Literacy

Children 19-24 months generally are able to do the following:

• Identifies body parts
• Hums along or uses some words to sing along to songs
• Identifies which item in a book, a ball for example, is smaller or bigger
• Notices a special song used for clean up time 
• Demonstrates an interest in letters (e.g., singing ABC’s, alphabet books, toys with letters) 
• Engages in rhyming song and games 
• Chooses and brings favorite book to an adult to read repeatedly  
• Points to pictures when named 
• Imitates adults making a mark on paper 
• Consistently matches the animal noise to the correct animal when prompted