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The Second Year

Learning to classify

Your child is now going to learn to classify objects in groups. She may not be able to make complex, fine differentiations, often using the same word to describe objects sharing one or more common feature. For instance, she may use the word "ball" to describe balls, apples and stones as they are all round. 

The child's ability to articulate is much less than her comprehension. Thus, while she may call two different objects by the same name, she will know the difference between them. For instance, she may use the word "guck" to identify a duck and a truck. However, she will be able to pick out a truck on demand when shown pictures of both objects. 

On the other hand, children can narrow the scope of a concept. Your child may think that the word "animal" only includes those that she sees on a daily basis like a cat or a dog. She may not understand that birds and fish are a part of this category. 
 

Expanding vocabulary

Your child will first learn those words that are most relevant in order to control and relate to her environment, e.g. names of people, toys, food, and words like no, up, more, out, and open. The rate at which she should learn new words should be between one and three words a month. By the time she is two, her vocabulary should extend to about 200 words.
 

Your baby's first sentence

This much-awaited milestone will occur sometime just before your baby's second birthday. While grammar and tenses may be beyond her, the sentences will follow a certain logic, establishing the fact that she understands the relationship between objects. Her sentences will be descriptive ("me sit"), possessive ("my doggy"), repetitive ("more milk"), etc. 
 

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