By the age of 6-7 years, a child should demonstrate skills to:

• Form most letters and numbers correctly
• Write consistently on the lines
• Demonstrate controlled pencil movement
• Good endurance for writing
• Tie shoe laces

By the age of 7-8 years, a child should demonstrate skills to:

• Maintain legibility of handwriting for entirety of a story

“Milestones are Stepping Stones to Your Child’s Success”

Developmental Milestones – Gross Motor​

By the age of 6-12 months, a child should demonstrate:

• Reaches, grasps, puts objects in mouth
• Controlled release of objects
• Pincer grasp
• Picks things up with pincer grasp (thumb and one finger)
• Transfers object from one hand to the other
• Drops and picks up toy

Developmental Milestones- Fine Motor

By the age of 1-2 years, a child should demonstrate:

• Builds tower of three small blocks
• Puts four rings on stick
• Places five pegs in pegboard
• Turns pages two or three at a time
• Scribbling
• Turning a knob
• Self-feeding with minimal assistance
• Bringing spoon to mouth
• Holding and drinking from cup independently

By the age of 12 months, a child should be able to:

• Sit without support while playing with toys
• Achieve a sitting position independently
• Move from sitting to hands and knees for crawling or to their stomach
• Crawl on hands and knees
• Pull themselves to a standing position
• Cruise along furniture
• Stand alone briefly
• Walk with one hand held
• May begin taking steps without help

By the age of 2-3 years, a child should demonstrate skills to:

• String four large beads
• Turn single pages
• Snip with scissors
• Hold crayon with thumb and fingers (not fist)
• Uses one hand consistently in most activities
• Imitates circular, vertical, horizontal strokes
• Rolls, pounds, squeezes, and pulls play-doh
• Eat without assistance

By the age of 0-6 months, a child should demonstrate:

• Reflexive grasp (at birth)
• Global ineffective reach for objects (3 months)
• Voluntary grasp (3 months)
• 2 handed palmar grasp (3 months)
• 1 handed palmar grasp (5 months)
• Controlled reach (6 months)

By the age of 18 months, a child should be able to:

• Walk independently
• Pull and push toys
• Carry small toys
• Begin to run with stiff legs and eyes focused on the ground

By the age of 5-6 years, a child should demonstrate skills to:

• Cut out simple shapes
• Copy a triangle 
• Color within lines
• Use a dynamic tripod grasp on pencil
• Paste and glue appropriately
  

By the age of 5 years, a child should be able to:

• Stand on one foot for 10 seconds
• Swing and climb on playground equipment efficiently
• Walks up and down stairs alternating feet without support
• Beginning to skip
• Run while changing directions 

By the age of 6 months, a child should be able to:

• Independently hold head steady when sitting with support
• Reach towards/grasp objects with both hands
• Play with toes
• Pull themselves to a sitting position via grasping your hands
• Sit with little support
• Roll over from back to stomach and vice versa
• Push up onto hands and knees in a crawling position
• Pivot on stomach in a circle to reach a toy placed out of reach

By the age of 3 years, a child should be able to:

• Throw a ball overhead
• Attempt to catch a large ball
• Walk up steps, alternating feet
• Walk on tip toes
• Walk in a straight line
• Kick a ball forward
• Jump with 2 feet
• Pedal a tricycle

By the age of 4-5 years, a child should demonstrate skills to:

• Cut on line continuously
• Copy a cross
• Copy a square
• Write name
• Write numbers 1-5
• Copy letters
• Demonstrate hand dominance
• Dress and undress independently

By the age of 4 years, a child should be able to:

• Hop on one foot
• Stand on one foot for 5 seconds
• Catch a bounced ball consistently
• Move forward and backwards without loosing balance
• Walk downstairs with one-handed support, alternating feet
• Swing independently

By the age of 3-4 years, a child should demonstrate skills to:

• Build tower of nine small blocks
• Copy a circle
• Imitate a cross
• Manipulate play-doh (rolls balls, makes snakes, cookies)
• Uses non dominant hand to assist and stabilize the use of objects

By the age of 2 years, a child should be able to:

• Stand up from squat position without falling
• Walk up steps with help
• Take steps backwards
• Stand on their tip toes
• Toss or rolls a large ball
• Kick a ball
• Climb on/off furniture without help

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