Toddlers are loving and definitely active explorers. They require patience, love, and agility on part of the staff. As a parent, you want to secure your child’s safe explorations. By all means feel free to use our checklist as a basic tool to help you make a very important decision in your child’s development and safety.
14 months old
- Takes steps with or without help
- If walking, may be learning to run
- Tries to stand alone
- Love to place objects in containers
- Stacks two o three blocks
- Understand very simple commands
- Speaks one to six words other than “ma-ma” and “da-da”
- Uses jargoning (language not very easy understood)
16 months old
- Is capable of walking
- Drinks from a zippy cup
- Scribbles just about everywhere
- Points when he/she wants something
- Is easy to recognize the mood they are in
- Begin to understand limits
- Loves to follow the leader
16 months old
- Is capable of walking
- Drinks from a zippy cup
- Scribbles just about everywhere
- Points when he/she wants something
- Is easy to recognize the mood they are in
- Begin to understand limits
- Loves to follow the leader
20 months old
- Walks up steps
- Speaks between 6 and 50 words
- Refers to himself by name
- Shows interest in carrying for self
- Builds a tower of two to four blocks
- Point to one or more body parts when asked
- Points out a pictures in a book
- Removes some clothing
2 years of age
- Jumps and runs well
- Kicks and throws a ball
- Goes up and down stairs by self
- Builds tower using six blocks
- Identifies two to four pictures in a book by pointing
- Identifies one item in a book verbally
- Speaks around 50 words (some variation is normal)
- Can be understood half the time when speaking
- Uses some two-word combinations
- “Feed” dolls
- Identifies some body parts
- May brush teeth (with help)
- Puts on a piece of clothing
30 months old
- Vocabulary as extensive as 400 + words
- Combines words often
- Follows a two-step verbal command
- Names six body parts
- Identifies one to four pictures verbally