Normal Child Development milestones outlined - this page looks at 4 -5 yrs

The following page gives normal child development milestones during the period from 4 to 5 years (48 to 60 months).

There are 4 main areas of development that are assessed and these are shown in each age band.

Your precious baby is now getting ready for school and is becoming increasingly complex, particularly with language development and thought processes.

4 year normal child developmental milestones

Motor Development

At 4 years of age, your toddler will be able to:

hop on one leg
go downstairs one foot per step

Fine Motor / Vision Development

At 4 years, your toddler will be able to:

draw a person with 3 parts
build 6 cube step using 1 inch cube wooden bricks
copy a cross
use scissors

Speech and Language Development

At 4 years, your toddler will be able to:

use words like "but" and "and"
name 4 colors
discriminate size - so will know which is the small and which is the large object
follow a 2 step command, eg. get your ball and put it in the basket

Personal / Social Development

At 4 years, your toddler, if he is following normal development, will be able to:

toilet himself
play imaginatively
show concern for others

4 1/2 year child development milestones

Motor Development

At 4 1/2 years of age, if your child is following normal development, he will be able to:

run upstairs

Fine Motor / Vision Development

At 4 1/2 years, your toddler will be able to:

copy a square

Speech and Language Development

At 4 1/2 years of age, your child, if he is following normal child development, will be able to:

follow commands with 3 steps

5 year child development milestones

Motor Development

At 5 years of age, if your child is following normal child development, he will be able to:

skip
walk heel to toe

Fine Motor / Vision Development

At 5 years, your toddler will be able to:

copy a triangle
build 10 cube steps using 1 inch cube wooden bricks
draw a person with 6 parts

Speech and Language Development

At 5 years of age, your child, if he is following normal child development, will be able to:

speak fluently

Personal / Social Development

At 5 years of age, your toddler will be able to:

tie shoe laces
dress alone
actively help others
observe rules - in fact, your toddler will be keen to inform on others breaking the rules!

References

Martin Bellman and John Cash. Schedule of Growing Skills. NEFR-Nelson. ISBN 0 7005 1161 X
Mary Sheridan. From birth to five years. NFER-NELSON. ISBN 0 85633 074 4

For normal child development from birth to six months, click here

For infants from 6 to 12 months of age, click here

For toddlers from 1 to 2 years of age, click here

For toddlers from 2 to 3 years of age, click here

For toddlers from 3 to 4 years of age, click here

For children from 4 to 5 years of age, click here

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Last reviewed 22 February 2007