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Typical is a range. Use this as a map, not a verdict. Progress over weeks beats a date on a poster. Red flags live here so you can talk with families — they are not diagnoses.
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Toddlers finding their feet
18–24 months
Upright mobility is new and precious. Everything is exploration. Sessions are tiny, repeated, and woven through the day — not a class they sit through.
Evaluate this ageGross motor
- · Walks independently; may still fall on turns
- · Climbs onto furniture and low equipment
- · Runs with a stiff, wide gait
- · Kicks a ball with little aim
- · Walks up stairs with a hand or rail
Fine motor
- · Scribbles with a fisted grasp
- · Stacks 3–4 blocks
- · Turns board-book pages
- · Uses a spoon with spills
Balance
- · Stands on one foot briefly with a hand
- · Squats to pick up a toy and stands again
Sensory
- · Mouths and handles textures to learn them
- · Seeks bouncing, swinging, being carried high
Social / play
- · Parallel play beside another child
- · Imitates adult movements and household actions
Play ideas
- · Push a laundry basket of soft toys
- · Crawl-through tunnel then stand and clap
- · Chase bubbles at walking speed
- · Stack and knock down cushions
- · Follow-the-leader animal walks for 30 seconds
Skill library for this age
Cues you can use tomorrow. One theme at a time.
Session dose
Duration. 5–10 minutes, many times a day
Structure. Play → tiny challenge → play. No formal cool-down.
Stay on the floor. Narrate movement. Stop before frustration.
FITT
Frequency
Throughout the waking day
Intensity
Playful, self-paced
Time
Bursts of 5–10 minutes
Type
Locomotor + object exploration + climbing
Red flags — talk, don’t diagnose
- Not walking independently
- Not pulling to stand
- Stiff or floppy limbs
- Frequent unexplained falls
- No interest in moving toward people or toys