Two years Old

Two years Old

1. Physical Gross

   • 2 year
     • can run and avoid and very mobile
     • can throw a ball over hand but cannot yet catch a ball
     • walk up and down stairs, usually putting both feet on the step
     • sit on a tricycle and propel it with their feet they cannot yet use the pedals
     • squat with complete steadiness
   • 2 1/2
     • stand on tiptoe
       • climb nursery apparatus
         • jump with both feet together from a low step

2. physical Fine motor

   • 2 year
     • draw circles lines and dots using their preferred hand
     • pick up tiny objects using a fine pincer grasp
     • can build a tower of six or more
   • 2 1/2
     • can hold a pencil in their preferred hand
     • can build a tower of seven or more cubes
     • can imitate a horizontal line , a circle

3. cognitive and language

   • 2 year
     • want to share songs
     • understand many more words than they can speak
     • talk to themselves
   • 2 1/2
     • know their full name
     • can say a few nursery rhymes
     • talk audibly and intelligibly to themselves

4. Emotional and social

   • 2 year
     • are beginning to express how they feel
       • are eager to try out new experiences
         • can dress themselves
   • 2 1/2
     • may be dry through the night
       • play more with others
         • love physical games