Milestones 3-5 Years

Milestones 3-5 Years

1. Physical Development Gross

   • 3-4 Years
     • Can hop on one foot
     • Can walk along a line
     • Can aim and throw a ball fairly accuratley
     • Can kick a ball with some force
     • Can ride a tricycle using pedals and steer it accuratley
   • 4-5 Years
     • Can run and aviod obstacles
     • Can skip with a rope
     • Can throw a large ball to a partner and catch it

2. Physical Development Fine

   • 3-4 Years
     • Can button and unbutton clothes
     • Uses scissors to cut out simple shapes
     • Can draw a person with a head, trunk and legs
     • Eats with knife and fork
     • Can thread beads to make a necklace
   • 4-5 Years
     • Can form letters
     • Writes own name
     • Colours a picture

3. Cognitive Development

   • 3-4 Years
     • Can recognise and name primary colours
     • Understands what is meant by more
     • Can tell whether an object is heavy or light
     • Arranges object into categories
     • Makes connections between people and events
   • 4-5 Years
     • Can count accurately up to 10
     • Can add two sets of objects together
     • Can match equal sets of objects
     • Can understand the need for rules
     • Names times of the day associated with different everyday activties

4. Communication and Language Development

   • 3-4 Years
     • Speech can be easily understood although some words may not be pronounced correctly
     • Uses questions to gain attention but also out of genuine intrested
     • Fluent speech at 4 years
   • 4-5 Years
     • Can count accurately up to 10
     • Uses complex sentences with words such as because
     • Can talk about what has happened and what might happen
     • Uses language to argue and to answer back

5. Emotional and Social Development

   • 3-4 Years
     • Can cope with separation from primary carer when they are with someone they know
     • Begins to play cooperatively and enjoys playing with others
     • Shows clear friendships
   • 4-5 Years
     • Can work out what others may be thinking
     • Able to understand the need for rules
     • Behaviour is mostly cooperative
     • Separates more easily from parents