This document is a growth chart created by Tarrant County Youth Collaboration to help parents track their child's development from ages 1 to 4. It provides developmental milestones and suggested activities for each age to help children practice skills needed for school. The growth chart can be used to make handprints and drawings to create a keepsake and document the child's growth over time.

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For accurate measurements, measure 1 foot
from the floor to the bottom of growth chart.
Ready for School is a program brought to you by Tarrant County Youth Collaboration,
which works to educate parents about how to work with their children in their early years
in order for them to develop the skills necessary to succeed in school and in life. This
growth chart is a tool to help you and your child practice the skills that he or she will need
upon entering school while spending time with your child, and will provide a keepsake and
memories for years to come. For more information and activities for you and your child to
work with, visit Tarrant County Youth Collaboration’s Web site at www.tcyc4kids.org.
age 4
By the age of 4, your child should be beginning to move past basic sentences, and should be
able to put together a story and recognize verbal similarities such as rhyming. In addition, your
child should be learning some of the skills necessary to function independently, such as writing
his or her name, dressing, using the bathroom, feeding and cleanliness. Here are some
activities for you to practice these skills:
• Give free, but supervised, choices and praise appropriate decisions
• Reduce your role to supervising your child in self-care issues and allow your child to do
it himself or herself
• Have your child trace and erase his or her name on a laminated strip with a washable
marker
• Help your child make up a story or rhyme about one of the pictures on this growth
chart
• Help your child to practice tying his or her shoes
age 3
At three years old, your child should begin to learn things a little bit faster. He or she
should have a healthy curiosity about learning materials and the things that interest them.
They should have the sturdiness in their limbs to run, jump, throw, catch or climb, and the
confidence to try new things. To help your child continue growing and learning, try some
of these activities:
• Visit your nearest park and allow your child to play on the playground
• Allow your child to draw a picture on the space below
• Let your child make some decisions about their clothing or food
• Label objects around the house
age 2
At this age, your child should be developing a healthy imagination and show interest
in stories, other children and ways of expressing himself or herself, such as drawing,
music and acting. Your child should also have an awareness of daily processes such
as bathing and brushing teeth, even if you still help them. He or she should be able
to handle small objects such as books and toys, and should always be improving their
coordination Here are some activities that may help your child develop these skills:
• Reinforce success and break down challenges into smaller steps
• Ask your child questions so that they can learn to communicate their thinking
• Make up a story or play with your child and act it out with them
• Mold objects out of clay or some other moldable material
• Help your child color pictures on this growth chart
• Point out shapes in these pictures
• Allow your child to turn the pages of a book as you read it to them
• Play a game with your child in which they point out their eyes, ears, nose, mouth
and toes
age 1
As a one-year-old, your child should develop
a healthy curiosity about the things going on
around him or her. Development of coordination
and balance will allow for your child to begin to
walk and perform other tasks soon. Your child
should develop interest in stories, and should
begin learning basic words, as well. To help your
child begin these first steps, here are a few
activities.
• Help child stand and point to parts of this
growth chart
• Look at family photos and say the name of
each person in them
• Repeat back words when your child uses
gestures and encourage your child to use
words for requests
• Name the objects your child is using as
he or she is using them
• Make up stories about the pictures on
this growth chart
• Use the bottom of this growth chart for
finger painting, hand prints or other
artwork
• Take a walk with your child and allow them to
push the stroller or carry a doll with them
Date:
Use finger paint
to make your
child’s handprint.
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