Lately, I have been taking time out to look at Developmental Milestones for both of my children. Boo, my daughter, will be taking the Gazelle Test for admission to kindergarten. She's doing great in regard to her milestones. Boo's showing a lot of interest in spelling, letters, numbers, math and has an awesome imagination. I think she will be ready for kindergarten this fall. Because of her late birthday, we had some hesitations.Boo will still be four when she starts for about a month. I think she'll do wonderfully, especially with 2 years of preschool under her belt.
Gabe is doing fantastic. He is flying through his ABA programs. They said that they only need to show him once and he knows it. Sometimes they probe to find he already knew what they were going to teach.I always assumed Gabe would be very smart and quick at learning new things. He comes from a long history of engineers, chemical and electrical. He was born to figure out how things work.
So, here are the milestones he reached for his age from nnnc.org. I found that the milestones from nncc.org were more thorough in explaining the various areas of development. I find it helps me to gauge where Gabe is and what we need to focus on when I can compare him to other children his age. In order to get the services I believe Gabe needs, I have to first know where he is falling behind, doing just great or maybe just needs a little fine tuning.
This is how I rated the skills
+ MASTERED SKILL
* SKILL EMERGING
- NOT YET
By 3 years of age does your child:
Gabe will be 3 in 2 1/2 months
Motor Skills
+ Feed himself (with some spilling)
+ Open doors
+ Hold glass in one hand
+ Hold a crayon well (Tripod)
+ Wash and dry hands by himself
* Brush teeth on own
* Fold paper, if shown how
+ Build a tower of 4-5 blocks
+ Throw a ball overhead
+ Tries to catch a ball
+ Put on shoes, but not tie laces
+ Dress himself with help
- Use toilet with some help (He sits on "little" potty dressed)
* Walk up step alternating feet
+ Walk on tip toes if shown how
+ Walk in straight line
+ Kick a ball forward
+ Jump with both feet
* Pedal a tricycle
Sensory and Thinking Skills
+Recognize sounds in the environment
+ Pay attention for about 3 minutes
+Remember what happened yesterday
+ Know what food is and what is not
* Understands what "1" is
- Understands "now", "soon", and "later"
* Substitute one object for another in pretend play (Block as a car)
-Laugh at silly ideas (Like "milking" a dog)
+ Look through a book alone
+ Match circles and Squares
+ Match an object to a picture of that object
+Match objects that have same function (Cup and plate)
+ Count 2-3 objects
* Avoid some dangers, like hot stove/moving car
+ Follow simple one step commands (Can follow 2-3 step command)
Language and Social Skills
- Use 3-5 word sentences (Uses 2 word requests, some 2 word sentences)
-Ask short questions
- Use plurals (Dogs)
+ Name at least 10 familiar objects (He knows about 250+)
*Repeat simple rhymes (sings songs -clarity of words is about 35%)
+ Name at Least one color correctly (He knows about 5)
* Imitate housework or help with simple tasks
-Ask to use toilet almost every time
+Enjoys being read to
- Talks about feelings and mental states
-/*Demonstrates some shame when caught in wrong doing
(He will shuffle his feet, walking towards something he's not supposed to, occasionally looking back to see if we see him. Does not understand "No")
+ Try to make others laugh (He tickles our feet)
+ Defends his possessions (Only what he is playing with)
*/+ Play spontaneously with two or three children in a group (Pretended to be a dinosaur with 4 other children during playdate)
- Assign roles in pretend social play ("You be the mommy")
* Knows first and last name (Knows his first!)
- Understand "I", "you", "he","she" (I'm assuming-not sure-he uses "mine")
+ Believes everything centers around him ("if I hide my eyes, no one will see me")
- Answer whether he is a boy or girl
Extras
-He knows almost all 26 letters in the alphabet,but 2 or 3 letters.
-He can count up to 10, but knows the rest of the numbers to twenty but 11 and 12. He doesn't get why they aren't two-teen and one-teen.
-He can sing about 10 different songs.
-He knows about 10 different books.(He can "read" them to you)
