Social

§         Imitates adults and playmates

§         Spontaneously shows affection for familiar playmates

§         Can take turns in games

§         Understands concept of "mine" and "his/hers"

Emotional

§         Expresses affection openly

§         Expresses a wide range of emotions

§         By 3, separates easily from parents

§         Objects to major changes in routine

Cognitive

§         Makes mechanical toys work

§         Matches an object in her hand or room to a picture in a book

§         Plays make-believe with dolls, animals, and people

§         Sorts objects by shape and color

§         Completes puzzles with three or four pieces

§         Understands concept of "two"

Language

§         Follows a two- or three-part command

§         Recognizes and identifies almost all common objects and pictures

§         Understands most sentences

§         Understands placement in space ("on," "in," "under")

§         Uses 4- to 5-word sentences

§         Can say name, age, and sex

§         Uses pronouns (I, you, me, we, they) and some plurals (cars, dogs, cats)

§         Strangers can understand most of her words

Movement

§         Climbs well

§         Walks up and down stairs, alternating feet (one foot per stair step)

§         Kicks ball

§         Runs easily

§         Pedals tricycle

§         Bends over easily without falling

Hand and Finger Skills

§         Makes up-and-down, side-to-side, and circular lines with pencil or crayon

§         Turns book pages one at a time

§         Builds a tower of more than six blocks

§         Holds a pencil in writing position

§         Screws and unscrews jar lids, nuts, and bolts

§         Turns rotating handles