- Your little genius’ cognitive skills are advancing! Matching, grouping, sorting, and solving advanced puzzles along with ability to relate with the real-world advance significantly at this time.
- With an increased vocabulary they start forming words and identifying object names.
- Math skills such as improved counting and matching will add up.
- Advanced fine motor skills such as balancing, hand-eye coordination and enhanced pincer grip.
- Social and imaginative play with playset can be introduced.
Demonstration of Skills |
Fine Motor | Language and Math | Cognitive | Social and Emotional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use one hand more often than the other for most activities | Has about 200 -450 spoken words in their vocabulary | Group objects by category (e.g. animals, clothing, food) | Show more fear in certain situations (e.g the dark) | |
| Build a tower of up to 9 large blocks | Understand simple questions and commands | Stack rings on a peg in order of size | Want independence, but still need security of parents | |
| Put together large linking blocks | Identify many body parts | Put together simple puzzles | Watch other children in play, and join them briefly | |
| Manage large buttons | Name pictures and actions | Understand simple stories | Defend his possessions | |
| Know the words “big” and “little” | Respond to simple directions | Begin to play “house” | ||
| Name some objects in a book | Understand simple time concepts such as “last night” and “tomorrow” | Begin to show empathy to other children (respond to their feelings) | ||
| Learn to count “1-2-3” | Match 3-4 colors |