Developmental Milestones at Age 5

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Developmental Milestones at age 5-7 years

Major motor skills

Fine motor skills

Language

Vision and hearing

Social achievements and play

When to be concerned

Major motor skills

Children aged 57 years oldcan skip, and havestrong ball skills.

Fine motor skills

Children can colour pictures and ill learn to tie

their shoe laces.

Language

Children!s riting skills develop, usually beginning ith their name. "eading skills are

developing, and they can talk #luently and con#idently.

Vision and hearing

Children should demonstrate everyday visual competence #or near and #ar.

Social achievements and play

Children choose their on #riends, dress$undress themselves, sho caring behaviours,

have an understanding o# rules and ill argue.

hen to !e concerned

Some children are sloer to reach these age%appropriate milestones, but ill o#ten catch

up. &thers have not been e'posed to certain skills and so ouldn!t be e'pected to develop

them. For e'ample, a child ho only ears !slip%on! shoes or shoes ith velcro straps isunlikely to learn to tie shoelaces by age seven.

More in"ormation

For more in#ormation on developmental milestones in childhood,

including recommended health check%ups and childhood immunisation,
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Is eager to learn and has a strong desire to please adults- Cognitivemilestone #or the *% years age range.

#$%&Children have a natural appetite #or learning that can be either /uickened or

s/uashed. 0ncouraging your child to ask /uestions and giving him opportunities to

practice the abilities he is currently developing establish patterns o# li#elong learning.

Can be both cooperative and competitive

- Cognitivemilestone #or the *% years age range.

#$%&1oth cooperation and competition can #oster learning. 2n general, it is ise to

emphasi3e cooperation, since the ability to ork ith and learn #rom others ill

dramatically shape your child!s school e'periences.

May focus on only one part of a situation. for example, a child ofthis age may believe that a tall, narrow bottle of soda containsmore soda than a short, wide bottle with an equal amountbecause one is taller than the other.


#$%&4he best teacher is e'perience ith care#ul observation. 2n the e'ample o# the

glasses, ask your child hich one hold more ater, and then e'periment to see hich

glass can hold more. 4hrough these e'periences your child ill learn to look and think

care#ully.

May believe that objects have feelings. for example, a child ofthis age might feel sorry for a car that has a lot of passengers init.


#$%&4his childhood capacity #or empathy helps children to enter into the orld o#

stories. When you read ith your child, be sure to talk about ho the people 5andobjects67 in the story might #eel.

Understands the concepts of today, tomorrow, and yesterday


#$%&8aving an interactive child!s calendar and talking regularly about the days o# theeek ill help your child to understand the concepts o# today, tomorro, and yesterday.

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ollows two!step directions. for example, if you say to yourchild, "go to the #itchen and get me a trash bag," he will be ableto remember and fulfill that direction.


#$%&:iving your child responsibility ithin the home is an ideal ay to develop abilityith multi%step directions. ;our child ill #eel important #or contributing and proud o#

being able to complete all parts o# the direction. 2# your child does not understand to%

part directions ith prepositions, you should discuss this ith your pediatrician.

$nows his name, age, and address


#$%&Since children learn by repetition, children usually learn their address by reciting itregularly until it is memori3ed. For many children, using a song ill help them to

memori3e it much more /uickly. 2# your child cannot correctly state his #irst and last

name, you should discuss this ith your pediatrician.

%nswers who, what, when, where, why questions


#$%&4he best ay to develop ability in ansering /uestions is through #re/uent real%li#e

conversations. (on!t be a#raid to ask many /uestions to encourage your child!sobservation and verbal skills.

&evelops confidence by practice and with encouragement fromadults

- Social < 0motionalmilestone #or the *% years age range.#$%&Con#idence is critical to a child!s development. 8ealthy development depends on a

child continually taking risks and trying ne things. ;ou can build your child!s

con#idence by providing support #or #irst attempts at challenging ne skills. =raise himnot only #or success, but also #or perseverance in his attempts. 2# your child is very

#ear#ul, or very aggressive, you may ant to talk ith your pediatrician.

'ome is still very important and is the foundation for your childto become responsible

- Social < 0motionalmilestone #or the *% years age range.

#$%&When a child begins #ormal schooling 5particularly in public or private schools7 it istempting to think that home is less important. 8oever, it remains the center o# nurture

and is primarily here your child ill gro in character % hich ill directly a##ect his

enjoyment o# and success in school. 8oever, i# your child has a strong #ear o# separation

#rom parents, you should discuss this ith your pediatrician.
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Increasing separation and independence from parents arehealthy steps in your child(s development


#$%&(epending on personality, some children ill be ready #or separation 5like going by

himsel# to :randma!s or a #riend!s house7 earlier than others. 2n most case, it ill be agradual process, beginning ith a short period o# time, to give the child con#idence being

alone in the ne environment.

