Two Year Old Developmental Guidelines

Number recognition from 1-5
Can count 10
Matches colors, shapes, real objects to outlines
Understands "one" of an object and "two" of an object
Understands that by increasing quantity you are enlarging the size
Sorting simple shapes (square, circle, etc)
Orders objects by size
Informally identifies measurements (length, weight, speed etc) with vocabulary such as "short" or "tall", "heavy" or "light", "fast" or "slow"
Understands similar and different
Can sequence with nesting cups or stacking rings
Begins to demonstrate one to one correspondence
Begins to understand concepts of time
Recognizes shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, rhombus, star, heart

Says first name
Communicates needs and wants.
Begins understanding and performing two step requests (Come to the carpet and sit down).
Begins to identify nouns (familiar places, routines, people or objects)
Engages in conversation with other children
Recites familiar phrases in nursery rhymes and/or songs & finger plays.
Participates in reading familiar parts of stories.
Uses 4 words in a sentence
Speech can be easily understood 75% of the time
Is familiar with A-B-C song and begins to sing it
Recognizes name
Looks at books and inspects pictures
Holds book right side up

Interacts with other children
Begins to demonstrate social skills such as sharing, taking turns or showing compassions to friends in need, hurt or angry (Example: hugging, comfort object, pat, etc)
Begins to label feelings (Example: “I’m sad” or “She’s scared”)
Imitates peers and/or caregivers
Identifies places (Example: bathroom, school, home, playground)
Emerging understanding of community helpers
Emerging understanding of respecting/properly handling materials, supplies and toys

Build block towers up to 9
Uses eating utensils
Holds book right side up and turn pages left to right
Put on easy clothes
Drinks from an open cup
Tear paper
Put together simple puzzles and fit objects together by pressing or turning
Introduction to simple tools such as safety scissors
Can draw horizontal, vertical & diagonal lines
Can physically cross midline (touch opposite side of the body with hand or foot)

Identifies colors
Identifies body parts/facial recognition
Begins to understand and gather information by using all five senses (smelling, tasting, hearing, touching and seeing)
Begins simple categorizing (Example: cats and dogs are animals)
Identifies simple plants and animals
Observes and discusses changes in weather
Experiments with new things to see how they work
Compares Earth materials (rocks, leaves, branches, soil, flowers, roots, water)