For your 18 to 24-month-old

  • He is very mobile and can walk forward, sideways and backward and run.
  • He can pull a toy on a string or manage a pushalong.
  • He can use her feet to scoot along on a cycle.
  • He combines wrist-moving with letting go.
  • He can put any shape in her sorter and throw a ball.
  • He can put one block on top of another.
  • His scribbles are not meant to be anything in particular, but they are not random. Squiggles on the left are balanced by something on the right.
  • He likes to feel rather than use clay and play dough and squeezes it in her hands.
  • He reacts to your moods, and can express joy and frustration. She can be jealous.
  • He may have a vocabulary of 50 to 200 words. Some weeks she may add lots of new words, others none at all.
  • He is constantly trying and practicing.
  • She can follow simple directions.
  • He seems to know what went before and predicts what is next.

  • Toys that help refine eye-hand coordination
  • Slow, battery-powered ride-ons
  • Grow-with-me ride-on toys
  • Cars, trucks, trains and other vehicles
  • Toy housekeeping tools
  • Dolls and doll accessories (carriage, cradle, high chair)
  • Books with different textures and brightly coloured pictures
  • Wagons
  • Large crayons
  • Play dough
  • Child-sized table and chairs
All children develop at their own pace, and reach milestones at different times. The highlights
mentioned in this web site are meant as approximate guidelines only. If you have any
questions about your child's development, consult your healthcare provider.

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