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Intellectual Development - Language: 18 to 24 months

Intellectual Development means being able to communicate, to think both creatively and abstractly, to pay attention, solve problems, and develop keen judgment and a lifelong readiness to learn.

Emerging Skills

Begin to make phrases or short sentences of two or three words

Begin expressing their needs using sentences

Ask simple "what" and "where" questions (For example, "what's that?" "where's grandma?")

Point to familiar objects

Find out more about What to Expect from your toddler, 18 to 24 months.

Comfort

Through the comfort and responsiveness of an adult, toddlers will learn how to handle their emotions and how to seek help when needed.

Parents Can:

Keep their toddler talking

Child Will:

Know you care about what he is saying, and enjoy listening to him

Parents Can:

Be attentive and responsive to their toddler's needs, but especially those she tries to communicate

Child Will:

Feel she is in a safe and secure place where people want to hear what she has to say

Feel her needs and wants are understood

Play	Through opportunities for play, toddlers will experience joyful, free, spontaneous moments of fun while learning about themselves and others.

Parents Can:

Play games with sounds and words by creating nonsense rhymes

Child Will:

Enjoy playing with rhyming sounds

Parents Can:

Actively involve their toddler in daily routines and describe what everyone is doing

Child Will:

Feel like he has something to contribute to the family

Learn words match actions he sees and does

Parents Can:

Use music as an opportunity to practice words and move to rhythms

Child Will:

Discover the fun of singing and dancing

Listen to the rhythms

Learn new words and actions

Teach

Through routines and emotionally and physically safe and secure environments, toddlers can learn how to think, solve problems and communicate.

Parents Can:

Add information that will help their toddler learn (for example, daily neighbourhood walks are a wonderful time to add new information)

Child Will:

Begin to incorporate new information into what she knows and tries to use it in her conversations

Parents Can:

Repeat what their toddler has said by modelling the correct pronunciation

Child Will:

Try to say the words he hears

Parents Can:

Read books together

Child Will:

Associate certain words with pictures

Expand his vocabulary and use of language

Social Development: 18 to 24 months
Emotional Development: 18 to 24 months
Intellectual Development - Numeracy: 18 to 24 months
Intellectual Development - Problem Solving: 18 to 24 months

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