Milestones

Gross motor milestones: Ages 3-6

Red flags to look for in gross motor development

• Late in reaching developmental milestones (such as sitting up, crawling, walking)

• Skills seem to be delayed when compared to same-aged peers

• Moves stiffly and lacks fluid body movement or appears clumsy

• Frequent falling, loss of balance when sitting, walking, running

• Avoids physical activity or participates in physical activity for only short periods of time/tires quickly or frequently

• Unable to perform multiple steps to correctly sequence a physical task

• Loses previously mastered skills if they do not keep practicing them

• Unable to generalize or transfer skills (using the same skill in a different setting/way)

• Very fearful/hesitant with gross motor activities

• Asymmetrical walking, running, jumping skills

• Favoring one side (arm/leg)

• Consistent, constant W-sitting with no other sitting options - unable to sit in another position with arms free to play with a toy

• Constant toe walking, with no heel contact during gait pattern