Skills
Communication Skills
- Understands basic size concepts (big/little)
- Understands simple number concepts (just one, one more)
- Puts two words together
- Names pictures in a book
- Uses action words (eat, sleep, go)
Fine Motor Skills
- Strings four large beads
- Snips with scissors on a line
- Stacks four blocks
Gross Motor Skills
- Easily steps over things
- Walks up/down stairs, may put both feet on one
step or alternate feet - Climbs over furniture
Personal Social Skills
- May start to show interest in using potty, your child
wants to imitate others - Takes turns in games
- Begins to dress/undress self
- Showing independence by wanting own way
Problem Solving Skills
- Begins to sort shapes and colors
- Uses common household objects during imaginative
play - Showing understanding of “same” and “different”
Activities
Communication Activities
- Repeat new words
- Talk about what you are doing; describe actions,
point out new objects/places - Sing familiar songs/nursery rhymes
- Offer choices along with words (“Do you want milk or
water?”) - Praise your child for telling you something he/she
saw, heard, felt
Fine Motor Activities
- Encourage play with puzzles, blocks, nesting toys
and drawing materials - Provide safety scissors to practice cutting, cutting
Play-Doh is fun at this age - Introduce lacing activities using objects like buttons
with large holes to push string through
Gross Motor Activities
- Play with various size balls, give directions to throw,
push, roll, bounce, and catch - Take walks jumping over cracks in sidewalk
Personal Social and Problem Solving Activities
- Provide a “dress-up” box with old clothes, hats, shoes
- Give child choices each day, helping child choose
what to wear each day and choices of food at snack
or mealtime - Show your child how to group things in one, twos,
threes and sort by color and shape - Play games like Simon Says to teach words; on,
under, behind, in front - Help your child “write” their own book by writing their
words and letting them draw the pictures