In two years children begin to make great success both at the linguistic level, and in terms of spatial thinking. And it is very important to help with it to the kid.
How to strengthen spatial thinking of the child
In two years children daily open for themselves new concepts, and their lexicon is quickly enriched. Such words as "there", "higher", "below", are big jump forward because they show that the child understands the relations between things in space. And always at this stage children also begin to formulate the first offers consisting of two or three words.
At the age of two years the understanding of space begins to be formed. The child begins to understand where there are people and the objects surrounding him in relation to him.
It is possible to see its progress in understanding of words which he hears, and in the growing ability to follow instructions, such as "bring me a ball from a corner", "look that under the bed".
1. Explain where there are people whom he knows when they not with it; for example: "the father now in the office", "the grandmother lives far".
2. Give it simple commands with instructions. For example: "put a toy on a chair", "put under a bed now", "bring here".
3. Ask the kid simple questions which demand that he thought of location. For example: "Where there live birds?", "Where planes fly?", "Where door?".
Not always expect the correct answer, it is not the test or examination, but questions which need to be set during the daily talk.
How to help the child to construct more compound sentences
In two years the lexicon of the child becomes richer, he learns from 50 to 75 words. It also begins to try to connect them together to construct the first offers of two-three words, for example: "I want milk".
If your child uses less than 20 words, it will be good to talk to the pediatrician and to check whether he has problems with hearing.
The first offers from two or three words are not really accurately formulated and go straight to an essence: "go to me", "bad dad". the child also begins to repeat words which he often hears houses, for example, "good-bye", "good morning".
What it is necessary to make to stimulate it to build more compound sentences?
1. Answer its "dry" phrases with accurately formulated, descriptive and developed phrases: "Do you want mom to help you to put on red socks?", "Yes, dad plays a ball with Nastya".
2. Do not correct its grammatical errors, and just repeat the offer correctly until he repeats after you as it is necessary.
3. Actively read many books, that is ask it questions of what he sees on the page and about what, according to him, will occur further
And the most important is to talk to the child as much as possible during the day.