate actions or words by 24 months
- Does not follow simple one-step instructions by 24 months
Hearing
- Understands differences in meaning (ìgo-stopî)
- Follows two requests
- Listens to and enjoys hearing stories for longer periods of time
Social/Emotional
- By three, separates easily from parents
- Expresses a wide range of emotions
- Objects to major changes in routine
- Imitates adults and playmates
- Spontaneously shows affection for familiar playmates
- Can take turns in games
- Understands concepts of mine and his/hers
- Expresses affection openly
Speech and Language
- Recognizes and identifies almost all common objects and pictures
- Has a word for almost everything
- Uses k,g,f,t,d, and n sounds
- Understands most sentences
- Speech is understood by familiar listeners most of the time
- Often asks for or directs attention to objects by naming them
- Understands physical relationships (In, On, Under)
- Can say name, age, and sex
- Uses pronouns (I, You, Me, We, They)
- Strangers can understand most of his/her words
- Follows a two or three-part command
- Uses 4-5 word sentences
Cognitive
- Makes mechanical toys work
- Matches an object in his hand or room to a picture in a book
- Plays make believe with dolls, animals, and people
- Sorts objects by color
- Completes puzzles with three or four pieces
- Understands concept of two
Developmental Red Flags
- Persistent drooling or very unclear speech
- Inability to communicate in short phrases
- No involvement in pretend play
- Failure to understand simple instructions
- Little interest in other children
- Poor eye contact
- Experiences a dramatic loss in skill he or she once had
- Extreme difficulty separating from primary caregiver
Hearing
- Hears when you call from another room
- Hears television or radio at the same loudness level as other family members
- Answers simple Who? What? Where? and Why? Questions
Social/Emotional (By the End of Age 3)
- Interested in new experiences
- Cooperates/plays with other children
- More inventive in fantasy play
- More independent
- May have imaginary friends or see monsters
Speech and Language (By the End of 3 Years)
- Understands the concept of same and different
- Has mastered some basic rules of grammar
- Speaks in sentences of five to six words
- Asks questions
- Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand
- Tells stories
- Talks about activities at school or at friends homes
- People outside of the family usually understand childs speech
- Uses a lot of sentences that have 4 or more words
- Usually talks easily without repeating syllables or words
Cognitive (By the End of 3 Years)
- Correctly names some colors
- Understands the concept of counting and may know a few numbers
- Begins to have a clearer sense of time
- Follows three part commands
- Recalls parts of a story
- Understands the concept of same/different
- Engages in fantasy play
- Understands causality
Developmental Red Flags
- Still clings or cries when parents leave him
- Shows no interest in interactive games
- Ignores other children
- Does not respond to people outside the family
- Does not engage in fantasy play
- Lashes out without any self-control when angry or upset
- Does not use sentences of more than three words
- Does not use Me or You appropriately
Hearing
- Pays attention to a short story and answers simple questions about them
- Hears and understands most of what is said at home and in school
Social/Emotional (By the End of Age 4)
- Wants to please and be with friends
- More likely to agree to rules
- Likes to sing, dance, and act
- Shows more independence
Speech and Language (By the End of Age 4)
- Recalls parts of a story
- Speaks sentences of more than five words
- Uses future tense
- Tells longer stories
- Says name and address
- Uses sentences that give lots of details
- Tells stories that stick to topic
- Communicates easily with other children and adults
- Says most sounds correctly except a few like l, s, r, v, z, ch, sh, th.
- Says rhyming words
- Names some letters and numbers
- Uses the grammar as the rest of the family
Cognitive (By the End of Age 4)
- Can count ten or more objects
- Correctly names at least four colors
- Better understands the concept of time
- Knows about things used every day in the home (Money, Food, Etc.)
Developmental Red Flags
- Exhibits extremely aggressive, fearful or timid behavior
- Is unable to separate from parents
- Is easily distracted and unable to concentrate on any single activity for more than 5 minutes
- Shows little interest in playing with other children
- Refuses to respond to people in general
- Rarely uses fantasy or imitation in play
- Seems unhappy or sad much of the time
- Avoids or seems aloof with other children and adults
- Does not express a wide range of emotions
- Cannot understand two part commands and prepositions (ex: ìput the cup on the tableî)
- Cannot give his first and last name
- Doesn't use plurals or past tense
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