Ensuring your child is progressing developmentally is crucial for their overall well-being and future success. Early detection of delays allows for timely intervention, fostering skills in speech, motor functions, and social interactions. By monitoring their growth, you can help your child reach their full potential and navigate each developmental milestone with confidence. We expect to see the following milestones for children ages 60 to 72 months:
Cognitive
- Counts up to 20 objects
- Draws five or more identifiable objects
- Tells month and date of birth
- Writes first and last name from memory
- States use at least three body parts (e.g., “What do you do with your eyes?”)
Communication
- Uses irregular plurals
- Knows what you do in each season
- Tells simple jokes
- Identifies left and right on own body
- Uses “yesterday” and “tomorrow”
- Can identify at least three units of currency
Social-Emotional
- Apologizes if hurts someone’s feelings
- Completes pencil/paper games
- Remains calm when small requests are denied
- Answers the phone, remembers a simple message, and delivers it to the correct person
- Works alone on chores for 20 minutes
Adaptive
- Make simple breakfast and lunch
- Sets and clears table without assistance
- Uses table knife for spreading
- Takes shower or bath independently
- Dusts furniture
Physical Development
- Skips
- Copies a diamond
- Cuts out simple geometric shapes
- Drops a ball and kicks it forward before it hits the floor
- Can dribble an 8 to 10 inch ball using one hand
Notes:
Folio, M.R., & Fewell, R.R. (2000). Peabody developmental motor scales-Second edition. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Kipping, P., Gard, A., Gilman, L., & Gorman, J. (2012). Speech and language development (3rd ed.), Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Linder., T.W. (1993). Transdisciplinary play-based assessment. Baltimore, MD: Brookes.
Voress, J.K., & Maddox, T. (2013). Developmental assessment of young children-Second edition. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
