School readiness-Abstract thinking

Observation
On 01.2.13 my grandson who turned two on 9/28 woke up at 6:30 am . He walked to the living room and began pointing to the do-a-dot art . Ma -paint, do you want to paint I asked him.(extending his language). He nodded his head  indicating  yes. I gave him the paint and a  piece of copy paper. He sat on the floor and began stamping the dots on the paper. He was not doing it randomly as he is accustomed to . He was putting them certain places, he was deliberate in placing them. Then he called ,Ma pointing to his work "Mickey " with a big smile on his face.

Confidence is one so the social emotional skills that your baby needs before they get to school.
Your baby should also be able to be creative and use her schema , this word has several meanings however we will use   psychological  meaning for this context :
In psychology, a schema is a cognitive framework that helps organize and interpret information in the world around us. In other words  a baby needs to have a general body of knowledge that will help her to interpret  new knowledge and use it to represent  particular objects. Simple put you need  give the brain a number of experiences in order for  the wires in   baby's brain   to connect.

This baby is developing abstract thinking skills because he has been provided with  opportunities to experience and explore freely in a safe and stimulating environment. When you make the environment safe the word  No  will be avoided because  using No  too often with infants/toddlers reduces their self-confidence and their ability to take risk.