Event description
I am TWO!!
I’m two and I just want it; not that way or your way – my way!!!
I want only the red bowl… Absolutely no other bowl will do.
I only want to wear my pink shoes with purple butterflies, even though mummy tells me they are too small now, I always wear them to nursery. However, as my developing sense of self is emerging, together with my, at times, explosion of overwhelming emotion means that what I was able to share and communicate with you yesterday and maybe the day before – I just absolutely can’t today.
So I’m going to look at you with a frowning, disapproving look on my face…. I’m going to stamp my feet, scream and shout even louder than you have ever heard me before and sometimes just have a total melt down!!! I completely can’t cope with anything at this moment in time, I’m not able to draw on any other ways of communicating with you apart from throwing my whole self on the floor, wriggling around like a raged worm…. All whilst you look at me thinking, ‘It’s only the red bowl!!! What’s the problem?’ – Also as you wonder ‘What do I do now?’ If I pick you up…. You hit me. If I talk to you…. You can’t hear me yet as you’re already shouting so loud.
Just how can I help you??
Claire Lugg
Does this sound familiar? If so, please join us as this course will offer some explanations and practical strategies to support daily interactions with different communication styles. We will explore language development from birth to 3 and will specifically focus on the communication skills of two year olds and how you might support the behaviours associated with this.