Age-by-Age Learning Skills
Parents are the first to notice when children miss a developmental milestone. All kids develop coordination and motor skills at slightly different rates, but kids tend to reach certain milestones at certain ages. Use our age-by-age guide below, to see when kids typically develop coordination and motor skills.
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*If your child isn’t on track with all of these milestones, don’t panic. All children develop differently. Talk to your child’s health-care provider about what you’re noticing to get a better sense of how your child is doing & what do need next to begin receiving early intervention, classroom accommodations, and/or modifications
Infants & Babies
Toddlers & Preschoolers
Grade Schoolers
Middle-Schoolers & High-Schoolers
Ages 16- 18 years
Become more agile and less clumsy, making it easier to do things like type on a keyboard and build complicated projects
Refine visual-spatial coordination to help judge distance and speed and react quickly when driving
Ages 11-15 years
Refine movements like those used in team sports
May try to develop strength and endurance due to increased muscle mass- especially boys
May be clumsy because of growth spurts