Key milestones act as checkpoints in a child’s development to determine
what the average child is able to do at a particular age
Key Milestones
24-28 Months
Turns over container to pour out contents
Considerate towards others
More social
Work Independently
More Milestones
- Growing independence and the pleasure of discovering .
- Understands concepts such as- up and down, in and out.
- Become more sociable .
- Begins to learn to be considerate.
- Builds a tower out of three or four building bricks
- Takes off /Puts on clothes
- Names several body parts
- Balance on one foot
- Names one color
- Names one friend
- Might use one hand more frequently than the other
- Recognizes names of familiar people, objects, and body parts
- Follows simple instructions
- Repeats words overheard in conversation
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Red Flag
Know when to meet your doctor
 |  Watch out for these Redflags  |
Children usually follow the same pattern of development and it is good to have reassurance that your child is developing normally in their own unique way. Talk to a doctor or a child health nurse if you have concerns regarding child development.
Watch out for these red flags and talk to your doctor to be reassured that your child is developing in their own unique way
- Barely speaking at all.
- Not imitating others' speech.
- Not using two- to four-word sentences by the time he's turning 3.
- Never asking questions ("What dat?") or seeming frustrated at not being understood.
- Does not follow simple two step directions involving familiar objects (ie. Get the toy and put it on the table)
- Does not sit to look at high interest books for at least a few minutes at a time
- Does not point to many pictures of familiar objects in a book as you name them
- Is not understood by adults and peers at least ½ the time (50%)
- Does not show interest in communicating with others
