32-Month Old

Your toddler is by nature curious, active and ignorant. This leaves you really concerned about his safety. While trying to protect your child from danger, he can be exposed to very minor painful experiences for educational and guidance values that they offer. For example, he can be allowed to feel the heat of a slightly hot milk pot under your supervision. Slowly he can be taught some degree of precaution. However, warnings given constantly may be ignored. You should work out a comfortable balance between caring for your child on your own and instituting safety precautions. As a caring parent, you should watch your child and monitor him without curbing his limits. Learn more about teaching your child about
safety.

Teach your toddler songs with actions that can be associated with day to day activities. One such song is:

           Brush, brush, brush your teeth
           Brush it every day
           Comb, comb, comb your hair
           Comb it every day
           Wash, wash, wash your hands
           Wash them every day
           Eat, eat, eat your food
           Eat it every day"

Help your toddler to develop the ability of classifying objects. Show him two chairs and tell him that both are chairs. Only when he is able to figure out similarity can he identify individual objects. Allow him to perform simple experiments. For example, you can give him some sugar or salt and a little water. Encourage him to put the sugar in the water and observe how the salt "disappears". Tell him that substances like salt and sugar dissolve in water. Use a flash light to explore shadows. Point out his shadow to him and tell him that each one has a shadow. Help him to pour water from one container to another using a funnel.

Your toddler expresses a single emotion in many ways. For example, anger may be represented by crying, screaming, kicking, jumping and so on. Panic is represented by running away, hiding and avoiding frightening situations. He responds to affection by physically hugging, patting and kissing the object of affection. His curious nature is portrayed through sensory exploration and asking questions. Response to grief takes the form of crying and lack of interest in activities, refusal to eat and becoming inactive. With your toddler just three months away from entering her third year, he should be able to brush his teeth with your help.

He can also build a tower of six cubes. Your kid maybe able to climb up and down the steps with alternating feet. He will also mostly be capable of imitating your actions, and build a tower of eight cubes. In some cases, he may be able to put on a T-shirt and balance on each foot for three seconds. This may also be the start of his counting skills. He may count one block. Watch an excellent video on teaching your child his numbers.