Two-year-olds are busily gathering more and more tools to add to their existing repertoire of communication strategies. They already have a refined understanding and use of body language, gesture, facial expression and voice tone, and are daily adding new words to their vocabulary.
Language use is also becoming more sophisticated. They are beginning to form sentences and use telegraphic speech. Plurals, pronouns, and adjectives all emerge.
All of these developments enable two-year-olds to express themselves more clearly to others. Improved language and communication skills begin to decrease two-year-olds' levels of frustration. However, they are still regularly misunderstood or misinterpreted by adults and other children, particularly adults who do not know them well. When these communication difficulties are coupled with their strong emotions, two-year-olds frequently use physical means to express themselves and get what they want.
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