)ends to identify with the parent of the same sex


#$%&-lthough a child at this age tends to identi#y more ith the parent o# the same se',

having a healthy relationship ith both parents is very important #or your child!s social

and emotional development.

*egins to measure himself by other people(s expectations


#$%&4his is a healthy step in development that is made easier i# the e'pectations placedupon him are realistic #or his developmental stage. 4hen, his sense o# satis#action in

meeting e'pectations, and disappointment in not meeting them, ill help him to continue

to develop normally.

Is becoming aware that he is one of many people in the world


#$%&>p to this time, most children are #ocused primarily on themselves. -t this

developmental stage, your child begins to reali3e that he is part o# a community, and ismore sensitive to the needs and ants o# others. ;our child may be very interested in

books that help him understand other people, and other parts o# the orld.

May enjoy being with you and at home more at age + than he didat age


#$%&-s children have more time outside the home, they o#ten more highly pri3e the time

at home ith #amily. 8oever, by age your child ill probably be more #ocused on hispeers.

&evelops the social s#ills to ma#e friends


#$%&Children at this age need to be guided in the process o# building #riendships. 4hey

must be taught e'plicitly and by e'ample ho to be kind, help#ul, #aith#ul, etc. Literature

ith e'emplary characters help your child to envision the kind o# #riend he can become.2# your child shos little interest in other children, you should talk ith your pediatrician.
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Imitates both good and bad adult behavior


#$%&4alking about adult behavior 5particularly behavior that you do not ant him to

imitate7 is one o# the best ays to help your child process hat he e'periences. ;ou may

#ind that your child senses that particular behaviors or e'pressions are inappropriate % orhe may be unaare. "eading children!s literature together allos you to talk ith your

child about the actions o# characters ithout commenting on the behavior o# a particular

adult in your child!s li#e.

Communicates well with others without your help


#$%&-lloing your child to speak #or himsel# sparks him to develop his verbal skills.

When you ask him good /uestions, you ill encourage both his thinking skills and hisverbal skills. Speaking #or your child ill delay his verbal development. 2# your child

displays little interaction ith other people, you should discuss this ith your

pediatrician.

'ow other children perceive your child will affect his self!image


#$%&Children are sensitive to one another, even at a young age. 2t is important to giveyour child a strong sense o# values at home so that he can respond to peers! perceptions in

appropriate ays.

-ounds as if he is reading when he pretends to read

- Literacymilestone #or the *%? years age range.

#$%&When you read a book ith in#lection, your child listens to the ay you read. So it

is not surprising, hen your child sits to @read@ to himsel#, that he not only remembers

major parts o# #amiliar stories but even uses proper in#lection to tell the story.

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njoys being read to


#$%&-t this age, you can begin to introduce more variety into your reading. - year or so

ago, your child might have anted only a #e lines o# te't per page ith many

illustrations. -s you read, and his imagination develops, he ill be content ith moreords, and #eer pictures per page. Some children at this age are very content #or parentsto read them chapter books that have #e pictures or lack illustrations altogether6

8oever, most ill still enjoy picture books ith more comple' story lines.

/etells simple stories

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#$%&Children learn to tell stories by hearing stories. (on!t be surprised i# you begin to

hear invented stories about the characters #rom your child!s #avorite book. 4hat is a great

sign that he is interacting ith the stories. ;ou can also ask him to retell storylines #rom#avorite books A you ill probably be ama3ed at the details he remembers6

Uses descriptive language to explain or to as# questions- Literacymilestone #or the *%? years age range.

#$%&;our child ill develop a rich vocabulary by hearing rich vocabulary. "eading

books not only introduces him to stories, but gives him more ords ith hich to e'press

himsel# because books 5even childrenBs books7 use a larger vocabulary than adults use in

everyday li#e.

/ecogni0es letters and letter!sound matches


#$%&&ne o# the most important developments o# literacy at this stage is to connect letters

ith their 5many7 sounds. Children ill naturally associate one sound ith each letter, butit is help#ul to introduce the alternate sounds o# letters 5#or e'ample, the to sounds o# g,

and c7 early so that hen your child encounters these letters in print, he is not con#usedby the less common sound.

-hows familiarity with rhyming and beginning sounds


#$%&Many pieces o# children!s literature e##ectively use alliteration 5ords that beginith the same letter7 and rhyme 5ords that end ith the same sound7 to create an

e'perience o# sounds that engages young minds just as much as the story itsel#. 1e sure to

include poetry and rhyming books in your reading routines6

Understands that print is read left!to!right and top!to!bottom


#$%&;our child ill learn the #lo o# print by #olloing your #inger as you point to the

ords you are reading. While his attention ill likely be #i'ed on the illustrations,#olloing the ords ith your #inger can give him a sense o# ho ords #it on the page.

