Babies aged 2.5 ~ 3

The child at this stage is very charming. He is docile, helpful and emotional most of the time, but he still loses his temper when he is obstructed.

Although the child’s desire for independence continues to develop rapidly and no longer needs your attention all the time, he still has no sense of safety and still needs the care of adults at any time. He likes to go out very much. He stays outside longer and has a wider range of activities. He also likes to be accompanied by other parents and children.

Children are still emotionally dependent on you and will begin to envy their brothers and sisters. He can now eat skillfully and play for a long time. However, sometimes it is very difficult to divert his attention. You may have arranged an activity hard, but he suddenly lost interest after playing for only a few minutes, and you can only end up hastily.

When the child is 2.5 ~ 2 years old and 9 months old

language development

Children can now understand more complex sentences. They not only know the names of almost all common objects and the words representing actions, but also understand some common adjectives, such as thickness and height. They also begin to understand prepositions. If someone tells him that something is “inside” or “above” another object, he will look at the correct position. He understood that language no longer depended on contextual clues. For example, he no longer needed to see the books his father borrowed from the library to know that he and his father were going to the library.

However, the amount of information a child receives from a sentence is still limited to two keywords. For example, if you want him to take a cup and a spoon at the same time, he may only bring back the cup or spoon because he only receives the keyword “take” and the name of one of the items.

The child’s ability to understand what others know and don’t know has been greatly improved, which is very helpful for him to communicate with people outside his family. For example, he knew very well that the milkman knew he liked milk and orange juice; I also know that the postman knows that he often receives postcards from his grandmother. But the postman doesn’t know what the milkman knows, and vice versa.

What children say now is no longer just keywords like telegrams, but can also use language in interesting new ways. He would begin to speak in an imaginative way, for example, by making up his own little stories, “the train came out of the tunnel… Climbed up the hill… And fell down”. He will begin to say and describe what he scrawled. For example, what looks like a ball of line is actually a train track. He can also say his full name and answer correctly

For questions like “are you a boy or a girl”, if the child’s dialogue partner doesn’t understand what he said, he can not only repeat what he said, but also change his statement to help the other party understand what he meant.

Many children begin to ask “why” before the end of this age. They soon realize that this small question has powerful power to obtain information and keep the conversation going, so their frequency of using this question will increase significantly.

Overall development

Now the child can not only jump with both feet, but also jump down from the lowest step of the stairs. He can step on the tricycle more easily, play football more effectively, and step forward with the rhythm of music. He thinks it’s very interesting.

The child’s gradually enhanced hand eye coordination and hand control ability have made his exploratory and operational games develop to a considerable extent. He can pair geometric shapes such as triangles and squares, or fold the paper in half. He can recognize the small details in the picture and likes to show them to interested adults.

Children can do a lot of things by themselves now. They can use spoons and forks at the same time, and can also wear and take off simple clothes. With a little help, they can untie or button up their own buttons. He can imitate a long string of adult actions, and he can usually do it right. For example, he might pretend to pour a cup of tea, add milk and sugar, and then stir. Before the end of this period, he occasionally began to participate in games with other children, such as playing football or chasing.

attention

Children’s attention development has not changed significantly compared with the previous period. He is still often focused on his chosen objects or activities, when he is completely unable to listen to adults. In some cases, he may be able to shift his focus from what he is doing to listening to adults, and then return to the original focus, but he can’t do this if he is focused. He can still focus on one thing at a time.

The child is still very easily distracted. Even if he stops listening to you, if something else happens, such as a sudden noise or someone entering the room, he will stop listening to you immediately. If you need to talk to him about something that has nothing to do with his current focus of interest, you must carefully choose the time and give the child an early warning before changing the activity. For example, tell him, “we’re going to pick up Tom from school later.” Wait until his attention is on you before he speaks. If you have to give him instructions, please tell him before it happens, such as “put on your coat” when you hand it to him

hearing

Your child will not have listening problems in a quiet environment. But compared with adults, it is much more difficult for children to listen in a noisy environment, so if children don’t respond so well in a noisy environment, please don’t care too much.