0-3 months
Gross Motor Skills:
Kicks legs reciprocally
Turns head equally to right and left
Hold head up when on belly---On forearms/arms extended
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
Tracks rattle 90* horizontally to right and left
Holds rattle 30 seconds
Brings both hands to mouth to self-calm
Feeding Skills:
Brings both hands to bottle
Drinks from bottle without coughing/choking
Sleeps with mouth closed, tongue in mouth
Speech Skills:
Responds to voice
Makes sucking noises/comfort noises
Watches speakers eyes and mouth
3-6 months
Gross Motor Skills:
Roll: Belly to back (4-5 months) Back to belly (6-7 months)
Beginning to sit up
Holds head up independently in sitting
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
On tummy, can reach for and obtain a toy bearing and shifting weight
Places both hands on bottle and holds it
Feeding Skills:
Beginning solid foods (cereal to vegetables to fruit)
No tongue thrusting
Tolerates spoon feeding without gagging, coughing, or arching away
Speech Skills:
Laughs
Turns eyes and head to sound
Babbles vowels, beginning to use consonant chains, “bababa”
6-12 months
Gross Motor:
Sit unassisted or with use of hands
Catches self with hands in sitting
Creep on belly
Crawl hands and knees
Cruise along furniture
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
Claps hands/blocks at midline
Takes off own socks
Cooperates/Assists with dressing
Finger feeds self using inferior pincer grasp (pads of thumb and 2nd /3rd digits)
Feeding Skills:
Finger feeding self
Wide variety of foods (both taste and texture)
Begins to use spoon to fed self
Sits in high chair by self
Speech Skills
Says mama/dada nonspecifically
Understands what ‘no-no’ means
Beginning to use 1-5 meaningful words
12-18 Months
Gross Motor:
Walk with/without support
Falls from standing into sitting
Up and down into sitting
Up and down stairs: Crawl/walk
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
Stacks 3 cubes
Demonstrates understanding of in and out concept
Holds and drinks from open cup
Feeding Skills:
Feeds self with spoon, min spilling
Wean from bottle to open cup
Uses two hands to hold cup and drink
Speech Skills:
Understands pointing
Imitates gesture (bye-bye)
Uses 10-15 words spontaneously
18-24 months
Gross Motor:
Propels ride-on toys
Up and down stairs: Rail/ hand hold
Bend to pick up toy from standing
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
Strings 1’ bead/ Builds tower of 4 cubes
Draws a vertical line with thick marker (digital pronate or inferior tripod grasp)
Zips & Unzips self once started
Feeding Skills:
No longer uses bottle
Feeds self with spoon, no spilling
No longer chews on inedible objects
Holds small cup in one hand
Speech Skills:
Identifies 3 body parts
Imitates/beginning to use 2 word phrases
Uses vocabulary 20-50 words (including own name)
24-30 months
Gross Motor:
Descend stairs alternating feet
Hops / attempts to hop on one foot
Attempts to catch ball
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
Removes screw on lid from bottle
Buttons/ Unbuttons
Strings 2-4 beads/builds 8-10 cube tower
Understands and stays away from common dangers
Toileting begins
Feeding Skills:
Washes hands
Unwraps food
Speech Skills:
Obeys 2 part commands
Uses size words, plurals and past tense
Uses ‘self-centered’ pronouns (me, I, mine, my)
30-36 months
Gross Motor:
Runs/attempts to run
Jumps off step
Clumsy or falls frequently
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills:
Draws a circle/ Cuts paper
Brushes Teeth with assistance
Undresses self and daytime toilet control
Feeding Skills:
Washes and Dries hands
May Uses fork, spoon, napkin
May reject some foods
Pours liquid from small container
Speech Skills:
Understands concept of two (“give me two…”)
Matches color
Uses intelligible words 80% of the time
Gives full name on request and uses/beginning to use 3-5 word sentences
Sensory Screening Birth-6 months
General:
Does not handle changes in routine well
Irritable/poor self calming/Poor sleeping/Fussy
Tactile:
Hates bath time
Does not like tags, socks, mittens
Unaware of wed/dirty diapers
Auditory:
Have to speak loudly or repeat name 3+ times to get child’s attention
Does not respond to familiar voices
Startles to loud sounds
Visual:
Avoids eye contact
Avoids looking at toys
Vestibular:
Cries when tipped backwards to change diaper or wash hair
Requires more support for sitting (needs pillows, towel rolls, etc...)
Sensory Screening 7 months to 36 months
General:
Child’s behavior deteriorates when schedule/routine changes
Tactile:
Resist being held
Hates bath time
Bumps into things and doesn’t notice
Doesn’t seem to feel pain
Won’t play with/eat certain foods (textures/temperatures)
Auditory:
Easily startles to sound
Takes a long time to respond, even with familiar voices
Visual:
Child refuses to look at books with parents
Constantly has to look at spinning or shiny objects
“Hypnotized” or can’t stand visual stimulating video (Baby Mozart,ect…)
Vestibular:
Hates being tipped backward to changing or washing hair
Constantly bouncing/self-moving---“can’t stay still” |
