Developmental Milestones Chart : 5 Years


Hearing/Speech and Language

Receptive Ability:

  • Can follow rules

Expressive Ability:

  • Speaks smoothly with long descriptions

  • Tells stories

  • Counts to 10

  • Knows the letters of the alphabet by repeating

  • 🚩 Cannot give full name 

Socio-Emotional Skills

  • Has a group of friends

  • Follows games with rules

  • 🚩 Shows extreme behaviour (e.g. frequent outrages, impulsitivity amongst others)

  • 🚩 Easily distracted, has trouble focusing on one activity for more than 5 mins

Gross Motor Skills

  • Stands on 1 foot for 10s

  • Skips

Fine Motor Skills

  • Copies a triangle

  • Draws a person with 6-8 body parts

  • 🚩 Does not copy square