Watch Your Toddler Development !

Executive Summary by Jun Rey Saludo and Gary Clay

Toddler Development Stage - Toddlers (1-2 years old)

Toddlers Development

In this toddler development stage your child is becoming more mobile and are already aware of the things that surrounds her. During toddler development stage, toddler show a little independence and start to show opposing force behavior and recognize his self in pictures and follow the behavior of others especially adults and other children. Your toddler will already be able to identify objects, names of familiar persons and can form simple phrases and sentences.

As a parent you can help your toddler by reading books daily, ask your toddler to look for objects and let her name the body parts if possible. Encourage your child to explore to new things around her. Help your toddler develop her language by talking to her. Play matching games with your toddler. Develop your toddler’s curiosity and the ability to recognize objects by taking field trips together to the park or even just a ride in a bus.

Your child, in toddler development stage is more mobile, his ability to encounter more danger is also increasing. Here are some suggestions to help your growing toddler to be safe. Store your guns in a safe place out of reach of children. Lock up all household cleaners, medicines and poisons. Keep kitchen appliances, iron etc. away from your toddler. Keep sharp objects such as pens, knives, scissors in a safe place. Place a plug covers on all the unused electrical outlets.

The Value Of Traditional Toys To Toddler Development

When children have progressed past the ball and rattle stage it is time to get them interested in toys that are a little more complex. Traditional toys offer many choices and the more colourful and noisy it is the better.

The train set! This traditional toy has been transformed into the quintessential toddler toy by taking out the batteries and electricity. Of course, the train has to be pulled along and the attendant noise making and role-playing opportunities are endless. Some come in full circus mode - with giraffes, lions, tigers etc., - whilst others come in farm animal mode. Pull along toys are not restricted to the above. Many children like the idea of police cars, fire engines, tractors and trailers or ambulances - all without battery power - and have to be pushed or pulled along to make the lights work through a dynamo or clockwork style power generators.

Although a lot of toys have an inbuilt learning opportunity, let us not forget that play is absolutely essential for the child to communicate and interact with others. Perhaps the child could be restricted to a certain time limit for these kind of toys to encourage variety in their play times. Don’t forget too that you will benefit from playing with your child with a traditional toy. You can introduce and teach new movements and ideas along with engaging completely with the child.

There is nothing that children like better than to play with adults and older children and gives a great opportunity for bonding. Pull-along toys, as in most traditional toys, help in toddler development.

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