Milestones: 5 years old

Emotional and Social Milestones

• Follows rules and instructions that you give them

• They will love to sing, dance, and play pretend with you or act.

• You have a little helper with you now, you can give them simple chores like putting their clothes in their place.

Communication and Language Milestone

• Should be able to tell your short stories

• You can ask them questions after you have just read a story to them.

• Your little one is going to be more talkative now and will be able to hold a conversation.

Cognitive Milestones (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

• Should be able to count up to 10

• Should be able to tell you if it’s day and night or today and tomorrow

• You should be able to hold their attention for about 5 -10 mins at a stretch

• Should be able to write alphabets, mostly their name. Yeah, they can be self-obsessed.

Movement/Physical Development Milestones

• Can hop on one foot, skip and jump.

• Will be able to button and unbutton by themselves

For additional guidance, please contact your pediatrician and refer to CDC's guidelines here: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html