This is a year of exploration and discovery. He's mastering his skill of walking, balancing, picking up things and carrying them about.
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He builds up his ability to control his environment by exploring and testing it out in every way he can and when he's got to the stage of walking about freely, climbing onto sofas, negotiating chairs etc. he launches his energies into experimenting with speech.
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This is where you need to make changes to his development now that he is mobile, by putting reachable objects out of the way and making clear rules and boundaries.
At 2 years he can…
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Social development involves the growth of his relationship with other people, the development of his social skills and socialization.
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It is always important to get your child’s age book to create better understanding. From age two and above, it is the most important age for speech development and he begins to link two and three words to communicate his needs.
Use fact and story books that reflects his everyday activities… for example… getting dressed, mealtime, bath time, bedtime, playtime etc. are important to emphasize and introduce the idea of a sequence of events.
They may be single line of text, which describes the pictures… for example… under the bed, on the chair. This can help develop his vocabulary and understanding of positional words. Prints in his story books need to be large and bold.
As he begins to speak, his vocabulary grows and becomes more fluent for slightly longer books, which may have a simple story… one that has a beginning, middle and an end.
He can cope with only a small number of characters. Pictures need to be large and colourful. Allow him to get actively involved in playing or reading books but always supervise, as he will not always be gentle in handling them.
The language of a book must be well written using accurate grammar and tenses. Must have bold and colourful stories. Always give an eye contact to get him behave and to see to it that he is doing well and not in harm zones. It is always good to listen to him regardless of how he sounds or feel.
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