CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST
AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
- Turn their head toward bright colors and lights
- No longer "cross their eyes" while trying to focus. They move both their eyes in the same direction at one time.
- Recognize bottle or breast
- Respond to their mother's voice
- Make cooing sounds
- Bring their hands together
- Wiggle and kick with arms and legs
- Lift their head while lying on their stomach
- Become quiet in response to sound, especially to speech
- Smile
AT SIX MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
- Follow moving objects with their eyes
- Turn toward the source of normal sound
- Reach for objects and pick them up
- Switch toys from one hand to the other
- Play with their toes
- Help hold the bottle during feeding
- Recognize familiar faces
- Imitate speech sounds
- Respond to soft sounds, especially talking
- Roll over
AT 12 MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE, MOST BABIES:
AT 18 MONTHS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
- Get to a sitting position
- Pull to a standing position
- Stand briefly without support
- Crawl
- Imitate adults using a cup or telephone
- Play peek-a-boo and patty cake
- Wave bye-bye
- Put objects in a container
- Say at least one word
- Make "ma-ma" or "da-da" sounds
AT 18 MONTHS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
AT 18 MONTHS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
- Like to push and pull objects
- Say at least six words
- Follow simple directions ("Bring the ball")
- Pull off their shoes, socks and mittens
- Can point to a picture that you name in a book
- Feed themselves
- Make marks on paper with crayons
- Walk without help
- Walk backwards
- Point, make sounds, or try to use words to ask for things
- Say "no," shake their head or push away things they don't want
AT TWO YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
- Use two- tothree-word sentences
- Say about 50 words
- Recognize familiar pictures
- Kick a ball forward
- Feed themselves with a spoon
- Demand a lot of your attention
- Turn two or three pages together
- Like to imitate their parent
- Identify hair, eyes, ears, and nose by pointing
- Build a tower of four blocks
- Show affection
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
AT THREE YEARS OF AGE, MOST CHILDREN:
- Throw a ball overhand
- Ride a tricycle
- Put on their shoes
- Open the door
- Turn one page at a time
- Play with other children for a few minutes
- Repeat common rhymes
- Use three- to five-word sentences
- Name at least one color correctly