MILESTONES - Gross Motor Skill

Birth-2 months

• Raises head slightly off floor or bed when on stomach

• Holds head up momentarily when supported

• Alternates kicking legs when on back

• Arm thrusts in play

3-5 months

• Lifts head and chest when on stomach (props on forearms)

• Head control improving

• Some head bobbing in supported sitting

• Rolls from side to side

• Rolls from stomach to back

• Sits briefly with arm support

• Random batting at objects

• Hands to midline

• Makes crawling movements

6-8 months

• Reaches to objects on stomach

• Pivots around when on stomach

• Pulls self forward on stomach

• Rolls from back to stomach

• Sits alone briefly

• Assumes quadraped and rocks

• Moves from sitting to lying on stomach

• Stands with support

9-11 months

• Sits alone with trunk rotation

• Pivots and scoots in sitting

• Creeps or crawls

• Pulls to stand

• Cruises

• Stands alone momentarily

12-15 months

• Assumes tall kneeling

• Walks on knees

• Walks independently without support

• Able to stand without support

• Creeps up stairs

• Able to start, stop and turn without falling while walking

• Crawls up on chairs or other furniture

• Runs

16-18 months

• Walks up one step at a time with hand held or railing

• Creeps down stairs

• Walks with heel-toe pattern, seldom falls

• Walks sideways and backwards

• Run stiffly

• Stands on one foot with help

• Kicks large ball forward after demonstration

• Manages riding toys

• Good balance and coordination

19-24 months

• Walks down one step at a time with rail or hand holding

• Squats in play and stands back up

• Jumps in place

• Kicks a stationary ball

• Jumps off 12 inch box with 1 foot leading

• walks on balance beam with 1 foot on/ 1 foot off

24-29 months

• stands on balance beam alone

• walks up stairs one step at a time with no railing

• runs well

• briefly stands on one foot

• jumps from one step with feet together

• throws ball overhead

• climbs on play equipment-ladders, slides, etc.

2-3 years

• walks down stairs step by step without railing

• balances on one foot 2-3 seconds

• jumps forward at least one foot

• walks on tip toe when asked

3-4 years

• catches a bounced ball

• rides a tricycle

• hop on one foot 2-5 times

• balances on one foot 2-5 seconds

• consecutive jumping

• walks up stairs step over step alone

4-5 years

• balances on one foot 4-8 seconds

• walks down stairs step over step alone

• kicks a rolling ball

• catches large and small ball with outstretched arms

• throws a small ball overhand

5-6 years

• balances on one foot 10 seconds

• rides a bike with or without training wheels

• begins to jump rope

• hops on one foot ten times

• catches bounced or thrown ball with hands

• swings on swing, pumping by self