Question

When assessing physical development of the five year old, you would find it abnormal if he ________
1. Could stack up pile of six blocks
2. Needed to go up a stairway one step at a time
3. Cold jump on one foot a few times
4. Could catch a large rubber ball
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Needed to go up a stairway one step at a time

Concept:-

• While assessing the physical development of a five-year-old child, he will find it abnormal if he needs to go up a stairway one step at a time.
• Between 18 and 22 months, a child can build a four-block tower, then after a while can stack up to six blocks.

 Gross Motor Development

Age	Milestone
8 month	Sitting without support
9 month	Stand with support.
12 month	Creeps well; walk but falls; stand without support
15 month	Walk alone; creeps upstairs
18 month	Runs; explore drawers
2 year	Walk up and downstairs (2 feet/step); jumps
3 year	Rides tricycle; alternate feet going upstairs
4 year	Hops on one foot; alternate feet going downstairs

Fine Motor Development

4 month	Bidextrous reach (reaching out of an object with both hands)
6 month	Unidextrous reaching (reaching with one hand); transfer object
9 month	Immature pincer grasp
12 month	Mature pincer grasp
15 month	Imitate scribbling; the tower of 2 blocks
18 month	Scribbles; the tower of 3 blocks
2 year	Tower of 6 blocks; vertical and circular strokes
3 year	Tower of 9 blocks; copies circle
4 year	Copies cross; bridge with blocks
5 year	Copies triangle; gates with blocks