This document outlines typical sensory and motor milestones for 5-year-olds. It describes behaviors such as maintaining eye contact, playing in groups, exploring environments, and enjoying age-appropriate toys. Fine motor skills include copying shapes, drawing people, and dressing independently. Red flags are noted as concerns from teachers about school readiness, inability to independently complete routines, or not meeting mobility benchmarks.

1. SENSORY MILESTONES(5Year)
By:
Nayana shree Ramesh
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2. • Is interested in, aware of, and able to maintain eye contact
with others
• Enjoys playing in small groups with children of the same age
• Is able to initiate and play with another child of the same age
• Turns head in response to name being called
• Interested in exploring varied environments, such as new
playground or friend’s house
• Is able to play in new social situations
• Enjoys playing with variety of toys intended for children of
the same age

3. • Is aware of risky and unsafe environments and behavior
• Participates in crafts/activities that involve wet textures, such as
glue
• Enjoys rough but safe play with peers, siblings, or parents
• Enjoys swinging on playground swings
• Enjoys playing with new toys
• Is able to locate objects you are pointing to
• Enjoys sitting to look at or listen to a book
• Usually does not bring non-food objects to mouth
• Is able to play with one toy or theme for 15 minute periods of time
• Coordination

4. • Most children by age 5:
• Somersault and possibly skip.
• Swing and climb.
• Hop on one foot.
• Use the toilet by themselves. They may still wet the bed, though.
• By age 5, most children can use their hands and fingers (fine motor
skills) to:
• Copy triangles and other geometric shapes.
• Draw a person with a head, a body, arms, and legs.
• Dress and undress on their own, although they may still need help
tying shoelaces.
• Write some small and capital letters from the alphabet.
• Eat with a fork, spoon, and possibly a flatware knife.

5. RED FLAGS:
• Concerns from teacher about school
readiness
• Not able to independently complete
everyday routines such as feeding and
dressing
• Not able to draw simple pictures (e.g. stick
person)
• Not able to walk, run, climb, jump and use
stairs confidently
• Not able to hop five times on one leg and
stand on one leg for five seconds.
• Not able to maintain eye contact.