Development at 27 Months
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Activity 1
Age Appropriate Cognitive Development
Three Familiar People In Photographs
 I can spot and name at least 3 people I know very well in photographs. I will clearly realize that photographs can stand for people and things when I am between 24 and 28 months. |
Steps
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Look through a recent photo album with your child.
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Ask your child to point to someone he knows.
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Ask your child to name the person as well.
Feedback 1
This activity involves your child’s ability in understanding picture representations of people. In the progression of understanding representations, your child will move from photographs to colored drawings, black and white outline pictures and finally to words. You can also let your child recognize familiar people from black and white photos as well.
Look at the suggested activities for fun ideas to develop your child's picture representational concept.
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When you next bring him to a fast food restaurant, let him choose his favorite food by looking at the photograph menu. Ask him both to point at and name the food he wants to eat.
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Have fun grocery shopping with your child. Cut out newspaper and magazine photo labels of what you want to buy. Place these cut-outs in photo albums and go  on a "treasure hunt" for them while you shop! Ask him both to point and name the things you are buying.
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Read by pointing to and labeling objects and people in large, clear and colorful storybooks. Your child will be able to find the object you ask for and name them as well.
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Feedback 2
If your child shows some difficulty in recognizing some photos, check if it is because the picture of the face may be too small or the photograph may not be a recent one. Use photos where there is only 1 person in the picture, preferably a photo showing the whole body. Use recent photographs as well because your child may find it difficult to distinguish the changes in small details. Look if the suggested activities below could help further.
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Have a photo album which has individual photos of each of the immediate family members in your family. Then, have a photo at the end which consists of everyone in the photo. Flip through the album with your child, naming everyone. When you are at the last photo, ask him to identify each of them.
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Place photos of your family members around your living room. Play a "can you find so-and-so" game. Remember to praise him each time he correctly identifies a person.
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Activity 2
Age Appropriate Speech, Language And Communication Development
Understands More Than Ten Action Words
 Receptive language is the ability to understand the meaning of words I hear. Understanding words such as body parts, simple actions, names of animals, toys and more, form receptive language. Today, I can be expected to understand many more words! I usually develop the understanding of more than 10 action words when I am between 27 and 30 months old. |
Steps
Feedback
Continue to teach your child new words as children are continuously absorbing and learning new information at an ever increasing rate. You may also look at the suggested activities for more ideas in teaching him action words.
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Engage your child in the activities wherever you may be. It can be in the park, bathtub, and kitchen or even on the way to school. Try the following activities:
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 At the park:
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Introduce actions words like ‘run’, ‘swing’, ‘jump’, ‘climb’ to your child and act on these actions.
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Ask him what the other people in the park are doing, e.g. ‘read’, ‘walk’, ‘talk’. etc
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For learning action words in the house:
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Point out actions family members in the house are engaging in e.g. 'oh look! Daddy is reading'; 'Grandma is combing her hair'.
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Comment on actions your child is doing or is going to do. E.g. Let's brush our teeth (with actions imitating brushing teeth) then with the real toothbrush.
- Show your child new actions and encourage him to follow you e.g. Look! Mummy is wiping the table. Come help Mummy wipe.
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For learning body parts:
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Look into the mirror together and take turns tickling, pointing to or wiping the various body parts.
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Washing or dressing up a doll and talking about the body parts.
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Point out the body parts in pictures you see in books.
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Modify 'peek-a-boo' by hiding a particular body part behind a cloth and see if your child can locate it.
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