*egins to match spo#en words with written ones


#$%&@Sight ords@ are a delight to children and parents alike. 4his is, in a sense, a child!s#irst e'perience o# reading, o# recogni3ing a set o# letters and knoing the ord they

make. Some children ac/uire this skill long be#ore they kno the sounds that the

individual letters make, hile others ill learn to decode sounds be#ore gaining any sightords. &ne #un ay to encourage sight ords is to choose a #amiliar ord 5like @he@ or

sheD7 and every time you come to that ord in a book to let your child say it.

=reschoolers pick up sight ords very /uickly ith this kind o# activity.
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*egins to write letters of the alphabet and some words he usesand hears often


#$%&2t is important to balance encouragement ith structure as your child is learning to

rite letters. 8e may have creative ays o# shaping his letters, just as he has inventivespelling. 1oth o# these are #ine and normal. 8oever, as you help him to learn

conventional spelling, it is also important to learn ho to #orm the letters properly so that

the habits he #orms at home help him in school. Wipe clean books are an e'cellent tool toteach letter riting, as they usually include arros ith numbers to sho hich motion

comes #irst, and the child can rite directly on top o# the model.

*egins to write stories with some readable parts


#$%&=utting ords together to communicate in riting is a major milestone #or children.

Eot long a#ter he begins to recogni3e sight ords, he ill ant to begin communicating

using his ne#ound ritten vocabulary.

Is capable of measuring ingredients and using simple #itchenutensils such as an eggbeater, grater, and vegetable peeler

- Fine Motormilestone #or the *% years age range.

#$%&=ractice basic skills until they are mastered be#ore alloing your child to try

advanced tasks. -s your child builds skill and con#idence in the kitchen, you ill have ahelper and constant companion.

Uses a pencil to ma#e shapes 1li#e a square2 and then to ma#eletters, words, and sentences


#$%&2# your child does not yet hold a pencil properly, this is the time to teach him.

Forming good habits no ill help him #or years to come. Many children #ind tracing

help#ul to learn to rite letters and numbers. Wipe%o## books enable your child to do thisrepeatedly and, hen ready, move to riting independently. 2# your child continues to

#ind holding a pencil di##icult, you should discuss this ith your pediatrician.

&raws people, houses and trees with more detail than before1for example3 at least 4 body parts when he draws a person2


#$%&Children develop draing ability ith encouragement. ;ou can ask your child abouthis draing and its speci#ic parts. 4his ill help him to be more precise in his draings.

2# he has dran a person, you can ask him hat is missing and encourage him to add the

missing elements, but take care that your comments donBt sound like criticisms.
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5erforms a series of motions in order to do a complicated motoractivity li#e pumping himself on a swing, s#ipping, jumpingrope, or swimming stro#es

- :ross Motormilestone #or the *% years age range.

#$%&Comple' motor activities re/uire instruction, encouragement, and practice. Withoutgood instruction, a child may learn to sim akardly but not learn techni/ues that ill

make it #un and easy. Without encouragement, a child may be discouraged by the

challenge o# an activity. Without practice, even good instruction and encouragement ill#all short.

&evelops more visual!motor coordination and can catchbounced or thrown balls more easily


#$%&;ou!ve alays anted to say, @eep your eye on the ball6@ and no is the time.

Like all skills, practice is the key to mastery. 4o make it easier at #irst, you may ant touse a balloon 5hich is easy to catch because it moves sloly7 to give him greater

success and build con#idence.

*alances on one foot for 67 seconds


#$%&;ou can help your child build con#idence by making it a game) Who can balance on

one #oot #or the longest9 &r, can you stand on one #oot ith your eyes closed9

/ecogni0es opposites, defines objects by their use, and uses

relatively good sentence structure- Speech < Languagemilestone #or the *% years age range.

#$%&;ou don!t need to teach grammar lessons 5yet7 to help your child understand parts o#

speech and use proper structure. Modeling is the best teacher) speak properly to yourchild and read lots o# books together. 2# your child does not use plurals or past tense

properly hen speaking 5despite good modeling7 you should discuss this ith your

pediatrician.

Understands the rules of conversation and is able to tal#, thenlisten

- Speech < Languagemilestone #or the *% years age range.#$%&8o you listen to your child 5and to others7 teaches your child ho to listen. Model

active listening ith good eye contact, clari#ying /uestions, and simple restatements o#

hat has been said.

$nows all the letters and their sounds, and numbers to 677

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#$%&Much o# hat your child ill learn in the #irst years o# elementary school ill be

related to reading, riting, and math. Learning the letter names and sounds 5and letter

combination sounds7 is the #oundation o# learning to read. 4he best ay to rein#orce theseskills is in the conte't o# books your child loves.

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