Toddlers

Toddler Timeline

By nomadicgypsy

  • Baby is born

    Baby is born
    Baby is born.

  • 13-15 Months

    13-15 Months
    Physical Development
    - Toddler may stand erect with only slight support
    - May stand alone without support for a short time.
    - Toddler now has improved grasping skills.
    - Needs improvement in manipulation skills.

  • 13-15 Months

    13-15 Months
    Intellectual Development
    - Begins to form concepts.
    - Slowly increases vocabulary to four to six words.
    - Experiments with actions they've never tried before.
    - Notices actions of other children and adults.

  • 16-18 Months

    16-18 Months
    Physical Development
    -May be able to walk sideways.
    -Stands on either foot with support.
    -May show hand preference in all activities.
    - Likes to grab anything and everything.

  • 16-18 Months

    16-18 Months
    Intellectual Development
    -Gradually refines concepts.
    -Remembers where objects belong.
    -Vocabulary increases to six to ten words.
    -Can point to own body parts on request.

  • 19-21 Months

    19-21 Months
    Physical Development
    - Walks sideways and backward.
    - Hangs from bar, grasping with hands.
    - Holds to objects in hand easily.
    - Uses on hand more than the other.

  • 19-21 Months

    19-21 Months
    Intellectual Development
    - Progresses from simple imitation to imaginative play.
    - Learns to distinguish different sounds and smells.
    - Has vocabulary of about 20 words.
    - Responds to speech with speech

  • 22-24 Months

    22-24 Months
    Physical Development
    -Walks with more coordination and assurance.
    -Bounces and sways in simple dancing movements.
    -Can put several blocks together to make a train or stack them to build a tower.
    -Snips paper with scissors.

  • 22-24 Months

    22-24 Months
    Intellectual Development
    - Becomes interested in the outcome of activities rather than just the activities themselves.
    - Recognizes when picture in an book is upside down.
    - Imitates parents' words and inflections.
    - Asks for food when hungry or thirsty.

  • 24-30 Months

    24-30 Months
    Physical Development
    - Climbs on jungle gym with fair amount of ease.
    - Kicks ball forward.Throws ball overhead but without aiming.
    - Opens door by turning knobs.
    - Tears paper and manipulates clay.

  • 24-30 Months

    24-30 Months
    Intellectual Development
    - Is better able to use nearby objects in make-believe games.
    - Becomes increasingly interested in children's TV shows.
    - Vocabulary starts at 200 words and increases to 500 or more in this period.

  • 30-36 Months

    30-36 Months
    Physical Development
    - Enjoys games involving running.
    - Climbs on slide ladder and slides down.
    - Likes to paint using full arm motions combined with finger motions.
    - Eats with a fork.

  • 30-36 Months

    30-36 Months
    Intellectual Development
    - Begins to classify objects into general categories.
    - Recognizes self in photographs.
    - Vocabulary starts at 500 words and increases to 900 or 1000 in this period.
    - Connects names and uses of objects.
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