3 - 4 Year old
Key Development Milestones:
Intellectual
Ask a lot of questions
Have a longer attention span
Fear imaginary things
Social & Emotional
Start to share more
Have some cooperative play
Have a vocabulary of several hundred words
Creative
Act out social encounters through play activities
Do puzzles with 3-10 pieces
Copy a circle and simple shapes with pencil or crayon
Physical
Briefly balance and hop on one foot
Pedal a tricycle
Easily place small objects in a small opening
What can you do to support the development?
Visit local areas of interest with your child
Encourage the child to play with other children to help develop social skills
Encourage creative play with many conversations
Read together, discuss the story, act out the story, create original storyline
Provide logical reasoning behind the situation and your choices
Games to extend vocabulary
Count to 100, try skipping odd and even numbers when counting, count backwards, and introduce addition
Encourage the child to think and learn by answering some of his or her questions with hints
Encourage the child to use words to express feelings rather than acting out (drawing out also helps)
All activities in the STEM Activity Lists, plus more creative and social activities
Checklist games!