Cognitive

Learning

Thinking

Problem-Solving

• Begins to sort shapes and colors

• Finds things even when hidden under two or three covers

• Completes sentences and rhymes in familiar books

• Plays simple make-believe games

• Builds towers of 4 or more blocks

• Might use one hand more than the other

• Follows two-step instructions (e.g. “Pick up your shoes and put them in the closet.”)

• Names items in a picture book (e.g. “cat”, “bird”, or “dog”)

Language & Communication

• Points to things or pictures when they are named

• Knows names of familiar people and body parts

• Says sentences with 2 to 4 words

• Follows simple instructions

• Repeats words overheard in conversation

• Points to things in a book

Social & Emotional

• Copies others, especially adults and older children

• Gets excited when with other children

• Shows more and more independence

• Shows defiant behavior (doing what he has been told not to)

• Plays mainly beside other children, but is beginning to include other children (e.g. chasing games)

Movement & Physical Development

• Stands on tiptoes

• Kicks a ball

• Begins to run