3-4 Years
CategoryAll Kinds of Shapes: Your Child Is Learning Simple Shapes, and Drawing Them Too!
Your child has very likely been recognizing simple shapes, such as squares, circles, and triangles. He may point them out in books, puzzl…
0 likesModel Behavior for Your Child: He’s Watching You!
Up until this point, much of what your child has learned has come from watching you. He’ll continue to watch you at this age, but he’s at…
0 likes“I’m Pretending to Be You!” How Your Child Learns Roles with Pretend Play
Pretending is an important type of play for young children. Often, they use pretend play to test out specific skills, behaviors, and acti…
0 likesCatch! Why Catching a Ball Is a Bigger Challenge than Throwing
Your child’s gross motor skills have been steadily improving as she gets older. One of the milestones she’ll reach at this age is the abi…
0 likesSounds All Around: The Development of Phonemic Awareness
Your child has been communicating with you for a while, through both speech and gestures. She is now reaching a stage of phonemic awarene…
0 likesEncourage Your Child to Teach Others
Your child is becoming increasingly capable of doing things on her own and is also reaching a related milestone: the ability to teach oth…
0 likesUnderstanding Same and Different “A Chihuahua Isn’t a Mouse, Silly…It’s a Dog!”
From the moment she was born, your child has been learning by observing the world around her. She started with a blank slate, so it took …
0 likesYour Child’s Point of View When Solving Problems
With three years behind him, your child has gained, in his view, great experience in the world. With all of this “knowledge and expertise…
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