Developmental Milestones - 13 to 18 months
⭕ Physical Development
🔸️Soft spot on top of head closes
🔸️Abdomen protrudes
🔸️Imitates housework
🔸️Needs 10 to 12 hours of sleep each night
🔸️Walks without help
⭕ Fine Motor Development
🔸️Turns more than one page at a time
🔸️Builds tower of two cubes
🔸️Removes lid from shoe box to retrieve toy
🔸️Holds foot out to put shoe on
🔸️Holds two cubes in one hand
🔸️Scribbles on paper
🔸️Removes both socks and shoes
🔸️Builds tower of three or four cubes
🔸️Places two shapes in a puzzle
🔸️Puts several blocks into a cup/container
⭕ Language Development
🔸️Says 4 to 6 six words at 15 months, 10 or more at 18 months
🔸️Points to desired objects
🔸️Vocalizes voice up and down
⭕ Mental Development
🔸️Understands relationship between object and use
🔸️Beginning concept of "up" and "down"
🔸️Recognizes familiar pictures
⭕ Social Development
🔸️Feeds self with hands
🔸️Enjoys being the center of attention
🔸️Prefers certain people to others
🔸️Begins to adjust to babysitter
🔸️Likes to look at pictures
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This is a basic list of some of the more common attributes that children learn, but it is important to remember that each child learns and grows at a different pace, and this chart should only be used as a guide ONLY, not as a test of growth.
Source:
“Developmental Milestones for Children” chart from The Metropolitan Community College (MCNEB) covering physical, fine motor, language, mental, and social development between birth and 16 years of age.
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