Pediatric developmental milestones

There are so many milestones to look forward to in the first few years of your child’s life, especially when it comes to developing motor skills. This free printable checklist will guide you through all the developmental milestones for your toddler—from walking up stairs to drawing on their own—and what you should be looking for at 1-3 years old!

This chart is a hybrid between the ones in Kaplan Lecture Notes, First Aid for the USMLE step 1, First aid for the basic sciences, and a few other resources. The bottom row of the table (the "others" row) has mnemonics for each age. The mnemonics cover a great deal of what's in the table, however there is still a lot of information that is not covered by the mnemonics, so you're still going to have to put in a lot of effort if you want to master this.

Lack of body awareness, Difficulties with balance, frequent falls are some signs of gross motor delays. Early intervention by parents and therapists helps.

According to Adolph, Weise, and Marin (2003), “Motor development refers to changes in children's ability to control their body's movements, from infants' first spontaneous waving and kicking movements to the adaptive control of reaching, locomotion, and complex sport skills”. Click here for the full-resolution PDF of this chart. ReferencesAdolph, K. E., Weise, L., & Marin, L. (2003). Motor development. In L. Nadel, Encyclopedia of cognitive sciences (pp. 134-137). London: Macmillan-Reference

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Toddler Developmental Milestones