Social Skills Milestones
The course of children's development is mapped using a chart of developmental milestones. These milestones are behaviors that emerge over time, forming the building blocks for growth and continued learning.
During an assessment, these milestones are reviewed together to give a comprehensive review of a child's progress developmentally. Some of these categories reviewed could include:
Social Interaction Skills
initiating peer contact, group play
Up to One Year
- smiles spontaneously
- responds differently to strangers than to familiar people
- pays attention to own name
- responds to no
- copies simple actions of others
One to Two Years
- recognizes self in mirror or picture
- refers to self by name
- plays by self; initiates own play
- imitates adult behaviors in play
- helps put things away
Two to Three Years
- plays near other children
- watches other children; joins briefly in their play
- defends own possessions
- begins to play house
- symbolically uses objects, self in play
- participates in simple group activity
- knows gender identity
Three to Four Years
- joins in play with other children; begins to interact
- shares toys; takes turns with assistance
- begins dramatic play, acting out whole scenes
Four to Five Years
- plays and interacts with other children
- dramatic play is closer to reality, with attention paid to detail, time, and space
- plays dress-up
Five to Six Years
- chooses own friends
- plays simple table games
- plays competitive games
- engages in cooperative play with other children involving group decisions, role assignments, fair play
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