• ASQ 4 years

  • Child's Birthday*
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  • Communication Section

  • Does your child name at least three items from a common category? For example, if you say to your child, “Tell me some things that you can eat,” does your child answer with something like “cookies, eggs, and cereal”? Or if you say, “Tell me the names of some animals,” does your child answer with something like “cow, dog, and elephant”?*
  • Does your child answer the following questions? (Mark “sometimes” if your child answers only one question.) “What do you do when you are hungry?” (Acceptable answers include “get food,” “eat,” “ask for something to eat,” and “have a snack.”)*
  • “What do you do when you are tired?” (Acceptable answers include “take a nap,” “rest,” “go to sleep,” “go to bed,” “lie down,” and “sit down.”)*
  • Does your child tell you at least two things about common objects? For example, if you say to your child, “Tell me about your ball,” do they say something like, “It’s round. I throw it. It’s big”?*
  • Does your child use endings of words, such as “-s,” “-ed,” and “-ing”? For example, does your child say things like, “I see two cats,” “I am playing,” or “I kicked the ball”?*
  • Without you giving help by pointing or repeating, does your child follow three directions that are unrelated to one another? Give all three directions before your child starts. For example, you may ask your child, “Clap your hands, walk to the door, and sit down,” or “Give me the pen, open the book, and stand up.”*
  • Does your child use all of the words in a sentence (for example, “a,”“the,” “am,” “is,” and “are”) to make complete sentences, such as “I am going to the park,” or “Is there a toy to play with?” or “Are you coming, too?”*
  • Gross Motor

  • Does your child catch a large ball with both hands? (You should stand about 5 feet away and give your child two or three tries before you mark the answer.)*
  • Does your child climb the rungs of a ladder of a playground slide and slide down without help?*
  • While standing, does your child throw a ball overhand in the direction of a person standing at least 6 feet away? To throw overhand, your child must raise his arm to shoulder height and throw the ball forward. (Dropping the ball or throwing the ball underhand should be scored as “not yet.”)*
  • Does your child hop up and down on either the right or left foot at least one time without losing her balance or falling?*
  • Does your child jump forward a distance of 20 inches from a standing position, starting with their feet together?*
  • Without holding onto anything, does your child stand on one foot for at least 5 seconds without losing their balance and putting their foot down? (You may give your child two or three tries before you mark the answer.)*
  • Fine Motor

  • Does your child put together a five- to seven-piece interlocking puzzle? (If one is not available, take a full-page picture from a magazine or catalog and cut it into six pieces. Does your child put it back together correctly?)*
  • Using child-safe scissors, does your child cut a paper in half on a more or less straight line, making the blades go up and down? (Carefully watch your child’s use of scissors for safety reasons.)*
  • Using the shapes below to look at, does your child copy at least three shapes onto a large piece of paper using a pencil, crayon, or pen, with-out tracing? (Your child’s drawings should look similar to the design of the shapes below, but they may be different in size.)*
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  • Does your child unbutton one or more buttons? (Your child may use his own clothing or a doll’s clothing.)*
  • Does your child draw pictures of people that have at least three of the following features: head, eyes, nose, mouth, neck, hair, trunk, arms, hands, legs, or feet?*
  • Does your child color mostly within the lines in a coloring book or within the lines of a 2-inch circle that you draw? (Your child should not go more than 1/4 inch outside the lines on most of the picture.)*
  • Problem Solving

  • When you say, “Say ‘five eight three,’” does your child repeat just the three numbers in the same order? Do not repeat the numbers. If necessary, try another series of numbers and say, “Say ‘six nine two.’” (Your child must repeat just one series of three numbers to answer “yes” to this question.)*
  • When asked, “Which circle is the smallest?” does your child point tothe smallest circle? (Ask this question without providing help by pointing, gesturing, or looking at the smallest circle.)*
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  • Without your giving help by pointing, does your child follow three different directions using the words “under,” “between,” and “middle”? For example, ask your child to put the shoe “under the couch.” Then ask her to put the ball “between the chairs” and the book “in the middle of the table.”*
  • When shown objects and asked, “What color is this?” does your child name five different colors, like red, blue, yellow, orange, black, white, or pink? (Mark “yes” only if your child answers the question correctly using five colors.)*
  • Does your child dress up and “play-act,” pretending to be someone or something else? For example, your child may dress up in different clothes and pretend to be a mommy, daddy, brother, or sister, or an imaginary animal or figure.*
  • If you place five objects in front of your child, can they count them by saying, “one, two, three, four, five,” in order? (Ask this question without providing help by pointing, gesturing, or naming.)*
  • Personal-Social

  • Does your child serve themself, taking food from one container to another using utensils? For example, does your child use a large spoon to scoop applesauce from a jar into a bowl?*
  • Does your child tell you at least four of the following? Please mark the items your child knows.
  • Does your child wash his hands using soap and water and dry off with a towel without help?*
  • Does your child tell you the names of two or more playmates, not including brothers and sisters? (Ask this question without providing help by suggesting names of playmates or friends.)*
  • Does your child brush her teeth by putting toothpaste on the toothbrush and brushing all of their teeth without help? (You may still need to check and rebrush your child’s teeth.)*
  • Does your child dress or undress themself without help (except for snaps, buttons, and zippers)?*
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