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Gross and Fine Motor Developmental Milestones

AGE	GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	FINE MOTOR SKILLS
4 Months	Good head control Rolls from front to back	Visually follows a familiar person or interesting object Reaches out for objects
6 Months	Sits with support Held standing, bears full weight on legs	Hold a small object in either hand, and transfers object from one hand to another Eyes move together (any squint is abnormal)
9 Months	Sits steadily without support Pulls self to stand, holding on to furniture Starts crawling	Bangs 2 blocks together Pulls at a string or cloth to obtain something
12 Months	Walks with 1 hand held	Picks tiny objects up between thumb and index finger, neatly Points to request desired object
15 Months	Walks alone, broadbased gait Crawls up stairs	Builds a tower of 2 blocks Enjoys putting objects into and out of containers Scribbles with a pencil.
18 Months	Walks steadily Walks up and downstairs with help Squats to pick up toy	Tower of 3 blocks Shows hand preference
2 Years	Runs steadily Goes up and down stairs alone, 2 feet per step	Tower of 6 -7 blocks Turns pages of a book Copies a line
3 Years	Goes up stairs one foot per step, down stairs 2 feet per step Rides tricycle Kicks and throws small ball	Tower of 9 - 10 blocks Copies a circle Draws a person with 2 parts
4 Years	Walks and runs up and down stairs one foot per step Stands on one foot for 3-5 seconds Hops on one foot	Matches 4 primary colours Draws a person with head, legs, arms and trunk Starts copying some letters
5 Years	Skips Copies dance moves	Colours pictures, mostly within the lines Draws a man with correctly placed features/ parts Can cut a strip of paper neatly

AGE	4 Months
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Good head control Rolls from front to back
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Visually follows a familiar person or interesting object Reaches out for objects

AGE	6 Months
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Sits with support Held standing, bears full weight on legs
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Hold a small object in either hand, and transfers object from one hand to another Eyes move together (any squint is abnormal)

AGE	9 Months
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Sits steadily without support Pulls self to stand, holding on to furniture Starts crawling
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Bangs 2 blocks together Pulls at a string or cloth to obtain something

AGE	12 Months
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Walks with 1 hand held
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Picks tiny objects up between thumb and index finger, neatly Points to request desired object

AGE	15 Months
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Walks alone, broadbased gait Crawls up stairs
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Builds a tower of 2 blocks Enjoys putting objects into and out of containers Scribbles with a pencil.

AGE	18 Months
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Walks steadily Walks up and downstairs with help Squats to pick up toy
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Tower of 3 blocks Shows hand preference

AGE	2 Years
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Runs steadily Goes up and down stairs alone, 2 feet per step
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Tower of 6 -7 blocks Turns pages of a book Copies a line

AGE	3 Years
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Goes up stairs one foot per step, down stairs 2 feet per step Rides tricycle Kicks and throws small ball
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Tower of 9 - 10 blocks Copies a circle Draws a person with 2 parts

AGE	4 Years
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Walks and runs up and down stairs one foot per step Stands on one foot for 3-5 seconds Hops on one foot
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Matches 4 primary colours Draws a person with head, legs, arms and trunk Starts copying some letters

AGE	5 Years
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS	Skips Copies dance moves
FINE MOTOR SKILLS	Colours pictures, mostly within the lines Draws a man with correctly placed features/ parts Can cut a strip of paper neatly

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