2 1/2 going on 3
Our preschool program is filled with the experiences your child needs to develop his creative and intellectual gifts. We believe that kids learn through the interactions they have with each other and play. Learning is fun here at Green Acres and we are very successful in incorporating games and activities that develop our kids, and teach them what they need to be successful.
With your child’s third birthday, the “magic years” of three and four begin—a time when your child’s world will be dominated by fantasy and vivid imagination.
Here are some milestones to look for.
With your child’s third birthday, the “magic years” of three and four begin—a time when your child’s world will be dominated by fantasy and vivid imagination.
Here are some milestones to look for.
Movement milestones
- Hops and stands on one foot up to five seconds
- Goes upstairs and downstairs without support
- Kicks ball forward
- Throws ball overhand
- Catches bounced ball most of the time
- Moves forward and backward with agility
- Copies square shapes
- Draws a person with two to four body parts
- Uses scissors
- Draws circles and squares
- Begins to copy some capital letters
- Understands the concepts of “same” and “different”
- Has mastered some basic rules of grammar
- Speaks in sentences of five to six words
- Speaks clearly enough for strangers to understand
- Tells stories
- Correctly names some colors
- Understands the concept of counting and may know a few numbers
- Approaches problems from a single point of view
- Begins to have a clearer sense of time
- Follows three-part commands
- Recalls parts of a story
- Understands the concept of same/different
- Engages in fantasy play
- Interested in new experiences
- Cooperates with other children
- Plays “Mom” or “Dad”
- Increasingly inventive in fantasy play
- Dresses and undresses
- Negotiates solutions to conflicts
- More independent
- Imagines that many unfamiliar images may be “monsters”
- Views self as a whole person involving body, mind, and feelings
- Often cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality
