Social and Emotional Skills

• Aware of own feelings and those of others
• Shows concern for others
• Accepts and responds to teacher’s suggestions and authority
• Begins to enjoy the company of other children
• Begins to engage in small group activities
• Demonstrates increasing independence

Fine Motor Skills

• Scribbles with crayons
• Paints with large brush
• Begins to apply glue and paste
• Strings large beads
• Draws a horizontal line and begins a circle
• Builds a tower of four blocks or more
• Begins to snip with scissors

Gross Motor Skills

• Throws large ball forward
• Jumps on two feet in place
• Walks upstairs and downstairs with support
• Kicks a ball forward
• Stands on tip toes
• Begins to run

 
Language Skills

• Verbalizes wants and ideas
• Listens to simple stories quietly
• Points to object or picture when it’s named for him/her
• Recognizes names of familiar people, objects, and body parts
• Uses three-to-four word sentences
• Follows two simple directions

Self-Reliance Skills

• Helps put things away
• Begins to develop some self-help skills (i.e. coats and bathroom)
• Gives first name when asked

Cognitive Skills

• Begins to notice different shapes
• Begins to understand basic physical properties (hard, soft, hot, cold, wet and dry)
• Identifies some colors
• Begins make believe play