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Your three-year-old will always be your baby, but they’re learning and growing by leaps and bounds, and there’s so much you can do to help nurture their natural development! While children develop at their rate and mastering things a bit earlier or later than others is common, below is a list of social-emotional, language, cognitive, and physical milestones many kids achieve by the time they turn four (and, hence, the things they’re working on when they’re three).
Your little love bug is starting to become less self-centered and more aware of the people around them, showing affection, concern, empathy, and a range of other emotions. As their sense of self and self-confidence grows, they may be becoming more independent. By the time they turn four, they may also be able to:
Being able to communicate verbally with your child is an exciting milestone! With a vocabulary hovering between 250-500 words and blossoming grammatical skills, you (and those around you) should be able to understand about 75% of what your three-year-old is telling you. By the time they turn four, your child may also be able to:
It’s tough to say who feels prouder when a child masters a new skill – the child or the parent! Three-year-old minds are working overtime, observing, practicing, and conquering all kinds of amazing feats. By the time they turn four, many three-year-olds can:
If only we could bottle the energy of a three-year-old – it seems they’re always ready to hit the park or playground, race to the corner, or jump off a step. By the time they turn four, many three-year-olds are also able to:
As we said above, children develop at their own pace, mastering some skills quickly and requiring more practice with others. The more practice they get – and the more support they feel from you – the more confident they will feel as they learn and grow. If you’d like to track your child’s milestones by age, consider downloading the CDC’s mobile milestone app!
Your three-year-old will always be your baby, but they’re learning and growing by leaps and bounds, and there’s so much you can do to help nurture their natural development! While children develop at their rate and mastering things a bit earlier or later than others is common, below is a list of social-emotional, language, cognitive, and physical milestones many kids achieve by the time they turn four (and, hence, the things they’re working on when they’re three).
Your little love bug is starting to become less self-centered and more aware of the people around them, showing affection, concern, empathy, and a range of other emotions. As their sense of self and self-confidence grows, they may be becoming more independent. By the time they turn four, they may also be able to:
Being able to communicate verbally with your child is an exciting milestone! With a vocabulary hovering between 250-500 words and blossoming grammatical skills, you (and those around you) should be able to understand about 75% of what your three-year-old is telling you. By the time they turn four, your child may also be able to:
It’s tough to say who feels prouder when a child masters a new skill – the child or the parent! Three-year-old minds are working overtime, observing, practicing, and conquering all kinds of amazing feats. By the time they turn four, many three-year-olds can:
If only we could bottle the energy of a three-year-old – it seems they’re always ready to hit the park or playground, race to the corner, or jump off a step. By the time they turn four, many three-year-olds are also able to:
As we said above, children develop at their own pace, mastering some skills quickly and requiring more practice with others. The more practice they get – and the more support they feel from you – the more confident they will feel as they learn and grow. If you’d like to track your child’s milestones by age, consider downloading the CDC’s mobile milestone app!
Four-year-olds are so much fun! Becoming more independent by the minute, fours are generally super social and extra energetic. They’ll probably begin to push the boundaries a bit this year, though, and will likely give up on napping (sorry, Mom). They’ll also benefit from time away from parents and caregivers as they prepare to enter Kindergarten next year. Below is a list of other social-emotional, language, cognitive, and physical skills you may see emerge this year (but remember, kids progress at their speeds and may pick up these skills earlier or later!):
Your baby is officially a preschooler now, learning to identify and express their emotions appropriately, with words rather than emotions. Other exciting social, emotional skills your four-year-old will likely learn this year include:
Look out! With an average vocabulary of up to 1,600 words, your four-year-old has plenty to say! Fours are becoming much more communicative, using longer, clearer sentences, singing songs, playing word games, even reciting short poems! Here are some other language skills your four-year-old may acquire this year:
Fours are building the foundation for future learning, practicing shapes, letters, numbers, counting, and attempting to write and draw. By the time most kids start Kindergarten (usually around age five), they’ll:
It may feel like your four-year-old is in constant motion, running, jumping, climbing, hopping, and hiding all day long. In addition to honing their gross motor skills, this year, they’ll also be refining key fine motor movements that allow them to dress and feed themselves (hooray). Other physical skills your little one will be working on this year include:
Remember that kids develop at different speeds, so don’t worry if it’s taking your little one a little longer to master any of the skills above. You can support their development by practicing these things at home, in a fun way – and you can track your child’s milestones by age with the CDC’s mobile milestone app!
