Copies others, especially adults and older children
Gets excited when with other children
Shows more and more independence
Shows defiant behavior (doing what he has been told not to)
Plays mainly beside other children but is beginning to include other children, such as in chase games
Language/Communication
Says sentences with 2 to 4 words
Repeats words overheard in conversation
Knows names of familiar people and body parts
Follows two-step instructions such as “Pick up your shoes and put them in the closet”
Points to things in a book
Cognitive (Learning, Thinking, Problem-Solving)
Finds things even when hidden under two or three covers
Beings to sort shapes and colors
Completes sentences and rhymes in familiar books
Plays simple make-believe games
Builds towers of 4 or more blocks
Names items in a picture book such as cat, bird or dog
Movement/Physical Development
Stands on tiptoe
Kicks a ball
Begins to run
Climbs onto and down from furniture without help
Walks up and down stairs holding on
Makes or copies straight lines and circles
Red Flags For 24 Month Old Babies
Doesn’t use 2-word phrases (“drink milk)
Doesn’t know what to do with common things like a brush, phone, fork, spoon
Doesn’t copy actions and words
Doesn’t follow simple instructions
Doesn’t walk steadily
Loses skills she once had
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About Achieve Beyond
Achieve Beyond is an agency founded by Dr. Trudy Font-Padron in 1995 and remains a family-run company. Achieve Beyond is a leader in providing pediatric therapy, autism, and early intervention services in New York City, Long Island, Hudson Valley, Texas, New Jersey, Virginia and Metro DC. They are dedicated to providing quality evaluations and therapeutic/educational services to children ages birth to 21 years of age.
