Skills
Communication Skills
- Understands simple “who, what, where” questions
- Understands simple prepositions (under, on top,
behind, in front) - Understands number concepts (the rest, all, two)
- Asks “what” questions frequently
- Sentence length 3-4 words
- Can tell a simple story or relate idea to someone
Fine Motor Skills
- Builds a tower using 6 blocks
- Screws or unscrews a jar lid or turns door handle
- Buttons and unbuttons large buttons
- Completes puzzles with 3-4 pieces
Gross Motor Skills
- Pedals a tricycle
- Walks up/down stairs alternating feet
- Walks backwards
- Runs, hops and stands on one foot
Personal Social Skills
- Takes turns while playing-even if they don’t like to
- Shows concern for crying friend without
prompting - Understands the idea of “mine” and “his or hers”
- Child may begin to show fears as experiences in
the world increase - May be potty trained, with day time control
achieved before night time
Problem Solving Skills
- Understands what “two” means
- Starts to show understanding of terms morning,
night and days of the week - Names eight colors
- Can count 1-10 and starts to count groups of
things
Activities
Communication Activities
- Talk about pictures in books, ask questions about the
story, talk about what happened 1st, 2nd, 3rd, last - Use cards or household items to sort (clothes,
animals, dishes, etc.) - Play the “why” game: “Why do we …” (eat, wear
shoes, brush our teeth, etc.) - Give your child directions with prepositions (“Put the
bear on the chair; Put the hat on my head”) - Play “dress up” with old clothing and talk about what
you are doing
Fine Motor Activities
- Finger paint with shaving cream on shower/tub wall
or on a large piece of paper adding food coloring. - Use household utensils like tongs and tweezers to
pick up objects - Provide scissors and old magazines to practice cutting,
draw straight and curvy lines for child to cut - Trace around simple objects, use cups and blocks of
various sizes
Gross Motor Activities
- Dance around the house playing different types of
music, point out music that is fast and slow - Show your child how to move like an elephant, bear,
crab, rabbit, let child be the leader - Use a paper plate to hit a balloon seeing how long
child can keep in the air, count how many times child
hits the balloon
Personal Social and Problem Solving Activities
- Have your child set the table each night at dinner,
placing utensils at each place to learn one-to-one
correspondence - Put an old blanket over a table and have a “picnic” or
“campout”, add flashlights for fun - Introduce simple board games like Memory and
Candy Land
