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Gross Motor Milestones
Birth-2 months
- Raises head slightly off floor or bed when on stomach
- Holds head up momentarily when supported
- Alternates kicking legs when on back
- Arm thrusts in play
3-5 months
- Lefts head and chest when on stomach (props on forearm)
- Head control improving
- Some head bobbing in supported sitting
- Rolls from side to side
- Rolls from stomach to back
- Sits briefly with arm support
- Random batting at objects
- Hands to midline
- Makes crawling movements
6-8 months
- Reaches to objects on stomach
- Pivots around when on stomach
- Pulls self forward on stomach
- Rolls from back to stomach
- Sits alone briefly
- Assumes quadraped and rocks
- Moves from sitting to lying on stomach
- Stands with support
9-11 months
- Sits alone with trunk rotation
- Pivots and scoots in sitting
- Creeps or crawls
- Pulls to stand
- Cruises
- Stands alone momentarily
12-15 months
- Assumes tall kneeling
- Walks on knees
- Walks independently without support
- Able to stand without support
- Creeps up stairs
- Able to start, stop and turn without falling while walking
- Crawls up on chairs or other furniture
- Runs
16-18 months
- Walks up one step at a time with hand held or railing
- Creeps down stairs
- Walks with heel-toe pattern, seldom falls
- Walks sideways and backwards
- Run stiffly
- Stands on one foot with help
- Kicks large ball forward after demonstration
- Manages riding toys
- Good balance and coordination
19-24 months
- Walks down one step at a time with rail or hand holding
- Squats in play and stands back up
- Jumps in place
- Kicks a stationary ball
- jumps off 12 inch box with 1 foot leading
- walks on balance beam with 1 foot on/ 1 foot off
- walks up and down stairs alone
24-29 months
- walks on balance beam with one hand held
- stands on balance beam alone
- walks up stairs one step at a time with no railing
- runs well
- briefly stands on one foot
- jumps from one step with feet together
- throws ball overhead
- climbs on play equipment-ladders, slides, etc.
2-3 years
- walks down stairs step by step without railing
- balances on one foot 2-3 seconds
- jumps forward at least one foot
- walks on balance beam alone
- walks on tip toe when asked
3-4 years
- walks on balance beam sideways
- catches a bounced ball
- rides a tricycle
- hope on one foot 2-5 times
- balances on one foot 2-5 seconds
- consecutive jumping
- walks up stairs step over step alone
4-5 years
- balances on one foot 4-8 seconds
- walks on balance beam in all directions
- walks down stairs step over step alone
- kicks a rolling ball
- catches large and small ball with outstretched arm
- throw a small ball overhand
5-6 years
- balances on one foot 10 seconds
- skips
- rides a bike with or without training wheels
- begins to jump rope
- hops on one foot ten times
- catches bounced or thrown ball with hands
- walks on heals when asked
- swings on swing, pumping by self
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Fine Motor Milestones
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