1. TODDLERS
12 MONTHS TO 3 YEARS OLD

3. Girls
Most reach 53% of their adult height by age two.

4. Boys Reach 50% of their height by 2 years old
If a boy is 36 inches tall at two years, how tall will he probably be when he is and adult?

5. Body Proportions at 2 years
The head is still ¼ of the total height.
An adult’s is 1/10
The brain is closer to maturity than other body organs.

6. Teeth Around 2 years has all of his/her baby (deciduous) teeth
How many? ______ 20

7. Hand Preference By two years most show a definite hand preference
They switch hands a lot Right hand tends to be used for drawing or throwing
Left hand for holding a cup and eating

8. Catch Anyone? Can throw around 1 year
“Catch” by squatting and picking it up
2 & 3 yr olds may try to catch with extended arms and elbows stiff

9. Toddler Intellectual Development

12. Games
Fit to toddler’s own interests

13. TOYS HELP TODDLERS… Explore their world Use imaginations
Solve problems
Release anxiety
Set and reach goals
Give affection
Gain physical knowledge
Use gross & fine motor

14. Toddlers are curious about everyone and everything
Piaget
Sensorimotor stage Birth to 2 years Thinking occurs 18 – 24 months
Called “Little Scientists”

15. When you see toddlers pause in mid-action, they are probably thinking
figure out mentally instead of testing physically
Think in terms of actions
(What is a ball? “To play with” “To roll”.)

16. Don’t think about consequences
(To get a cookie on the kitchen table, a toddler may pull on the tablecloth until the cookie falls.)

17. Deferred Imitation
The ability to recall someone’s behavior and later imitate it.

18. Thinking evident in hiding games
Child knows the object still exists (object permanence)
Thinks about where the object could be hidden

19. Begin to perceive differences in shape, size, color, and texture.
Learn attributes of objects
Requires comparison

20. Multiple-word sentences
LANGUAGE SEQUENCE
coo
nouns
Simple action verbs
Descriptive words
One-word sentences
Two-word sentences
Multiple-word sentences

21. Single Words one word sentences - 12 – 18 months
Note how child says the word, what gestures are used, and what is happening to get the meaning

22. 2 or More Words only the most necessary words
can vary by several months

23. VOCABULARY GROWTH
Fastest growth around 30 months

24. Spoken language develops at a faster rate between one and three years than at any other time in life.

25. Toddlers of chatty mothers knew more words than children of less talkative ones model language
How many times a child hears a given word is key

26. Learning to Talk Depends on:
Interest – more active are more interested in motor skills than talking
Talking early doesn’t mean they are above average

27. Learning to talk depends on
Gender – girls tend to excel in verbal skills
Need – some children get what they want without saying anything
Interesting environment –more to say about it

28. ALL DONE
BYE - BYE