Some of the everyday behaviours that practitioners working with two-year-olds encounter arise from the developmental process of being and becoming their own person. From infancy, young children are establishing an understanding of their own existence.
This inner awareness of themselves begins with experiences of their own agency - the impact they have on objects and people - and develops into an awareness of their uniqueness and the continuity of their identity. For two-year-olds, this aspect of development is a central focus: learning about who they are, what their capabilities are and how they are the same and different to others.
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