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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > physiology > growth and development > developmental milestones
Fields of Study > human ecology > family and consumer science > human development > developmental milestones
Preferred Term:

developmental milestones

Definition:
Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye-bye” are called developmental milestones. Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move (for example, crawling and walking). Children develop at their own pace, so it’s impossible to tell exactly when a child will learn a given skill. However, the developmental milestones give a general idea of the changes to expect as a child gets older.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
human development, growth and development
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/334414
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RDF/XMLCreated 2019-09-30, last modified 2019-12-16