Toddlers (1-2 years of age)

Developmental milestones are a set of functional skills or age-specific tasks that most children perform within a certain age range.

Movement milestones

• Walks alone
• Pulls toys behind her while walking
• Carries large toy or several toys while walking
• Begins to run
• Stands on tiptoe
• Kicks a ball
• Climbs onto and down from furniture unassisted
• Walks up and down stairs holding on to support
• Milestones in hand and finger skills

Language milestones

• Points to object or picture when it’s named for him
• Recognizes names of familiar people, objects, and body parts
• Says several single words (by fifteen to eighteen months)
• Uses simple phrases (by eighteen to twenty-four months)
• Uses two- to four-word sentences

Cognitive milestones

• Finds objects even when hidden under two or three covers
• Begins to sort by shapes and colors
• Begins make-believe play

Social and emotional milestones

• Imitates behavior of others, especially adults and older children
• Increasingly aware of herself as separate from others
• Increasingly enthusiastic about company of other children
• Demonstrates increasing independence

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Reference

http://https://www.babydestination.com/developmental-milestones-2-to-5-year-oldsDevelopment Milestones

http://http://tulamama.com/2-year-old-milestones/tulamama