Development

Question 1

Gross motor <1yr

Answer 1

6w

• turns head to side
• head lag

3m

• lifts head/neck when placed prone, supported on forearms and looks around
• strong kick
• no head lag

6m

• rolls over - tummy to back, then back to tummy
• sits supported with straight back
• lifts head when pulled up
• reach for toys
• weight bears when held in standing position

9m

• sits unsupported
• crawling
• pulls to stand

12m

• cruises
• walking
• lying to sitting position
• stands independently

Question 2

Fine motor/vision <1yr

Answer 2

6w
- fix and follow 90*

3m

• fix and follow 180*
• hands to midline
• tries to grab

6m

• palmar grasp
• transfer between hands
• mouthing

9m

• pokes with finger
• looks for lost objects

12m

• pincer grip
• bangs objects
• casting

Question 3

Speech and hearing <1yrs

Answer 3

6w
- startles to loud noise

3m

• turns to noise
• coos

6m

• turns to parents voice
• mama/papa

9m

• no
• shouts for attention

12m

• words with meaning
• give it to me
• recognition of object use

Question 4

Social milestones <1yr

Answer 4

6w
- smile

3m
- social smile

6m

• plays with feet
• holds bottle
• finger food
• stranger danger

12m

• casting
• clapping
• peek a boo
• waves
• plays alone if supervised

Question 5

Hearing and speech >1yr

Answer 5

18m

• points to body parts
• NOUNS: give me the …
• knows words for common objects
• points to pictures in book

2yrs

• 2 word sentences
• 2 stage requests
• plurals
• gives name
• VERBS: what do you draw with, what do you eat with
• then PREPOSITIONS: under, over, on top

3yrs

• 3-4 word sentences
• age and gender
• OPPOSITES, ADJECTIVES

4yrs

• birthday, last name
• counts
• past tense
• COMPARISONS
• colour

5yrs
- fully understood

Question 6

Social development >1yr

Answer 6

18m

• spoon to mouth
• takes shoes and socks off
• indicates toilet needs

2yrs

• temper tantrums
• begin toilet training ?dry by day
• plays alone
• spoon and fork

3yrs

• parallel play, might share toys
• dresses with supervision
• uses toilet alone
• bowel control

4y

• shares toys and takes turns
• dry at night
• uses knife
• brushes teeth
• sympathy

Question 7

Fine motor >1yr

Answer 7

18m

• scribbles
• turns pages
• tower of 4

2yrs

• vertical then horizontal line
• tower of 8

3yrs

• bridge
• circle
• match colours
• cuts paper
• thread beads

4yrs

• cross, then square, house
• cuts paper in half
• steps

5yrs

• triangle
• thread small beads and buttons

Question 8

Gross motor >1yr

Answer 8

18m

• walk holding toy
• climbs on chair
• push and pull
• kicks ball

2yrs

• squat and stand
• jumps
• runs
• climbs up stairs with two feet

3yrs

• tiptoes
• tricycle
• briefly stand on one foot
• goes down stairs with two feet

4yrs

• hops
• climbs ladder
• runs and kicks ball

5yrs

• bounces and catches ball
• walk down stairs one foot at a time