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"My child is 12 months old, but isn’t sitting up yet.  Should I be worried?"

"My 28 month-old doesn’t speak nearly as much as his sister did when she was his age.  Is this normal?"

"My four year-old always seems withdrawn and doesn’t play like other kids his age.  Should I be worried?"

"I know my ten year-old is bright, but she just has such trouble in school.  Could this be a learning problem?"

 

CDS and its partners can help address a wide range of developmental issues related to:

  • speech and language

  • hearing

  • fine motor skills

  • gross motor skills

  • learning

  • sensory processing

  • self-care skills

We can also help families affected by developmental issues get the education and emotional support that they need.  If you would like to find out more about how CDS can help you and your child, check out our Services and Programs page. 



The checklist below focuses on some basic skills that most kids have by ages 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months, 4 years or 5 years.  Of course children's development may vary, and this list is only a general guide.  If you are concerned about anything related to your child's development, contact your pediatrician or CDS at (864) 331-1302.


By 3 months, can your child:

____  Focus on a face?

____  Follow a moving object with eyes?

____  Watch movement of own hands?

____  Grasp objects when placed in hand?

____  Smile and coo spontaneously?

____  Vocalize in response to talking or singing?

____  Startle to a loud sound?

____  Move limbs, eyes, head in response to sound?

____  Quiet when picked up?

____  Swallow without gagging or choking?

____  Raise head from surface when lying on stomach?

____  Turn head to either side when lying on stomach or back?

____  Gain head control in upright position?

____  Keep hands open with thumb out most of the time?

 

 

Baby with mother.

By 6 months, can your child:

____  Recognize bottle and familiar faces?

____  Look at hand and object when grasping?

____  Reach for and grasp objects?

____  Bring hands and objects to mouth?

____  Bring hands together at center of body?

____  Shake and bang toys?

____  Localize sound source?

____  Display different crying patterns for different emotions?

____  Babble?

____  Laugh and squeal?

____  Smile at image in mirror?

____  Discriminate strangers from family?

____  Eat from a spoon?

____  Hold, suck, bite, begin chewing toys?

____  Roll in both directions?

____  Push up from ground, lift head and chest?

____  Sit with support, straight back?

____  Reach for feet and bring to mouth when on back?

 

 

Baby with blocks.

By 9 months, can your child:

____  Transfer object from one hand to other?

____  Grasp with thumb and side of index finger?

____  Bang two toys together?

____  Track and locate objects fallen out of view?

____  Uncover toy he has seen hidden?

____  Play “Peek A Boo?”

____  Imitate simple movements like clapping, waving?

____  Try to attract attention by coughing?

____  Babble single syllable sounds (da, ba, ma)?

____  Respond to name?

____  Respond to “No?”

____  React playfully to image in mirror?

____  Finger feed small pieces of food?

____  Drink from cup with help?

____  Reach for and hold bottle?

____  Sit alone without support?

____  Pull self to standing position?

____  Crawl on all fours?

____  Release toy into parent's hand?

 

 

Peek-a-boo.

By 12 months, can your child:

____  Drop objects in container and dump them out?

____  Use thumb and tip of index finger to pick up objects?

____  Make marks on paper with crayon?

____  Build tower of two blocks?

____  Touch adult/object to cause action/movement?

____  Respond to one simple command (ex. come here)?

____  Imitate non-speech sounds (ex. cough, tongue clicks)?

____  Say one word in addition to ma-ma, da-da?

____  Laugh aloud?

____  Enjoy having an audience?

____  Use non-meaningful monologue?

____  Feed self with fingers?

____  Drink from cup with some spilling?

____  Walk with one hand held?

____  Stand alone?

 

 

Crayons.

 

By 15 months, can your child:

____  Turn pages in book?

____  Remove lid from small box?

____  Scribble on paper?

____  Point to familiar people/objects on request?

____  Find a toy hidden under one of several covers?

____  Say 4-6 words?

____  Show interest in pictures?

____  Show wants by pointing and gestures?

____  Follow simple commands?

____  Give a toy to an adult?

____  Show more comfort with strangers?

____  Initiate ball play or social games?

____  Repeat a performance laughed at?

____  Hold out arms and legs while being dressed?

____  Spoon feed self with some spilling?

____  Walk (may fall occasionally)?

____  Rise to standing position independently?

____  Creep up stairs?

 

 

Child in stroller.

