3 years to 4 years

Physical

• Has gained full balance and control therefore shows much activity by jumping up and down with confidence.
• Fine motor skills develop which helps recognition and understanding.
• Try’s to do things by himself/herself like dressing up, playing, eating etc.
• Can brush teeth.
• Has a good eye muscle.

Social / Emotional

• Develops a sense of order and neatness.
• Desires to be independent but at the same time desires to interact and communicate with other children of the same age.
• Love to listen to read aloud stories.
• Imaginary companions are common.
• Moods swings very much.
• Enjoys praise & responsive to verbal guidance.

Intellectual

• Desire to learn and know different things.
• Try’s to read everything which comes in sight.
• Sense of exploration enhances.
• Tries to match identical objects.
• Differentiates between one and many objects and can count two digits
• Memory skills increase. Can remember things from the immediate past and the present.
• Observation and retention power increases.
• Can count to five or ten

Language

• Speaking skill enhances and can now speak phrases or sentences from four to six words, like “What is your name?”
• Expand his awareness about opposites like his/her, yes/no, good/bad etc.
• Understands different parts of speech present (today), past (yesterday), future (tomorrow).
• Can retain up to 1000 words.
• Remembers simple rhymes.

Suggested toys and games :

• Push-pull and ride-on toys which involves lot of physical activities.
• Toys involving opening-closing, screwing and unscrewing.
• Blocks and cards involving activities like building tower, putting one over another.
• Jigsaw, Form puzzles up to 12 pieces.
• Drawing and coloring books.
• Toys/Games which involves finding out and matching identical objects, similarity in two pictures or opposites.
• Toys/games involving logic, thinking and memory skills (Developing fine motor skills).
• Toys/Games involving recognition, sorting, classification and matching skills.
• Flash-cards of Alphabet, Numbers, Fruits, Transportation etc. Sequencing of events from 2 to 3
• Stuffed animals, Music instruments & Transportation toys.