Four-year-olds are so much fun! Becoming more independent by the minute, fours are generally super social and extra energetic. They’ll probably begin to push the boundaries a bit this year, though, and will likely give up on napping (sorry, Mom). They’ll also benefit from time away from parents and caregivers as they prepare to enter Kindergarten next year. Below is a list of other social-emotional, language, cognitive, and physical skills you may see emerge this year (but remember, kids progress at their speeds and may pick up these skills earlier or later!):
Your baby is officially a preschooler now, learning to identify and express their emotions appropriately, with words rather than emotions. Other exciting social, emotional skills your four-year-old will likely learn this year include:
Look out! With an average vocabulary of up to 1,600 words, your four-year-old has plenty to say! Fours are becoming much more communicative, using longer, clearer sentences, singing songs, playing word games, even reciting short poems! Here are some other language skills your four-year-old may acquire this year:
Fours are building the foundation for future learning, practicing shapes, letters, numbers, counting, and attempting to write and draw. By the time most kids start Kindergarten (usually around age five), they’ll:
It may feel like your four-year-old is in constant motion, running, jumping, climbing, hopping, and hiding all day long. In addition to honing their gross motor skills, this year, they’ll also be refining key fine motor movements that allow them to dress and feed themselves (hooray). Other physical skills your little one will be working on this year include:
Remember that kids develop at different speeds, so don’t worry if it’s taking your little one a little longer to master any of the skills above. You can support their development by practicing these things at home, in a fun way – and you can track your child’s milestones by age with the CDC’s mobile milestone app!
Play your way to school-ready toddler skills with these fun, quick activities! This set's hands-on activities help kids learn and retain lessons in counting, color recognition, and early letter skills through fun, active play. Plus, the built-in carrying case lets you take the learning on the go! Learn more about Skill Builders! Toddler Skills.
Play your way to school-ready toddler skills with these fun, quick activities! This set's hands-on activities help kids learn and retain lessons in counting, color recognition, and early letter skills through fun, active play. Plus, the built-in carrying case lets you take the learning on the go! Learn more about Skill Builders! Toddler Skills.
I am currently in the fun position of being a Preschool teacher and being Mom to a preschooler. It is honestly such a magical stage of childhood, and I love how much playful learning happens daily. I am always on the lookout for engaging new materials with my daughter and preschool class, so I was excited to test out Learning Resources® Preschool Letters and Numbers Skill Builders! Sets. In this first blog, we will focus on the Letters Set.
I like to keep learning hands-on for preschoolers, especially when first helping them discover letters and sounds. The Skill Builders! Preschool Letters Set comes with a good selection of materials to learn about uppercase and lowercase letters. You get a detailed activity guide to help inspire learning ideas, as well as laces and threading letter beads, a color spinner, picture and letter cards, and some interactive paper sheets with activity ideas on them. We laminated many of these sheets as they work great with dry-erase markers, which means they can be used multiple times.
1. Letter Threading - My four-year-old went straight for the letter threading materials. She was super excited to make a ‘name necklace.’ She carefully identified the letters in her name and threaded them onto the lace. This is great for her fine motor skills, which helps build the muscle strength in her hand, ready for writing. She spoke about the shapes of the letters as she threaded them onto the lace as well.
2. Letter Matching - Next up, she liked flipping over the letter cards and matching both the uppercase and lowercase letter beads onto the cards. As she did this, I encouraged her to trace the letter on the card with her finger, and we said the name of the letter and the sound that it made. She loved it when she was able to tell me a word she knew, starting with the sound! On the back of the letter cards, there are vibrant illustrations of something starting with the letter, which was a great way to expand her knowledge.
