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Milestones:
- Climbs well by 30 months
- Walks down stairs alone, both feet on each stair, by 28 months
- Walks up stairs, alternating feet, with help by 30 months
- Swings leg and kicks ball by 30 months
- Runs well (24-26 months)
- Pedals tricycle (30-36 months)
- Bends over and retains balance by 30 months
- Makes linear and circular strokes with crayon (30-36 months)
- Holds pencil correctly (30-36 months)
- Can screw and unscrew jars, nuts and bolts (24-30 months)
- Knows almost all common objects and pictures (26-32 months)
- Understands most sentences (24-40 months)
- Understands location of objects- at, in, under, on- by 36 months
- Can say name, age, and gender by 36 months
- Uses pronouns like I, me, we, you by 30 months
- Strangers can understand most of his words
- Completes 3 or 4 piece puzzles
- Expresses wide range of emotions
- Likes routine, objects to major changes
- Plays make-believe with dolls, animals, people
Activities/Toys:
- Pull apart toys like pop beads
- Stacking rings, stacking blocks
- Simple puzzles
- Climb, crawl, play at playground or park
- Play with play-doh
- Read every day to your child
Ask your doctor if your child:
- Falls frequently
- Drools a lot or has unclear speech
- Can’t stack more than 4 blocks into tower
- Has trouble manipulating small objects
- Can’t copy a circle by age three
- Can’t communicate in short phrases
- Doesn’t play pretend
- Doesn’t understand simple instructions
- Shows little interest in other children
- Has extreme difficulty separating from caregiver
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