0-2 Months
While on Stomach:
- Turns head side to side
- Lifts
head and shoulders up from floor
While on Back:
- Bends
and straightens legs
- Bends and straightens arms
- Follows object
with eyes
- Looks at hands for 3 seconds
- Grasps adult's finger
- Grasps rattle for 30 seconds
3-5 Months
- Brings hands to center of body (midline)
- Reaches towards a toy
- Rolls from back to right and left sides of body
- Brings feet to mouth
- Holds head up
- Bears weight on extended arms
- Grasps and
releases toys
6-8 Months- Rolls from back to stomach
- Sits without support
- May move
forward on belly about 3 feet
- Bounces in supported standing
- "Rakes"
with fingers to pick up small objects such as a Cheerio
- Transfers objects between hands
9-11 Months
- Rock back
and forth on hands and knees
- Crawls forward on hands and knees
- Pulls
self up to stand at furniture
- Cruises along furniture
- Gets into
the sitting position
- Points with index finger
- Claps hands
- Removes socks
- Emerging pincer grasp with small objects
12-14 Months
- Walks without support
- Creeps up 2 steps on hands and knees
- Rolls a ball forward and corrals ball with arms in sitting
- Opens a book
- Marks/Scribbles a paper with a crayon
- Picks up 2 cubes (small blocks) with 1 hand and holds them
15-18 Months
- Walks fast
- Walks backwards
- Lifts
foot and contacts a ball
- Stacks 2-3 cubes (small
blocks)
- Places 2 shapes correctly in appropriate
holes
- Walks up 4 steps holding wall or railing
for support (placing one or both feet on each step)
19-24 Months
- Runs forward
- Squats in Play
- Propels ride-on toys
- Walks sideways
- Kicks a ball forward
- Throws a small ball
- Jumps forward
- Walks up 4 steps without wall or railing
for support
- Places 3 shapes correctly in appropriate holes
- Stacks
4-6 cubes (small blocks)
2 Years (24-35 months)
- Rides tricycle
- Walks on tip-toes
- Walks
down stairs without support
- Stands on 1 foot for up to 3 seconds
- Catches a large ball
- Draws a circle
- Builds a wall of
4 blocks
- Builds a bridge of 3 blocks
Pre-School Age (3-4 years)
- Hops
on one foot
- Stands on one
foot for at least 5 seconds
- Runs and stops without falling
- Walks
on a line
- Hits a target with a small ball about 5 feet away
- Jumps
distances of about 2 feet
- Cuts with scissors
- Unbuttons 3 buttons
- Laces 3 holes
- Traces a horizontal line
Early School Age (5-8 years)
- Gallops
- Skips on alternating feet
- Can
play hopscotch (balance on one foot, controlled hopping)
- Kick a ball with force and direction
- Jump forward about 3 feet
- Hop 3 feet on one foot
- Complete
3 sit-ups
- Cuts out a square printed on paper
- Colors between vertical
lines
- Grasps marker between thumb and pad of index finger (mature tripod pencil grasp)
***NOTE
These are a few average developmental milestones. This
list does not encompass all the milestones available for each age range. These are suggested age ranges according to
a variety of textbooks and developmental motor tests and may vary from one child to the next.