3. Color Matching - The last activity we chose was a color matching game using the spinner. Preschoolers always love flicking the spinner and watching excitedly to see where it lands. My daughter would spin, identify the color and then choose a letter bead. I challenged her to tell me the name of the letter; we would then make the sound together and try to think of at least three words starting with the letter. If we came up with three words, we got to thread it onto the lace. You could add an extra element of challenge to this by each having your lace and seeing who could thread the most letters on in a given time (remember to come up with the three words each time, though). You can also repeat this activity with lowercase letters to keep the learning developing.
The activity guide left us with so many more great ideas to try. Our favorite material was the letter beads, and we can’t wait to use them in some sensory bins as well seen as they can be easily washed. I love that this set is versatile and comes with a range of hands-on activities, all of which can be adjusted for the stage of learning your preschooler is at.
Writer’s Bio
Lucy Baker is a Mom of two (4 & 8 years old) passionate about creative play and hands-on learning. She firmly believes in providing children with the opportunity to learn through play and being part of their play journey as a parent. See more of her creative play ideas and process art projects on Instagram @findthelittlemind, and over on her blog, Find the Little Mind.
I am currently in the fun position of being a Preschool teacher and being Mom to a preschooler. It is honestly such a magical stage of childhood, and I love how much playful learning happens daily. I am always on the lookout for engaging new materials with my daughter and preschool class, so I was excited to test out Learning Resources® Preschool Letters and Numbers Skill Builders! Sets. In this first blog, we will focus on the Letters Set.
I like to keep learning hands-on for preschoolers, especially when first helping them discover letters and sounds. The Skill Builders! Preschool Letters Set comes with a good selection of materials to learn about uppercase and lowercase letters. You get a detailed activity guide to help inspire learning ideas, as well as laces and threading letter beads, a color spinner, picture and letter cards, and some interactive paper sheets with activity ideas on them. We laminated many of these sheets as they work great with dry-erase markers, which means they can be used multiple times.
1. Letter Threading - My four-year-old went straight for the letter threading materials. She was super excited to make a ‘name necklace.’ She carefully identified the letters in her name and threaded them onto the lace. This is great for her fine motor skills, which helps build the muscle strength in her hand, ready for writing. She spoke about the shapes of the letters as she threaded them onto the lace as well.
2. Letter Matching - Next up, she liked flipping over the letter cards and matching both the uppercase and lowercase letter beads onto the cards. As she did this, I encouraged her to trace the letter on the card with her finger, and we said the name of the letter and the sound that it made. She loved it when she was able to tell me a word she knew, starting with the sound! On the back of the letter cards, there are vibrant illustrations of something starting with the letter, which was a great way to expand her knowledge.
3. Color Matching - The last activity we chose was a color matching game using the spinner. Preschoolers always love flicking the spinner and watching excitedly to see where it lands. My daughter would spin, identify the color and then choose a letter bead. I challenged her to tell me the name of the letter; we would then make the sound together and try to think of at least three words starting with the letter. If we came up with three words, we got to thread it onto the lace. You could add an extra element of challenge to this by each having your lace and seeing who could thread the most letters on in a given time (remember to come up with the three words each time, though). You can also repeat this activity with lowercase letters to keep the learning developing.
The activity guide left us with so many more great ideas to try. Our favorite material was the letter beads, and we can’t wait to use them in some sensory bins as well seen as they can be easily washed. I love that this set is versatile and comes with a range of hands-on activities, all of which can be adjusted for the stage of learning your preschooler is at.
Writer’s Bio
Lucy Baker is a Mom of two (4 & 8 years old) passionate about creative play and hands-on learning. She firmly believes in providing children with the opportunity to learn through play and being part of their play journey as a parent. See more of her creative play ideas and process art projects on Instagram @findthelittlemind, and over on her blog, Find the Little Mind.