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What Should My Child Be Doing?:
24 – 30 Months |
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How Your Child Will Grow: |
Things You Can Do: |
| 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 |
* Information obtained from the New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program
