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Birth
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13-15 Months; Physical Development
At about 13-15 months, a toddler begins to take his or hers first steps while holding onto parents' hands. This is a gross motor skill and is a major milestone for the toddler. Toddlers also begin to climb on chairs, sofas, and tables. A toddler also crawls forward or backward with varying speed. -
13-15 Months: Intellectual Development
A 13-15 month old toddler has a very short memory and almost no forethought. A toddler notices actions of other children and adults. They love to mimic all actions, as well as showing interest in new textures by rubbbing fingers over surfaces. -
16-18 Months: Physical Development
Around this age, toddlers like to grab anything and everything. They also begin to scribble and they may show hand preferences in all activities. -
16-18 Months: Intellectual Development
Toddlers are starting to remember where objects belong and begin to figure things out through thought process. They identify simple pictures in book, such as "ball," "doggie," and so on. -
19-21 Months: Physical Development
Toddlers are now about to sit on the floor from standing position quite easily. They can also start walking but they walk sideways and backwards. Toddlers at this age love to run, jump, and climb. -
19-21 Months: Intellectual Development
By this age, a toddler looks ar books for a longer period of time. They also study the pictures on the pages. Toddlers understand some personal pronouns such as "me". -
22-24 Months: Physical Development
Toddlers show increase of coordination and smoother hand and finger movements. They walk sideways and backward with ease but lack the ability to start efficiently or stop quickly while running. -
22-24 Months: Intellectual Development
When a toddler is about 22-24 months old, they can identify fimiliar objects on t.v. They also listen and enjoy simple stories, as well as interested in sound repition. -
24-30 Months: Intellectual Development
Toddlers now enjoy playing house and imitating family situations. They are able to plan a play activity and carry it out and understands cause and effect in terms of own behavior. -
24-30 Months: Physical Development
When a toddler is two years old, they can soap hands and arms easily. They become more idependent when it comes to bath time and their motor skills improve as baby fat disappears. -
30-36 Months: Physical Development
two year old running Toddlers like to be in a constant motion, running or walking sideways or backwards and enjoy games involving running. They also walk on tip toes. -
30-36 Months: Intellectual Development
Vocabulary starts at about 500 words and increases in 900 or 1000 in this period. Toddlers can now create two- to three-word sentences, including verbs, and they start to use past tense and plurals.
