What Should My Child Be Doing?:
24 - 30 Months |
How Your Child Will Grow:
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Things You Can Do:
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| Physical: Jumps; runs; kicks a ball; walks up/down stairs |
- Encourage your child to play in a safe area |
| Hand Skills: Turns pages one at a time; can help dress/undress; turns doorknobs and unscrews lids; can feed themselves |
- Let your child looks at books and magazines.
- Hang full length mirror (child size)
- Teach to dress self (no rushing)
- Praise good feeding skills |
Language: Speaks in short sentences; labels objects in books; uses many new words; able to express needs; relies less on gestures |
- Listen and talk with your child.
- Point to pictures; ask them to tell you about them
- Don’t rush your child when they are speaking
- Answer their questions simply and honestly |
| Cognition / Understanding: Pays attention longer; knows some colors; points to 5 body parts; can say first first name |
- Read simple stories
- Let your child use paints, crayons
- Match objects / colors
- Identify body parts/common objects |
| Self Help: Asks to use the toilet during the day |
- Praise for toilet use
- Use training pants (during day)
- Remind to use toilet |
Social: Plays interactively with other children for short periods of time, with little sharing of toys |
- Provide time for your child to play with other children |
