澳洲公共健康资料——play and learn 18个月到3岁.pdfVIP

Play and toys for toddlers Play and learn fact sheet 3 18 months – 3 years Play promotes learning, development, growth and health. Movement skills, thinking skills, language, social interaction and emotional development all happen best when your child is actively involved in an activity – when they are having fun – when they are playing! As a parent you are their first teacher and best playmate. You can help choose toys and activities that motivate your child to play, explore and learn about themselves and their environment. But most importantly take time to play and learn with them. Toddler play and development Social and emotional Toddlers spend some of their time wandering off to explore and then coming back to show you what they’ve found or done. They generally don’t like to stray too far from you. Toddlers begin to show a real interest in other children but don’t share well yet, so be on hand to settle disputes. They also love to do everything themselves: “Me do it!” There will be fewer tantrums if you let them “have a go” and praise their efforts. Communication Language is developing rapidly. Toddlers can generally point to things when asked and carry out little tasks for you, e.g. “Go to your room and find your boots”; “Give this to Daddy, he’s outside”. Most toddlers can put 2 words together by around age 2 years. They can use short sentences and ask questions (“What’s that? Why?”) by around 3 years. They have a large vocabulary (around 200 words), can name food items and body parts and are learning numbers, colours, shapes and concepts such as big/little. Physical skills Toddlers are very active. They become more skilful walking and running and can usually walk on tiptoe, throw and kick a ball, walk up and down stairs slowly, climb, jump and usually peddle a trike by the time they are 3 years. Toddlers are also learning to use their hands skilfully. They can build tall block towers, turn pages of a book one at a time, snip w