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DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN FROM AGE 1 TO AGE 2!
What should you expect of children from 1 to 2 years old? Children this age are...
- Energetic (walk more steadily, run, push, pull, take apart, carry, and climb on and grab things).
- Self-centered.
- Busy (like to flip light switches, pour things in and out of containers, unwrap packages, and empty drawers).
Between their first and second birthdays, they...
- Like to imitate the sounds and actions of others (by pretending to do housework or yardwork, for example).
- Want to be independent and do it themselves (and express this by saying "No!").
- Can be clingy.
- Can have relatively short attention spans if not involved in an activity.
- Add variations to their physical skills (by walking back-wards or sideways, for example).
- Begin to see how they are like and unlike other children.
- Become more sensitive to the moods of others.
- Play alone or alongside other toddlers.
- Increase their vocabularies from about 2 or 3 words to about 250 words and understand more of what people say to them.
What do they need? Children this age require...
- A safe environment for exploring.
- Opportunities to make their own choices (Do you want the red cup or the blue one?).
- Clear and reasonable limits.
- Opportunities to use big muscles (in the arms and legs, for example).
- Opportunities to manipulate small objects, such as puzzles and stackable toys.
- Activities that allow them to touch, taste, smell, hear, and see new things.
- Chances to learn about "cause and effect"--that things they do produce certain results (when a stack of blocks gets too high it will fall over).
- Opportunities to develop and practice their language skills.
Chances to learn about kindness and caring about others' feelings.
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