Two to Three Years Old

Ages 1 to 2 years

Below are the program goals for children in our Young Toddler Program.

Emotional Development
  • Recognize self in mirror
  • Feed self
  • Play alone
  • Express affection to others
  • Briefly delay immediate needs and wants
  • Assert independence, sometimes
  • Help with simple chores
  • Be cooperative during dressing (e.g. coat)
  • Attend to a task for a brief time ( 2-4 min)
  • Show interest in toileting
  • Use imagination in play
Social Development
  • Parallel play with others
  • Imitate activities and actions
  • Share with others occasionally
  • Assist others with simple tasks, sometimes
  • Participate in a small group for short periods of time
  • Initiate social responses with people
Physical Development Gross Motor
  • Bounce while sitting/standing
  • Kneel
  • Pull self to a standing position
  • Stand alone
  • Creep
  • Walk independently
  • Kick and March
  • Twist body
  • Throw a ball, run and jump
  • Push/pull toys
  • Pick up objects from the floor without falling
Fine Motor
  • Grasp, shake, point and drop
  • Squeeze/bang/pound
  • Pull
  • Attempt to stack/build
  • Stir, Empty/fill, pour
  • Scribble, turn pages, paint
  • Use a spoon
Cognitive Development
  • Respond to stimulus
  • Imitate behaviors/sounds
  • Explore own environment
  • Play with objects and toys
  • Point to three body parts (e.g. hair, eyes, nose,etc.)
  • Recognize own name
  • Respond to simple requests/directions
  • Name three objects (e.g. verbally)
  • Match and pattern
  • Remember some previous information
Expressive Skills
  • Babble and chatter
  • Repeat sounds
  • Repeat simple words
  • Sometimes participate in simple songs and finger plays
  • Imitate single word communications
Language
  • Respond to a sound by turning to its directional source
  • Establish eye contact with staff members
  • Babble and coo
  • Smile when approached by others
  • Imitate speech sounds
  • Use single words (e.g., mama)
  • Wave "bye-bye"
  • Understand "No"
  • Respond to own name
  • Jabber with expression