Skills
Communication Skills
- Says sentences of 4-5 words; uses adult-like
grammar - Asks many questions
- Answers “who, how many, why” questions
- Uses pronouns correctly (I, me, you, he, she)
- Speech is understood 80-100% of the time
Fine Motor Skills
- Pours, cuts and mashes food with supervision
- Draws a person with 2-4 body parts
- Cuts on a line with scissors
- Likes to copy shapes, may show interest in
copying letters or name
Gross Motor Skills
- Can throw and kick with accuracy
- Enjoys fast moving activities—running, climbing,
tumbling - Hops and stands on one foot up to 2 seconds
- Catches a ball most of the time
Personal Social Skills
- Can brush teeth, wash face, and dress self
- Can help with simple tasks like putting away toys
- Plays cooperatively with 2 or 3 other children
- May use “bathroom” words and swear
- May “tattle” on others
Problem Solving Skills
- Starting to understand time
- Plays board or card games
- Tells you what is going to happen next in a book
- Has an attention span of 8-12 minutes
Activities
Communication Activities
- Encourage pretend play with boxes, blocks, cars, figures
and help your child create stories - Help your child classify things by groups: food, toys,
vehicles, etc. - Pick out household items that go together (shoe/
sock, salt/pepper, spoon/fork) - Mix up 3-4 pictures of a family vacation/birthday party
and let your child put them in order and tell you
what happened
Fine Motor Activities
- With supervision allow child to spread peanut butter
and jelly, peel a banana, cut with a butter knife, pour
cereal and add milk - Make a necklace you can eat by stringing Cheerios or
Fruit Loops on a piece of yarn or string - Make bubbles using 1/4 cup Dawn or Joy dishwashing
liquid with 2-2/3 cup water, use straws to blow
bubbles
Gross Motor Activities
- Using old pillow cases or towels, show child how to
hop forward in a race to the finish line - Draw squares on sidewalk with chalk, teach child
how to play hopscotch jumping from number to number - Play “bucket hoops”, throwing a medium size ball at
a bucket or trash can
Personal Social and Problem Solving Activities
- Put small toys/household items into bag, have child
reach in and without looking describe object - Find items in house to compare, discuss how they
are similar/different in weight and size, good activity
to use canned foods or glasses of water - Take a pack of playing cards and choose five matching
sets, lay face up and help your child find the pairs,
discuss “same” and “different” - Make puppets out of paper bags, let your child decorate,
encourage them to use puppets to express feelings
and emotions
