Communicating with 1 - 2 years old toddlers

DID YOU KNOW?

• Healthy and well-nourished toddlers are more active

• Toddlers learn to speak and understand words

• Toddlers enjoy playing with simple household items. New toys are not necessary

• Toddlers like to turn book pages where they point at familiar objects

• Toddlers need encouragement as they try to walk and play new games

• When toddlers learn a new game, they repeat it over and over again

• Toddlers like to put things into containers and boxes, and then take them out

• Toddlers are especially happy when they see that they are making the adults around them happy