Gross Motor Milestones
Age 0-4 months:
- Has good head control and can maintain head in midline
- Able to props on elbows during tummy time and intermittently holds head up
- Visually tracks an object or face with full neck rotation side to side
- Brings hands to midline (to mouth)
- Open and closes hands and moves toys from side to side
- Moves both arms and legs
Age 5-7 months:
- Rolls from tummy to back and back to tummy
- Purposeful play with toys
- Able to prop on extended arms during tummy time and holds head up
- Propped sitting
- Belly crawling
Age 8-12 months:
- Sitting unsupported
- Transitions in and out of sitting
- Crawling on hands and knees (known as creeping)
- Pulling to stand
- Controlled squat to retrieve object from floor while holding on to furniture
- Cruising furniture
- May attempt independent steps
Age 13-24 months:
- Walking independently
- Climbing on/off furniture
- Creeping up/down stairs
- Walking up/down inclines
- Running with hands up high
- Kicking a ball at least 6 ft
- Starting to jump
Age 3-5 years:
- Can throw a ball overhand and underhand
- Running with hands down at their side
- Jumping/hopping
- Riding a bicycle/tricycle
- Bilateral skills
- Good motor control
- Single leg balance for at least 5 seconds
- Visual motor skills