Transcript Three Year Olds! - Beaver Dam Elementary

Three Year Olds!
Physical Development
• Gross Motor Skills
– Throwing, jumping, and hopping skills improve as
a result of better coordination.
– Their balance is improving, too. They’re now able
to go up and down stairs.
– By 36 months of age, children’s catching skills
become more refined.
Physical Development
• Fine Motor Skills
– Their cutting skills become more refined. But they
still can’t cut across a straight line.
– Their drawing skills also improve, they can copy
simple shapes.
– Kids this age love to manipulate blocks and put
together simple puzzles.
Cognitive Development
• Language Comprehension Skills
– These children can start to remember and follow
three-part instructions.
– They begin to understand the pronoun you and
they.
– They can answer simple questions like “Why is the
girl crying?”, “Who lives at the north pole?”, etc.
Cognitive Development
• Expressive Language Skills
– They now have improved grammar and use
sentences with 4-5 words.
– They begin to understand the difference between
past and present tense.
– They also begin to understand possessive nouns.
Cognitive Development
• Math Readiness Skills
– They start to understand the words full, empty,
less, etc. They constantly compare things.
– They start counting at this age. They count to
three while pointing to the corresponding object.
Social-Emotional Development
• Social Development
– Three year olds are eager to help, especially
adults. They are learning new ways to show
concern for others.
– They begin to play with, rather than next to, other
children.
– They share better than two year olds but they
don’t like to too much.
– They being to learn the difference in genders.
Social-Emotional Development
• Emotional Development
– They have strong visible emotions. However, they
are beginning to learn more appropriate ways to
express these emotions.
– They begin to develop a self-concept. A set of
beliefs about him or herself.
– These children may become more fearful of pain.
They may get scared of a dog biting them, etc.
Teaching Three Year Olds
• They enjoy playing in groups of three and you
can introduce themes to their play.
• The objects you supply will influence a 3 year
old. They enjoy being cooks, calling others, etc
• They become independent and feel the need
to do things for themselves. You should
encourage that, they need to feel like they can
do things for themselves.