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13-15 months Physical Development
Large Motor Skills:
May stand erect with only slight support.
May stand alone but for only a short period of time.
May be able to walk a few steps alone.
Sits by collapsing when first taking steps
Small Motor Skills:
Improved grasping skills
Turns cardboard or cloth pages of pictures books
Builds small towers of blocks
Uses spoon, spilling little -
13-15 Months Cognitive Development
General:
Loves to mimic all actions
Has very short memory and almost no forethought
Language:
Slowly increases vocabulary to 4-6 words
May repeat sounds without understanding the meaning of sounds Video:
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16-18 Months Physical Development
Large Motor Skills:
Stands on either foot with support
Walks fast; runs stiffly
Jumps with both feet
Small Motor Skills:
Likes to grab any and everything
Adds hand gestures to spoken language
Works jigsaw puzzles with 1-2 pieces -
16-18 Months Cognitive Development
Remembers where objects belong.
identifies simple pictures in book such as "ball".
Language:
vocabulary increases to six to ten words.
responds to t.v shows.
refers to self by name when asked. -
19-21 Months Cognitive Development
General:
Progressess from simple imitation to imaginative play
Places circles, triangles, and square in form board
Interested in tiny things such as bugs
Learns to distinguish different sounds and smells
Language:
Has vocabulary of about 20 words
Combines two different words
Enjoys hearing nursery rhymes
Understands some personal pronouns such as me -
19-21 Physical Development
Large Motor Skills:
Runs withouth falling often
Responds rhythmically to music with whole body
Loves to run, jump, and climb
Small Motor Skills:
Holds two objects in hand easily
Holds container in one hand, puts small objects into it with other hand, then dumps the object out
Can fold piece of paper opnce imitating demonstration -
22-24 Months Physical Months
Large Motor Skills:
Walks with more coordination and assurance
Lacks ability to start effinciently or stop quickly while running
Can seat self in small chair with ease
Throws ball overhead instead of tossing
Small Motor Skills:
Shows increased coordination and smoother hand and finger movements
Can put several blocks together to make a train or stack them to build a tower
Likes to play with modeling clay
Holds crayon with thumb and fingers -
22-24 Months Cognitive Development
General:
follows simple directions
identifies familiar objects on tv screen
recognizes when picture in book is upside down
Language:
has vocabulary of 50 or more words
is interested in sound repition
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24-30 Months Physical Development
Large Motor Skills:
climbs everywhere indoors, even in forbidden places
kicks ball forward
improves motor skills as torso lengthens and baby fat begins to disappear
Small Motor Skills:
open doors by turning knobs
likes to take jar lids off and screw them back on
tears paper and manipulates clay -
24-30 Months Cognitive Development
General:
becomes increasingly interested in childrens tv shows
is better able to plan a play activity and carry it out
enjoys playing house and imitating family situations
Language:
vocabulary starts at 200 words and increases to 500 or more in this period
enjoys learning names for new objects
understands a few prepositions such as out , in, on, -
30-36 Months Physical Development
Large Motor Skills:
likes to be in constant motion, running or walking sideways or backwards
goes up stairs by alternating feet, but goes down one foot at a time
throws ball over head but aim is still poor
Language:
turns doorknobs with greater strength
scribbles and draws circle as well as horizontal and vertical lines
makes mud pies and sand castles -
30-36 Months Cognitive Development
General:
begins to classify objects into general categories
becomes more skilled in putting puzzles together
can stack rings in the correct order
Language:
starts to use past tense and plurals
ask names of objects and repeats them
understands relative size ( big and small)
