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Developmental
MilestonesBy Aishath Almas and Fathimath Luha
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What is child development ?
Development and growth are two different things.
A child improving their skills from simple to comple.
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What is included in a child!s
development
"ross motor
Fine motor
Language
#ognitive or thinking skills
$ocial
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Developmental milestones.
Age specific tasks that your child can do at different ages.
%his can vary from child to child since every child is different.
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First two years
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First month
Makes &erky' (uivering arm thrusts.
Focuses )*+,inches away.
-ecognies some sounds.
/refers sweet smell
Avoids 0itter and acidic smells
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By the end of third month
-aises head and chest when lying on stomach
$tretches legs out and kicks
1pen and shut hands
Brings hand to mouth
%akes swipes at dangling o0&ects with hands
"rasps and shakes toys
Watches faces intently
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By the end of third month
Follows moving o0&ects
$tarts using hands and eyes in coordination
-ecognie familiar o0&ects and sound
Begins to 0a00le
%urns head toward the direction of the sound
Develops emotionally
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By the end of seven months
-olls 0oth ways
$its with and then without the support of their hands or 0ack
$upports the child2s whole weight on their legs
-eaches with one hand
%ransfers o0&ects from hand to hand
Develops full color vision
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By the end of seven months
Distance vision matures
"ains the a0ility to track moving o0&ects
-esponds to own name
-esponds to 3no4
Distinguishes emotions
Makes sounds in response
5se voices to epress &oy
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By the end of seven months
Finds partially hidden o0&ects
6plores with hands and mouth
7nterested in mirror images
6n&oys social play
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6nd of twelve months
$hy and anious with strangers
#ries when mother or father leaves
6n&oys imitating people
Learns to 0e fearful in some situations
%ests parental response to their 0ehavior
/refers the regular care giver over all others
Finger feeds himself
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6nd of twelve months
8elps in getting dressed
Learns to sit and stand on their own
#rawls forward in 0elly
May walk two or three steps
Walks holding on furniture
-esponds to simple ver0al re(uests
5ses simple gestures
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6nd of twelve months
Ba00les with inflection
6plores o0&ects in many different ways
Finds hidden o0&ects easily
Begins to use o0&ects correctly
7dentifies the image when told ver0ally
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6ighteen months
Like to pull push and dump things
/ull of hats' socks and shoes
%urn pages
$cri00le with crayons walk without help
-un stiffly with eyes on the ground
Develops secondary thinking skills
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%wo years
Drink with straw
Feeds himself
8elp in washing hands
%oss and roll large 0all
1pen ca0inets and drawers and 0oes
Walks up steps using help
6plore surroundings
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%wo years
8ave a voca0ulary of several hundred words
$ay names of toys
8um or try to sing
Like to imitate parents
#omfort a distressed friend or parent
Asks for information of the o0&ects
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%hree years
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6nd of three years
#lim0s well
Walks up and down the stairs
-uns easily
/edals tricycle
Bends over easily without falling
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6nd of three years
7mproves hand and finger skills
Follows, or 9 component commands
-ecognies all common o0&ects
#an say name age and se
5nderstands most of the sentences
$trangers can understand most of their words Makes mechanical toys
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6nd of three years
$orts o0&ects 0y color and shape
/lays make 0elieve with dolls
#ompletes pule with 9 : ; pieces
5nderstands the concepts of mine and his
6presses affection openly and in a wide range
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Four and five yeas
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6nd of four years
8ops and stands on one foot
<icks 0alls forward
%hrows 0all overhand
#atches 0ounced 0alls most of the times
5ses scissors
Draw circles and s(uares Begins to copy some capital letters
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6nd of four years
5nderstands the concept of same and different
Masters some 0asic rules of grammar
$peaks in sentences of five to si words
%ell stories
#orrectly name some colors
5nderstands the concept of counting -ecalls parts of story
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6nd of four years
7nterested in new eperience
#ooperates with other children plays
Dresses and undresses
More independent
8as imaginations
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6nd of five years
$tands on one foot for a longer time
$wings and clim0s
May 0e a0le to skip
#opies geometric patterns draws persons with 0ody
5se fork and spoon properly
"oes to the toilet alone
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6nd of five years
5ses future tense
%ells longer stories
$ays name and address
#an count += or more o0&ects
Better understands the concept of time
<nows a0out things used daily at their home
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6nd of five years
Wants to please friends
Wants to 0e like their friends
More likely to agree to rules
Likes to sing' dance and act
Aware of seuality
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