Child Development Timeline

By tooor
  • Begins to smile at people

    Begins to smile at people

    Social and Emotional milestone
  • Turns head to sounds

    Turns head to sounds

    communication/ language milestone
  • Pays attention to faces

    Pays attention to faces

    cognitive milestone
  • Makes smoother movements with arms and legs

    Makes smoother movements with arms and legs

    physical/ movement milestone
  • Copies movements, facial expressions, like smiling or frowning

    Copies movements, facial expressions, like smiling or frowning

    Social/ emotional milestone
  • Begins to babble

    Begins to babble

    Communication/ Language milestone
  • Uses hands and eyes together, like seeing a toy and reaching for it

    Uses hands and eyes together, like seeing a toy and reaching for it

    Cognitive milestone
  • May be able to roll on to tummy or back

    May be able to roll on to tummy or back

    Physical/ Movement milestone
  • Likes to look at self in mirror

    Likes to look at self in mirror

    Social/ emotional milestone

  • Begins to jabber with the letters "m" and "b"

    Communication/ language milestone

  • Looks at things near by

    Cognitive milestone
  • Begins to sit without support

    Begins to sit without support

    Physical/movement milestone

  • Has favorite toys

    Social and emotional milestone

  • Uses fingers to point at things

    Language and communication milestone

  • Plays peek-a-boo

    Cognitive milestone

  • Pulls to stand

    Movement/ physical milestone

  • Finds hidden things easily

    cognitive milestone

  • Is shy or nervous with new people

    Social and emotional milestone

  • Responds to simple spoken requests

    Language and communication milestone

  • Gets in sitting position without help

    Movement and physical movement

  • Likes to hand things to others to play with

    Social and emotional milestone

  • Says several single words

    language and communication milestones

  • Scribbles on its own

    Cognitive milestone

  • Walks,run on its own

    Movement/physical movement milestone

  • Shows more and more independence

    Social and emotional milestone

  • Repeats words overheard in a conversation

    Language and communication milestone

  • Begins to sort shapes and colors

    Cognitive milestone

  • Climbs up and down off of furniture without help

    Movement and physical milestone