Child Development At Age 5. Keep your child s personality and age in mind when looking for child care experiences and activities. Play different sports and do recreational activities together or with others.
The information below shows the ages by which most young children develop certain abilities. Print the milestone checklists pdf pdf icon 2 mb 20 pages 508 download the milestone tracker. By age 5 a child can do most of the gross motor skills.
4 to 5 year old development.
Check the milestones your child has reached by the end of 5 years by completing a checklist with cdc s free milestone tracker mobile app for ios external icon and android external icon devices or by printing the checklist pdf icon 294 kb 2 pages print only below. If you have any questions about development you should always consult your pediatrician. It is normal for a child to do some of these things later than the ages noted here. At this age many children are still straddling the not too distant past period of the toddlerhood and preschool years and the big kid phase of development to come.