Ever wonder if your toddler is developing on time, or worry if there is something wrong. I’m posting a toddler checklist that will help you to understand what your toddler is learning. As well as what the time frame is that he or she should be learning it in. If your little one is behind in one or two things don’t worry every child is different, but if your little one is behind in most areas or you notice a pattern with a certain area of development that they seem to be behind in. Then you will probably want to talk to your pediatrician about it. Now before you dive into the checklist, you might want to understand the fields. Fine Motor Skills is the use of small muscles like the fingers for picking things up or feeding oneself. Gross Motor Skills is the use of large muscles like your arms, or legs for climbing, running, or crawling. Language Development falls into two categories; expression which is the ability to speak language, and comprehension which is the ability to understand language. Last is Social/Intellectual Skills which is how your toddler adapts and figures out the world around himself/herself. Now as promissed here is the checklist. (click more below)
7 to 12 months
- Bangs objects together – Fine Motor Skills
- Walks holing onto furniture – Gross Motor Skills
- Plays pat a cake or “high fives – Social Development Skills
9 to 14 months
- Pinching grasp (two fingers) – Fine Motor Skills
- Sands alone briefly - Gross Motor Skills
- Stands alone - Gross Motor Skills
- Says mama and dada and means it – Language/Expression Skills
- Can shake head to say “no” - Social Development Skills
- Plays ball with someone - Social Development Skills
10 to 15 months
- Drinks from a cup - Fine Motor Skills
- Puts block in cup - Fine Motor Skills
- Scribbles - Fine Motor Skills
- Walks alone - Gross Motor Skills
- Indicates wants by pointing or grunts - Language/Expression Skills
- Says three words besides mama/dada - Language/Expression Skills
12 to 24 months
- Follows simple directions - Language/Comprehension Skills
- Finds a hidden item that toddler watched move - Social Development Skills
13 to 20 months
- Uses spoon or fork correctly - Fine Motor Skills
- makes tower of two blocks - Fine Motor Skills
- Runs - Gross Motor Skills
- Says six words besides mama/dada - Language/Expression Skills
16 to 24 months
- Makes tower of four blocks – Fine Motor Skills
- Kicks Ball - Gross Motor Skills
- Follows two part instructions - Language/Comprehension Skills
- Points to pictures when named - Language/Comprehension Skills
- knows six body parts - Language/Comprehension Skills
19 to 2.75 years old
- Makes tower of six cubes - Fine Motor Skills
- Throws ball overhand - Gross Motor Skills
- Jumps - Gross Motor Skills
- Speaks two word sentences - Language/Expression Skills
- Brushes teeth with help - Social Development Skills
- Washes and dries hands - Social Development Skills
2 years to 3 years old
- Makes a tower of eight blocks - Fine Motor Skills
- Wiggles thumb - Fine Motor Skills
- Balances on each foot for a brief second - Gross Motor Skills
- Speech half understandable to strangers – Language/Speech Skills
- Plays next to another child - Social Development Skills
- Puts on a t-shirt - Social Development Skills
- Names a friend - Social Development Skills
- Recognizes a color - Social Development Skills
3 years to 4 years old
- Can copy a circle drawing - Fine Motor Skills
- Can draw a person with three body parts - Fine Motor Skills
- Can copy a cross drawing - Fine Motor Skills
- Walk up stairs alternating feet - Gross Motor Skills
- Rides tricycle - Gross Motor Skills
- Hops - Gross Motor Skills
- Balances on each foot for a few seconds - Gross Motor Skills
- Understands in, on, under - Language/Comprehension Skills
- Recognizes some letters of alphabet - Language/Comprehension Skills
- Speaks three to four word sentences - Language/Expression Skills
- Has vocabulary of 500-1000 words - Language/Expression Skills
- Uses I, we, and you correctly - Language/Expression Skills
- Can say name, age, sex - Language/Expression Skills
- Speaks four to five word sentences - Language/Expression Skills
- Speech all understandable to strangers - Language/Speech Skills
- Normal dysfluency (stuttering) - Language/Speech Skills
- Understands taking turns - Social Development Skills
- Gets dressed without help - Social Development Skills
- Counts one block - Social Development Skills
- Can tell which line is longer - Social Development Skills
- Recognizes four colors - Social Development Skills
- Prepares cereal - Social Development Skills
- Plays with another child - Social Development Skills
4 years to 5 years old
- Can copy a square drawing - Fine Motor Skills
- Can draw a person with six body parts - Fine Motor Skills
- Writes name - Fine Motor Skills
- Skips - Gross Motor Skills
- Counts five blocks - Social Development Skills
- Counts to ten - Social Development Skills
6 years to 7 years old
- Rides bike without training wheels - Gross Motor Skills
