evaluation toys:
-is it safe?
-is it well-made and durable?
-will is be easy to care for?
-does it encourage the use of the child's imagination?
-it is colorful?
-will it be easy for the child to handle?
-is it something the child will enjoy?
1-2 years: children are practicing motor control at this stage. (household items, bath toys, swings, riding toys, dolls, sturdy books)
2-3 years:
coordination and understanding are improving at this point. (child size household appliances, crayons, play dough, books, blocks)
3-4 years: more complex toys contributing to fine motor skills. (dolls, construction sets, books, musics, puzzles)
1st days: response to voices
1 month: response to touch, response to familiar people
2 month: smile at people, watch people
3 month: turns head to voices
4 month: laugh, look for entertainment
5
month: show interest in family members, cry when alone, babble to objects and selves
6 month: love attention like games such as peekaboo
7 month: prefer parents to other family members or strangers
8 month: prefer to be with people, crawl looking for company
9-10 month: follow parents, playing games
11-12 month: friendly, happy, sensitive to others emotions, center of attention
18 months: self-centered, negativism, wants control over life
2
years: very affectionate, more patient, easier to reason with, outgoing and friendly
2 1/2 years: often overwhelmed, easily frustrated-anger
3 years: happy, cooperative, like to help, take directions, better playmates
3 1/2 years: insecure, many fears, bossy
18 months: parallel play, treat others as objects, conflicts may arise, understands immediate consequences of actions
2 years: interact with main caregiver, communicates better, parallel
play, begin sharing/ taking turns, people pleasers
2 1/2 years: may do things for one person but not other, fairness, parallel play, few fights
3 years: agreeable, share, help others, cooperative play, work together with few problems, seek friends their own age
3 1/2 years: play is more complex, more verbal, can solve own conflicts, evaluate friendships, comparisons
making friends
sharing