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Birthday
Happy Birthday! -
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Toddlerhood
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Physical Dev. 13-15 months
Baby standing and collapsing -Cruises along furniture
-Crawls over small barriers
-Takes steps while holding parents' hands
-May creep like a bear
-Crawls forward or backward with varying speed -
Cognitive Dev. 13-15 months
-Loves to mimic all actions
-Explores different features of objects as if studying them
-Likes to look at picture books
-Shows interest in new textures by rubbing fingers over surfaces
-Very short memory -
Physical Dev. 16-18 months
-Walks fast and runs stiffly
-Walks sideways
-Jumps with both feet
-Pushes and pulls large toys around the floor
-Likes to grab anything -
Cognitive Dev. 16-18 months
-Remembers where objects belong
-Has short attention span
-Enjoys working with shapes on form boards
-Scribbles more freely
-Identifies simple pictures in book -
Physical Dev. 19-21 months
-Walks sideways and backwards
-Runs without falling often
-Jumps forward and in place
-Squats easiliy in play
-Can kick large ball without stepping on it -
Cognitive Dev. 19-21 months
-Can remember familiar objects without seeing them
-Places circles, triangles, and squares in form board
-Looks at books for longer periods of time
-Likes to make marks on paper with big crayon
-Imitates simple actions on request -
Physical Dev. 22-24 months
-Walks with more coordination and assurance
-Bounces and sways in simple dancing movements
-Can seat self in small chair with ease
-Jumps with boat feet off the floor
-Likes to play with modeling clay -
Cognitive Dev. 22-24 months
-Is curious about objects in the environment
-Follows simple directions
-Identifies familiar objects on TV screen
-Recognizes when picture in book is upside down
-Has a vocabulary of 50 or more words -
Physical Dev. 24-30 months
-Climbs everywhere indoors
-Plays on swings, ladders, and other playground equipment
-Opens doors by turning knobs
-Can remove wrapping from gum or candy
-Can soap hands and arms easily -
Cognitive Dev. 24-30 months
-Is better able to plan a play activity and carry it out
-Is better able to use nearby objects in make-believe games
-Enjoys playing house
-Likes to listen to tapes
-Is able to interpret pictures drawn or painted -
Physical Dev. 30-36 months
-Likes to be in constant motion
-Goes upstairs by alternating feet
-Jumps from any elevated object
-Catches large ball with arms and hands out straight
-Walks on tiptoe -
Cognitive Dev. 30-36 months
-Begins to classify objects in general categories
-Can remember and follow three-step commands
-Can stack rings in the correct order
-Recognizes self in photographs
-Ask names of oobjects and repeats them
