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Social
• Wants to please friends
• Wants to be like her friends
• More likely to agree to rules
• Likes to sing, dance, and act
• Shows more independence and may even visit a next-door neighbor by herself
Emotional Milestones
• Aware of gender
• Able to distinguish fantasy from reality
• Sometimes demanding, sometimes eagerly cooperative
Cognitive Milestones
• Can count 10 or more objects
• Correctly names at least four colors
• Better understands the concept of time
• Knows about things used every day in the home (money, food, appliances)
Language
• Recalls part of a story
• Speaks sentences of more than five words
• Uses future tense
• Tells longer stories
• Says name and address
Movement
• Stands on one foot for 10 seconds or longer
• Hops, somersaults
• Swings, climbs
• May be able to skip
Hand and Finger Skills
• Copies triangle and other shapes
• Draws person with body
• Prints some letters
• Dresses and undresses without help
• Uses fork, spoon, and (sometimes) a table knife
• Usually cares for own toilet needs
60 Months - Developmental Health Watch !
• Acts extremely fearful or timid
• Acts extremely aggressively
• Is unable to separate from parents without major protest
• Is easily distracted and unable to concentrate on any single activity for more than five minutes
• Shows little interest in playing with other children
• Refuses to respond to people in general, or responds only superficially
• Rarely uses fantasy or imitation in play
• Seems unhappy or sad much of the time
• Doesn't engage in a variety of activities
• Avoids or seems aloof with other children and adults
• Doesn't express a wide range of emotions
• Has trouble eating, sleeping, or using the toilet
• Can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality
• Seems unusually passive
• Cannot understand two-part commands using prepositions ("Put the doll on the bed, and get the ball under the couch.")
• Can't correctly give her first and last name
• Doesn't use plurals or past tense properly when speaking
• Doesn't talk about her daily activities and experiences
• Cannot build a tower of six to eight blocks
• Seems uncomfortable holding a crayon
• Has trouble taking off clothing
• Cannot brush her teeth efficiently
• Cannot wash and dry her hands
• Experiences a dramatic loss of skills he or she once had
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