ABSTRACT
The two-year-old begins to observe the differences between boys and girls, and identifies between the two sexes. The teacher or caretaker will periodically be seen as another mother. Group care provides an excellent opportunity to extend language, to expose the child to experimentation, and to engage him in activities which follow his natural curiosity. One is struck by the expansion which takes place in all areas of psychic development when the child is between two and three years of age. Locomotion becomes more refined and more under control of ego activities, and is, therefore, more smooth. To the extent that the adult maintains the anonymity of the individual child in the group, he imposes limits on social differentiation. In the second year, the child has established a routine of his own body functions: feeding schedules, toilet training.
