Physical Development

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This chart shows some of the steps or milestones of normal child development. You can use it to figure out where a child is in his/her development, and to plan the next steps that he/she needs help with.

CAUTION: The development chart shows the average ages when children begin to do things. But the ages at which normal children develop different skills vary greatly. Just because a child has not developed certain skills by the ages shown does not mean he is backward or has a problem. Be sure to look at the whole child.