1. Understanding Two- and Three- Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds – try to please and conform

2. Learning Targets I can identify developmental changes that occur in the growth of toddlers. I can identify specific characteristics of toddlers.

3. Two-Year-Olds Active, demanding, curious

4. Physical Development 2-3 inches in height Digestive system matures slowly Center of gravity shifts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4 EhtoCv4NXk

5. Gross-Motor Skills Improved Coordination and body control Control in leg and foot muscles

6. Fine-Motor Skills Rapidly learning developing finger dexterity and control Children using writing tools Become skilled at building with blocks

7. Self-Help Skills Cooperate in dressing Drink from a cup Toilet learning

8. Cognitive Development Language Comprehension - Understanding of language 20-month-old can follow directions 24-month-old can identify at 6 body parts Pronouns – I, my, mine, me 30-month-old can flow two-step commands

9. Expressive language – ability to produce language forms Johnny hurt, tom dog Two Strategies for teaching language Feeding in Expansion Vocabulary 50-200 words

10. Math Readiness Can understand size concepts Big, small Awareness of shapes, forms and colors http://youtu.be/YcgWV_TUYUk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5hIBWRS 2WY

11. Social Emotional Play next to each other, not cooperatively Act out adult experiences Do not want to share Usually affectionate Like to control their surroundings Anger may arise with tough tasks Afraid of being hurt Fear from their imagination Cannot separate reality from fiction Egocentric

12. Three Year-Olds

13. Physical Development Gross-Motor Throwing, jumping and hopping improve Better Coordination Catch large balls Ride tricycles Walk heel-to-toe Balance on one foot

14. Fine Motor Skills Cutting becomes more refined Better drawing skills Copy Shapes

15. Self-Help Skills Wash hands Brush Teeth Dress themselves Use Knives – spread jelly

16. Cognitive Development Language Comprehension Who, whose, why, how Answer questions in a story Space concepts – up, down, top, toward Expressive Language 900 words Four or five word sentences Talk in past tense Possessive nouns – Mommy’s car Use questions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCl3LSEJRig

17. Math Readiness Size concepts – more full, less Counting Skills begin

18. Social Emotional Eager to help others Play with others Not as possessive Gender Roles – behaviors that are expected by boys or girls Begin to express emotions in appropriate ways Begin building a self-concept