Age 5

At age 5, your child might have completed these skills:

• Language skills. Understand rhyming. Use sentences that give many details. Use the future tense. State his or her full name.
• Social skills. Want to be like his or her friends. Can follow rules. Aware of gender. Like to sing, act and dance.
• Cognitive skills. Know about common items, such as food and money. Count 10 or more objects. Copy a triangle and other geometric patterns.
• Physical skills. Stand on one foot for at least 8 seconds. Hop, skip, swing and do somersaults. Use the toilet on his or her own.

If your child's development isn't progressing in certain areas, share your concerns with your child's doctor.