TWO YEARS

At around two years you can expect your child to be able to do the following:

 

Physical

• Runs well and can avoid objects
• Tries to kick a ball
• Climbs on and off furniture
• Walks up and down stairs, holding on to rail, one step at a time
• Throws ball overhand

 

Cognitive

• Begins to show preference which hand to use
• Holds pencil by using thumb and first two fingers
• Copies lines and circles
• Can build a tower of four or more bricks
• Can name items in picture books

 

Social and emotional

• Likes to pretend and role play
• Inquisitive but still no sense of danger
• May have tantrums
• Demands a lot of attention
• Will parallel play – plays beside other children but does not actually play with them
• Drinks from a cup with no lid

 

Speech and language

• Follows simple instructions
• Has a vocabulary of 50 plus words
• Will put two-three words together
• Can name well known objects