This document discusses the normal growth and development of toddlers from ages 1 to 3. During this time, toddlers experience significant physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and language development. They learn motor skills like walking, running, and climbing. Cognitively, they can identify shapes, colors and follow simple instructions. Emotionally, they develop autonomy and form attachments with parents and caregivers. Their language skills advance from babbling to using 2-3 word sentences. The document provides examples and interpretations of developmental milestones for toddlers.

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Presented By:
Maria Elisa Belarso

2. • Normal Growth And Development Of
Toddlers
• Who are toddlers?
• Toddlers are children who are 1 to 3
years of age. This time period is a stage
of growth for your young child. During
this time, he will go through many changes
in his physical, psychological (mental and
emotional), and social development.

3. The toddler years can be
challenging ones (and
sometimes frustrating),
both for parents and
children.
Toddlers learn by doing lots
of things, including parents,
who gets in their way.

4. over and over, even after
they’ve been told not to.
Parents should Be patient with
a toddler. they will need to
teach them the rules again and
again and remind them over
and over when he forgets.
A toddler is not trying to
drive us crazy so we shouldn’t
take their behaviour
personally.

5. PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Complete teeth
• Prominent abdomen
• Has a forward curve
of spine
INTERPRETATION
Body contour is
normal for this
stage. Because
although they
walk well, their
abdominal muscles
are not yet strong
enough o support
abdominal

6. • Weight and length: The child
may gain four times his birth
weight during this time. His
length may increase to about 22
inches. The length is your child’s
height measured while he is lying
down.

7. In these years, a child becomes
stronger and starts to look
longer and leaner. Physical
growth is slower than in the first
3 years of life, but the outward
changes can be dramatic.

8. MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
(gross & fine)
•Able to make
simple lines using
chalk and pencil.
INTERPRETATION
By age 2, most
children can walk
up stairs one at
a time, kick a
ball, and draw
simple strokes
with a pencil.

9. Movement:
• child’s muscles develop as his motor
(movement) skills get better.
• Body control or movement: Your child may
sit without support at about one year of
age. He may start walking on his own or
still need to hold your hand. Later, he may
be able to jump.

10. • Able to walk,
run, and climb
stairs alone.
By age 3, most
can dress and
undress
themselves;
draw a person
with a head,
body, arms, and
legs; and write
some small and
capital letters.

11. COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT
•When his toys
is missing he
knows where to
find it.
INTERPRATATION
Children at this
stage are able to
remember an
action, and then
imitate it later,
it is what we
called “Deferred
Imitation”..

12. •Able to identify
shape such as:
Square and
Circle.
•Can identify
color such as:
Red and White.
A child this age
makes great
strides in being
able to think and
reason. In these
years, children
learn their letters,
counting, and
colors. Their play
becomes more
creative as they

13. He imitates what ever he sees in
television.

14. •Could follow
instructions
given by his
mother Like:
putting Garbage
on the trash can,
and changing
his/ her clothes.
At the end of the
toddler period,
children enter the
second stage which
is the “pre-
operational
thought”, in this
stage children
deals with symbols
that they did while
still in the

15. EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
•His parents are
always His
Companion.
•Friendly to others
•Cries when his
mother or father
INTERPRETATION
Child has develop
autonomy
because they
have learned to
trust themselves
and others
during the infant
year.

16. LANGUAGE
(COMMUNICATION)
DEVELOPMENT
•Can speak but not
too clear.
•Can repeat words
he heard.
•Able to count
Numbers such as 1
up to 10.
INTERPRETATION
The ability to use words
grows quickly in these
years. By age 2, most
children can say at least
50 words. These are used
to ask questions
constantly, up to 400
times a day, mostly “how”
and “why? Questions.

17. Speech: Your child tries to form
words which may result to babbling
(talking without meaning) at first.
Later, he learns to use actions to
tell what he wants. He learns a lot
of words which may start to come
out like sentences. At around two
years of age, he may be able to
make 2 to 3 word sentences.

18. • Understanding words: Your child may
be able to point to a body part when
named or point to pictures in books.
Later, he may be able to name
familiar pictures. He may recite or
fill in words in stories that he knows.
Your child may also be able to follow
simple directions and requests.

19. An example of
An example of Babbling:

20. Play
•Cooperates with his
playmates.
•Plays ball and blocks
usually.
INTERPRETATION
All during the toddler
period, children play
beside children next
to them. This side by
side play (called
Parallel play)
Is not unfriendly but
is a normal
developmental
sequence that occurs