AzEIP FIRST! - The Early Intervention Program

DEVELOPMENTAL CHECKLIST

Check list

When you’re a busy parent it’s a challenge to keep all the facts straight. You find yourself asking questions like, “Now when is she supposed to be walking ?” or “Should he/she be talking more by now?”

Questions are good. In fact, if you have a child under five you should be asking those questions about your child’s learning and growth. Now is the time to have their development checked on a regular basis.

The way your child develops and learns today is key to his or her future. Every step counts – especially during these all-important first five years of life.

That is why it is important for you to know how your child should be learning and growing… and that is why we have created this checklist website. Between visits to your doctor , use it as guide to watching your child’s changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please talk with your doctor. You can also check with your local school district to find out when developmental screenings are being offered in your community.


Look for These Changes in Your Growing Child:

    3 Months
  • Lift head regularly when on tummy
  • Makes cooing noise
  • Quiets when spoken to
  • Grasps objects placed in hand
  • Begins to bat at objects

    6 Months
  • Sits with light support
  • Babbles when alone or with someone (all the time)
  • Reaches for an object
  • Holds object in either hand
  • Turns eyes and head towards sounds or voices
  • Begins to crawl (moves around other than on hands and knees)

    9 Months
  • Sits without support
  • Begins creeping (up on hands or knees)
  • Imitates cough , bye-bye , hand clap , ma-ma
  • Drops and looks at objects
  • Can find a toy hidden underneath a cloth
  • Like to dump out and pick things up

    1 Year
  • Pulls up to standing position and crusies around furniture
  • Begins to say ma-ma and da-da to refer to parents
  • Finger feed self solid foods
  • Follows a simple direction like “ bring me the ball”
  • Points to object she knows when asked “where is it?”
  • Begins to use a spoon to hold a cup

    1 ½ Years
  • Walk well and runs by 18 months
  • Can push up, pull, carry and lift objects
  • Names some objects
  • Can point to simple pictures
  • Brings you an object he knows when asked

    2 Years
  • Walks up and down stairs , two feet on each step
  • Can name more than 3 body parts
  • Scribbles
  • Stacks two to four objects
  • Uses two word sentences
  • Enjoys doing things by themselves
  • Get easily frustrated
  • Uses objects as they should be used

    3 Years
  • Uses three to five word sentences
  • Sings simple songs
  • Can jump in place
  • Begins to ask questions
  • Enjoys “pretend play” (for instance, pretends to be mom or dad, brothers and sisters)

    4 Years
  • Can use the toilet ( with few accidents)
  • Can balance on one foot, then the other
  • Can name up to three colors
  • Can retell parts of a familiar story
  • Begins to play with other children rather than along side of them

    5 Years
  • Likes playground challenges
  • Dresses self completely including buttons, is beginning to zip zippers, and tie shoes
  • Can play cooperatively with a small group of children
  • Draws people in two parts- head and arms or legs
  • Can tell parents something that happened while they were gone
  • Says number words to ten