Tell me about 3 year old kids
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I can't give background but can anyone give an insight into the development level of a 3 year old.
I'm trying to think of the right words but I'm failing so can people recount tales of development for near 3 year olds boy and girl.
I'm trying to get my head round where they are in life's tapestry before I have the real life experience which is very soon.
Sorry Ifa bit cryptic but I can't elaborate more
I'm trying to think of the right words but I'm failing so can people recount tales of development for near 3 year olds boy and girl.
I'm trying to get my head round where they are in life's tapestry before I have the real life experience which is very soon.
Sorry Ifa bit cryptic but I can't elaborate more
I went out with a girl who had a 3 year old for a couple of years. Obviously the child aged during the relationship but you know what I mean.
IIRC she spoke english to a basic level, played with a lot of toys, liked sticker books and pepper pig. Sleep was sometimes OK sometimes a bit random. Eating was a bit faddy & messy.
HTH
IIRC she spoke english to a basic level, played with a lot of toys, liked sticker books and pepper pig. Sleep was sometimes OK sometimes a bit random. Eating was a bit faddy & messy.
HTH
A 3 year old girl should be talking lucidly, constructing sentences correctly and comfortable with multi-syllabic words. She will, in my experience, be able to recognise letters and numbers reliably and will know her alphabet and numeric progression. She'll be developing a confident pencil-grip and beginning to form recognisable letters and numbers but probably not writing more than her own name without help. She'll be able to scooter and cycle with increasing confidence (though not needing stabilisers is quite advanced). She'll be able to reason and be reasoned with and will have emerging rational likes and dis-likes. She'll be at the 'why?' Stage and will actively seek knowledge and information. She will be able to feed herself using a fork/spoon and, maybe a knife. She'll be potty trained and should reliably sleep through the night.
All based on the experience of my daughters.
All based on the experience of my daughters.
Jekyll and Hyde spring to mind...
Ours was good as gold at pre-school and could be a total nightmare at other times. Usually with no clearly identifiable 'trigger'.
Also, they have a memory like you wouldn't believe - she spotted the nurse who gave her the various innoculation jabs when we were out shopping one day, and she immediately ran up to me and said "Don't let the lady put any needles in me !!!". Poor woman was mortified.
And never, ever try to skip a page in a book at bedtime !!
It is, however, easier to avoid having to give answers to awkward questions when they're that age ("Daddy, why has that elephant got 5 legs ?" And no, it wasn't his trunk... ) just as long as you sound convincing.
Digger said:
Nick M said:
It is, however, easier to avoid having to give answers to awkward questions when they're that age ("Daddy, why has that elephant got 5 legs ?" And no, it wasn't his trunk... ) just as long as you sound convincing.
. . . and your answer was? 
That and the shagging lions in Longleat... Although we answered the inevitable question of "What's that lion doing to the lady lion ?!!" with "Making baby lions dear...". Fortunately that was the end of that one, but she was a bit older then and harder to fob off with non-answers (regardless of how convincing they sounded !).
Oddly enough, we've not visited a safari park for a while...
Daughter is now at the age (nearly 13) where she would be mortified if she saw something like that and would be too embarrassed to say anything - anything vaguely 'adult' on TV (sometimes even just snogging) is likely to get her squirming with embarassment and burying her head in a cushion
ClaphamGT3 said:
A 3 year old girl should be talking lucidly, constructing sentences correctly and comfortable with multi-syllabic words. She will, in my experience, be able to recognise letters and numbers reliably and will know her alphabet and numeric progression. She'll be developing a confident pencil-grip and beginning to form recognisable letters and numbers but probably not writing more than her own name without help. She'll be able to scooter and cycle with increasing confidence (though not needing stabilisers is quite advanced). She'll be able to reason and be reasoned with and will have emerging rational likes and dis-likes. She'll be at the 'why?' Stage and will actively seek knowledge and information. She will be able to feed herself using a fork/spoon and, maybe a knife. She'll be potty trained and should reliably sleep through the night.
All based on the experience of my daughters.
My daughter is 3 next week and that's pretty accurate.All based on the experience of my daughters.
You are missing, fully able to be a back seat driver:-
- she told me to put both hands on the steering wheel when I had an arm out the window,
- she told me I was in the wrong gear when going up hill.
GuinnessMK said:
You are missing, fully able to be a back seat driver:-
- she told me to put both hands on the steering wheel when I had an arm out the window,
- she told me I was in the wrong gear when going up hill.
When I had my Westfield I would occasionally take my daughter out for a ride round the block (her booster seat used to fit the passenger seat and the harness held her in nicely) and her favourite phrase was "Make it go Brrrrmmmm daddy !!!". Of course I used to oblige, to be greeted with squeels which I think were an equal mix of joy and terror !!
mike88 said:
Depends 100% on how they've been raised during the first 3 years.
I used to believe that until I became a dad.Many friends have twins from IVF and it is abundantly clear that 2 kids who have been raised the same can have very different personalities, levels of concentration, motivations etc.
My 3 year old boy is nowhere near as developed as some of the girls mentioned, his younger brother however is fast catching up and we raised them both the same.
He however is potty trained, can speak and understand (his favourite word is currently stupendous).
He can right his name but only recognises 8 letters of the alphabet.
Can be an unbearable little s
t at times and will throw things and strop like there is no tomorrow (this is what empty bedrooms are for) and at other times will shout out 'Wait mummy I forgot to say I love you' before I have a shower.
He will stand outside the shower and get me a towel, something I have never asked of him but that he thought would be kind. His brother and him are currently wrestling, make of that what you will!
Every child is different but enjoy what you can!
He however is potty trained, can speak and understand (his favourite word is currently stupendous).
He can right his name but only recognises 8 letters of the alphabet.
Can be an unbearable little s
t at times and will throw things and strop like there is no tomorrow (this is what empty bedrooms are for) and at other times will shout out 'Wait mummy I forgot to say I love you' before I have a shower.He will stand outside the shower and get me a towel, something I have never asked of him but that he thought would be kind. His brother and him are currently wrestling, make of that what you will!
Every child is different but enjoy what you can!
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