Movement and Physical Development

Exploring surroundings by mouthing

Learns how to crawl and then sit

Learns by observing and doing

Can speak gutturals and short words like "mama"

Can sit, stand, and walk on own, or with use of surrounding furniture

Responds to music by walking, running, dancing, and coordinated movement

Scribbling with writing utensils, playing with toys, putting puzzle pieces together

Uses simple words and small phrases, usually 200 words are learned by 24 months

Develops Right or Left-handedness

Bladder and Bowel Control

Fine motor control with fingers, hands, and balance

Can put 3 words together and name things

Uses a potty chair or toilet

Dresses self, excluding buttons and laces

Runs, jumps, climbs unassisted

Beginning to use language and symbols as a tool of learning

Can remember simple rhymes, name colors, and name self

Skips and hops

Catching and throwing balls overhead

Singing a song

Can tell stories, sentences of 4 to 5 words

Dresses self, including laces and buttons

Can use scissors

Self of balance with eyes closed

Responding to a song with movement while sitting

Stops and starts movement with music

Talks frequently and understand multiple instructions

Can learn to ride a bike

Can paint and draw

Can follow the leader

Can change directions, also within circle games

Can play harder games that incorporate physical and mental attributes

Knows right and left hand

Natural movement to beats

Begins to learn in cause-and-effect relationships

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More complicated games, including partner and double circles

Clapping rhythms

March and skip to a beat

Dresses and completely takes care of hygiene

More graceful movements, ease of control

Beginning to use more tools with ease

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Clapping more complicayed rhythms and melodies

Jumps, skips, and chases with grace

Puberty may begin at this point and on

Can play beat on a percussive instrument

Hand-clapping games and songs

Can play on pitched percussion instrument

Reading and writing skills are well-developed

Play more complicated beats and rhythms on percussive instruments

Perform simple melodies on pitched percussion

Perform complicated dances and choreography

Builds muscle coordination to play recorder

Conducts in complex meters

Demonstrates abstract thinking

Can sing and clap more difficult melodies and rhythms

Beginning to fine tune embrasures and grip holds