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Toddlers will stand alone without support for a short time, can sit in small chairs for a short time, has improved grasping skills, and can open small, hinged boxes.
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At this age, toddlers begin to form concepts. They notice actions of other children and adults, experiment with actions they have never tried before, discovers the ability to make things happen by their own actions, and more.
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Toddlers will be able to walk sideways, walk fast and run stiffly, show hand preference in all activities, and like to grab anything and everything.
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Toddlers will remember where objects belong, begin to figure things out through thought process, vocabulary increases to six to ten words, and uses words instead of gestures to express some wants, such as "up" and "cookie".
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Toddlers will run without falling often, responds to rhythmically to music with their whole body, hold two objects in hand easily, and uses one hand more than the other.
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Toddlers will remember familiar objects without seeing them, like to make marks on paper with big crayons, have a vocabulary of about 20 words, and responds to speech with speech.
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Toddlers will walk with more coordination and assurance, bounce and sway in simple dancing movements, like to play with modeling clay, and hold crayon with thumb and fingers.
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Toddlers will follow simple instructions, be able to match familiar objects, have a vocabulary of 50 or more words, and may be interested in sound repetition.
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Toddlers will enjoy running but are unable to measure sudden stops, climb everywhere indoors even in forbidden places, open doors by turning knobs, and carefully turn pages of books one page at a time.
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Toddlers will become increasingly interested in children's TV shows, understand cause and effect in terms of their own behavior, have a vocabulary that starts at 200 words and increases to 500 or more in this period.
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Toddlers will like to be in constant motion, enjoy games involving running, scribble and draw circles as well as horizontal and vertical lines, and like to paint using full arm motions combined with finger motions.
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Toddlers will begin to classify objects into general categories, try out various roles in make-believe play, have a vocabulary that starts at about 500 words and increases to 900 or 1000 in this period, and ask names of objects and repeat them.
