What should a child be able to do in a year and a half: development, lessons, what to do

What a child should be able to do in a year and a half

By the age of one and a half years, the baby shows more and moreindependence, willingly makes contact, improves his physical, psycho-emotional and speech skills. He begins to feel like a person: shows his feelings to his loved ones, demands a response to them.The classes will help the baby learn to do what a child should be able to do at one and a half years old. Photo: Getty A toddler at one and a half years old pleases his parents with the following achievements:

He walks confidently, can bypass obstacles. The most nimble even try to run.
Sits in a chair, rises and descends the children's stairs.
He is interested in other children, wants to play with them, copies their actions.
Trying to dress, some kids ask for a pot.
He plays with the ball, throws it up, down, forward.
He starts eating himself, uses a spoon, drinks from a cup.
He likes to look at pictures in books, turns over the cardboard pages of children's books.
Trying to "draw".
Understands the purpose of objects and toys - pushes a stroller, a car.
Guessing to apply other items, a bench, for example, to get something.
Claims rights as "owner" - does not give up the toy.
Feels music and rhythm, “dances”, responds to the melodiousness of poetry.
Reacts to facial expressions and requests from an adult. "Feels sorry", draws attention to himself, grabs the hand.

Every day the child surprises adults with his rapid forward movement.

Speech development at 1.5 years

At this age, the active vocabulary is already about 40words. These are short, simplified names of objects and some actions. The child can answer the question of what kind of object it is or who it is. He tries to imitate the speech of adults, which is very useful. As for understanding, the baby shows parts of the body, generalizes toys by their appearance - dolls, animals, etc. Fulfills requests to take or bring something. Willingly communicates, uses gestures, exclamations, facial expressions.

Developing classes for the child and what to do on them

Sometimes parents think that their child is not yetreaches the norm. In this case, remember that individual characteristics have not been cancelled. Help your child overcome difficulties and stimulate progress. What to do to help your child:

Develop logic:teach your little one to sort objects by color, size, shape, structure, or purpose. For example, only balls, or only green objects. Or - square, soft, hard. Assemble simple 2-piece puzzles with him.
Play the dice, fold the pyramid.
Develop attention and intelligence: find pairs of objects - a mitten, a sock. Play hide-and-seek.
Sculpt from dough or plasticine, do appliques - fine motor skills develop speech.
Read books together, listen to music, talk to the baby. Strive for an emotional reaction, strive for dialogue.

Praise your baby for any achievements, and the result will not take long to come. Love, patience and interaction with the child help him develop and feel protected.