Developmental Milestones: 3 to 5 Year Olds

Movement milestones
Hops and stands on one foot up to five seconds Goes upstairs and downstairs without support Kicks ball forward hrows ball overhand !atches bounced ball most of the time Moves forward and backward with a"ilit#

Milestones in hand and finger skills !opies s$uare shapes Draws a person with two to four bod# parts %ses scissors Draws circles and s$uares &e"ins to cop# some capital letters Language milestones %nderstands the concepts of 'same( and 'different( Has mastered some basic rules of "rammar )peaks in sentences of five to si* words )peaks clearl# enou"h for stran"ers to understand ells stories Cognitive milestones !orrectl# names some colors %nderstands the concept of countin" and ma# know a few numbers +pproaches problems from a sin"le point of view &e"ins to have a clearer sense of time ,ollows three-part commands .ecalls parts of a stor# %nderstands the concept of same/different 0n"a"es in fantas# pla# Social and emotional milestones 1nterested in new e*periences !ooperates with other children 2la#s 'Mom( or 'Dad( 1ncreasin"l# inventive in fantas# pla# Dresses and undresses 3e"otiates solutions to conflicts More independent 1ma"ines that man# unfamiliar ima"es ma# be 'monsters( 4iews self as a whole person involvin" bod#5 mind5 and feelin"s Often cannot distin"uish between fantas# and realit# Developmental health watch &ecause each child develops in his own particular manner5 it6s impossible to tell e*actl# when or how he6ll perfect a "iven skill7 he developmental milestones listed here will "ive #ou a "eneral idea of the chan"es

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