Ensuring your child is progressing developmentally is crucial for their overall well-being and future success. Early detection of delays allows for timely intervention, fostering skills in speech, motor functions, and social interactions. By monitoring their growth, you can help your child reach their full potential and navigate each developmental milestone with confidence. We expect to see the following milestones for children ages 24 to 30 months:
Cognitive
- Repeats finger plays with words and actions
- Can tell own age
- Understands, “one,” “one more,” and “all”
- Matches simple shapes such as circle, square, and triangle
- Identifies room in own home
Communication
- Whispers
- Identifies common objects described by their use (e.g., “Show me what you eat with.”)
- Uses sentences of three or more words
- Understands negatives (“Which is not…”)
- Uses some regular plurals (e.g., boy – boys)
Social-Emotional
- Looks at people when speaking with them
- Usually takes turns
- Recognizes when another person is happy or sad
- Avoids common dangers
- Claims certain articles as being his or her own
Adaptive
- Looks at people when speaking with them
- Usually takes turns
- Recognizes when another person is happy or sad
- Avoids common dangers
- Claims certain articles as being his or her own
Physical Development
- Walks swinging arms and legs in cross pattern (like adult)
- Catches ball, trapping against chest
- Jumps in play with feet together
- Rolls, pounds, and squeezes clay
- Uses adult grasp when holding a pencil
Notes:
Folio, M.R., & Fewell, R.R. (2000). Peabody developmental motor scales-Second edition. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Kipping, P., Gard, A., Gilman, L., & Gorman, J. (2012). Speech and language development (3rd ed.), Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Linder., T.W. (1993). Transdisciplinary play-based assessment. Baltimore, MD: Brookes.
Voress, J.K., & Maddox, T. (2013). Developmental assessment of young children-Second edition. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
