Developmental Milestones of Young Children

Understand the important milestones of development in children in five developmental domains: physical and motor, social and emotional, communication and language, cognitive, and approaches to learning. Learn strategies to observe and document children’s progress and develop partnerships and establish communication with families.

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Understand the important indicators of development in children in five developmental domains: Physcial/motor, social/emotional, language, cognitive, and the recently added approaches to learning.

Developmental Milestones of Young Children will help you:

Observe and document children’s progress with proper technique.
Develop partnerships and communication with families.
Understand the most up-to-date developmental indicators.


This handbook is not meant to be a diagnostic tool for children with developmental delays. Instead, it serves as a guide to the benchmarks of typical development for each age and stage that almost all children go through.