By 18 months, can your child:

____  Build tower of 3 blocks?

____  Place round shape in a simple puzzle?

____  Imitate crayon scribble?

____  Separate pop beads?

____  Use a tool to retrieve an object?

____  Say 10 or more words?

____  Shake head “No?”

____  Name one object on request?

____  Return a kiss or hug?

____  Exhibit specific emotional behavior such as fear, joy, anger?

____  Have temper tantrum (may begin)?

____  Pick up cup and drink?

____  Remove simple garments?

____  Indicate wet or soiled diaper?

____  Walk upstairs with help?

____  Begin to climb?

____  Walk backwards and sideways?

 

 

Temper tantrum.

By 24 months, can your child:

____  Turn pages of book one at a time?

____  Build tower of 5 blocks?

____  Place 3 shapes in a puzzle?

____  Imitate vertical crayon stroke?

____  Point to several body parts?

____  Imitate sounds, words, or body movements?

____  Say at least 50 words?

____  Sometimes use two word sentences?

____  Name at least 3 familiar objects?

____  Play near other children, but not with them?

____  Show intense positive and negative reactions?

____  Like to imitate domestic activities?

____  Zip and unzip large zipper?

____  Attempt to put on shoes?

____  Remove all clothes without help?

____  Unwrap enclosed food?

____  Run well?

____  Jump in place?

____  Walk up and down stairs with one hand held?

____  Stand on one foot momentarily?

____  Sit self directly in small chair?

 

 

Children playing.

By 30 months, can your child:

____  Snip with scissors?

____  Unscrew a jar lid?

____  Draw a circle?

____  Align blocks horizontally?

____  Sort objects in two categories?

____  Exhibit a sense of ownership?

____  Use 2-3 word sentences?

____  Refer to self by name?

____  Understand concept “on” and “under?”

____  Independently choose a toy and begin to play?

____  Engage in pretend play?

____  Know difference between girls and boys?

____  Find a way to get to objects out of reach?

____  Suck through a straw?

____  Attend to toilet needs?

____  Put on simple clothes?

____  Kick a ball?

____  Jump off bottom step with feet together?

 

 

Child with ball.

By 36 months, can your child:

____  String beads?

____  Make forward progression with scissors?

____  Build tower of nine blocks?

____  Repeat two numbers in a row?

____  Use 3-word sentences?

____  Carry out 2-step commands?

____  Say complete name?

____  Know his or her sex?

____  Separate easily from parents?

____  Share toy with adult prompts?

____  Begin to use fork?

____  Dress self except for buttoning?

____  Wash and dry hands with assistance?

____  Brush teeth with assistance?

____  Toilet with occasional accidents?

____  Throw ball overhand?

____  Ride tricycle?

____  Go up stairs using alternate feet?

____  Jump with both feet off the floor?

____  Balance on one foot?

 

 

Child on tricycle.

By 4 years, can your child:

____  Cut on line with scissors?

____  Combine talking and eating?

____  Match colors?

____  Copy a crossed line?

____  Have a sense of shapes (round, square, triangle)?

____  Be highly imaginative?

____  Ask and answer some questions?

____  Say rhymes and sing some songs?

____  Share and take turns?

____  Unbutton clothes and dress with supervision?

 

 

Children eating.

By 5 years, can your child:

____  Copy a square?

____  Pick the longer of two lines?

____  Identify colors?

____  Use over 1,000 words?

____  Speak with 90% of words understandable?

____  Answer questions like “What do you do when you are cold, hungry, tired…?”

____  Separate from mother easily?

____  Enjoy dramatic play?

____  Select a friend?

____  Hop on one foot, beginning to skip?

____  Run well and turn?

 

Child running.

This information borrowed with permission from a publication of BabyNet, SHARE, The School District of Greenville County and the Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board

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