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DEVELOPMENTAL
ACTIVITIES
FOR
CHILDREN FROM AGE 1 TO AGE 2
What should you expect of children from 1 to 2 years old? Children this
age are...
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Energetic (walk more steadily, run, push, pull, take apart, carry, and
climb on and grab things).
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Self-centered.
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Busy (like to flip light switches, pour things in and out of containers,
unwrap packages, and empty drawers).
Between their first and second birthdays, they...
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Like to imitate the sounds and actions of others (by pretending to do housework
or yardwork, for example).
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Want to be independent and do it themselves (and express this by saying
"No!").
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Can be clingy.
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Can have relatively short attention spans if not involved in an activity.
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Add variations to their physical skills (by walking back-wards or sideways,
for example).
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Begin to see how they are like and unlike other children.
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Become more sensitive to the moods of others.
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Play alone or alongside other toddlers.
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Increase their vocabularies from about 2 or 3 words to about 250 words
and understand more of what people say to them.
What do they need? Children this age require...
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A safe environment for exploring.
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Opportunities to make their own choices (Do you want the red cup or
the blue one?).
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Clear and reasonable limits.
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Opportunities to use big muscles (in the arms and legs, for example).
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Opportunities to manipulate small objects, such as puzzles and stackable
toys.
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Activities that allow them to touch, taste, smell, hear, and see new things.
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Chances to learn about "cause and effect"--that things they do produce
certain results (when a stack of blocks gets too high it will fall over).
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Opportunities to develop and practice their language skills.
Chances to learn about kindness and caring about others' feelings.
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