Speech-Language

• Responds to adult interactions
• Seeks to make eye contact with adult
• Begins to "coo" and "gurgle"
• Vocalizes to adult's smile and talk

Motor

• Begins holding head up in supported sitting position
• Can hold head up while lying on stomach
• Reaches toward dangling objects
• Holds objects when placed in hand

Speech-Language

• Responds to sounds other than voices
• Recognizes own name
• Begins to babble consonant-vowel combinations
• Takes turns vocalizing
• Vocalizations sound more “speech like” (babbling becomes more complex with practice)

Motor

• Sits independently
• Transfers toys from one hand to the other
• Rolls back and forth from stomach to back
• Holds and shakes rattles

Speech-Language

• Gives objects upon request
• Understands simple questions (“Want up?”)
• Looks at pictures in a book
• Much more complex vocalizations (sounds like a conversation)
• Begins to say a few words

Motor

• Isolates fingers and can finger feed
• Pulls to stand and can maintain with support
• Waves bye-bye & claps hands
• Gets into sitting position almost independently
• Bangs toys together
• Begins crawling & cruising

Speech-Language

• Identifies objects in the environment
• Follows one-step directions
• Says more words spontaneously
• Imitates new words
• Uses toys and objects functionally (pushes a toy, attempts to brush own hair)

Motor

• Takes two or three steps independently
• Picks up small objects with thumb and index finger
• Scribbles spontaneously
• Removes socks

Speech-Language

• Produces at least fifteen words
• Uses consonants such as t, d, n, and h
• Understands 50 words
• Pretends with toys (pretends to feed a doll using a block for food)

Motor

• Walks up and down stairs holding on with one hand
• Removes shoes independently
• Kicks and throws a ball with overhand throw
• Can complete single piece puzzles
• Turns pages of book

Speech-Language

• Produces at least 50 words
• Uses two-word phrases frequently
• Follows a two-step related command (“Pick up the ball and roll it to me.”)
• Pretends in two-step sequences (pretends to give a doll a drink & wipe it mouth

Motor

• Runs well
• Can jump in place
• Imitates vertical and circular strokes
• Attempts to catch ball with arms Out from five feet away
• Puts socks and shoes on and assists with getting clothing off
• Pretends while playing

Speech-Language

• Produces at least 500 words Answers “wh” questions (“What did you eat for lunch?)
• Begins to use grammatical forms (plurals, past-tense verbs, pronoun “I”)
• Produces all speech sounds correctly except s, z, sh, ch, 1, and r
• 80% understandable

Motor

• Independently walks upstairs alternating feet
• Can walk on tiptoes
• Can stand on one foot for three seconds
• Can catch playground ball from five feet away
• Can cut piece of paper in half
• Can copy horizontal and vertical strokes and a circle

Speech-Language

• Has a minimum expressive vocabulary of 1500 words Follows multi-part directions
• Begins to play rhyming games (“What rhymes with bat?”)
• Can tell about experiences in the correct sequence
• Produces all speech sounds correctly 100%) understandable

Motor

• Throws ball ten feet using rotation of
• Can hop 3-5 times on each foot
• Walks downstairs alternating feet
• Firmly established hand dominance
• Can copy square and cut circle
• Masters riding a tricycle

Speech-Language

• Has a minimum expressive vocabulary of 1500 words
• Can tell a story (includes a beginning, middle, & end)
• Defines objects by their use and can talk about their features (size, shape, composition)

Motor

• Can skip and gallop
• Can catch tennis ball from five feet away
• Can jump over ten inch hurdle
• Can draw most capital letter with proper formation
• Can dress and undress self with buttons, snaps and zippers