Intellectual Development 3 year olds

• Thinking ability matures

• Able to solve simple problems

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• Unclear about cause and effect

• Unclear about time (yesterday, today, tomorrow)

• Holidays measure time

• They only see things from their perspective (Egocentric)

• They think illogically

Language comprehension

• Children can give you 2 objects

• They can follow 3 step directions

• Spatial concepts are clearer

Language Expression

• 900 word vocabulary

• 4-5 word sentences

• Combine 2 short sentences with “and”

• Improved grammar

• Understand present and past tense ( overgeneralize “ed” rule

• Begin to understand possessive nouns, i.e. his, hers

• Use negatives,(can’t, won’t), but double them (can’t not)

• WHY???

Math Readiness

• Size concept (full, empty, more, less bigger, smaller)

• True count three objects

• Rote count to 10

• They see the difference between a few and many

Intellectual Development 4 year olds

• Understand symbols better

Symbols appear in their artwork and play

Drawings represent objects-inaccurate

Language Comprehension

• Spatial concepts:Beside, bottom, backward, forward, down, low

• 3 step commands are followed in order

• Plural and singular is understood

• Recognize letters of alphabet

• Take words literally

Language Expression

• Enjoy talking TO you, not with you

• WHY?? is a full question• 1500 word vocabulary• Articulate with some sound

problems

• Imitate phrases they hear

• Use irregular verbs

• Pronouns (him, he, she, her) still give trouble

• Interrupt, and talk about a new subject

Math Readiness

• Rote count higher than 10

• True count higher than 3

• Recognize numbers 1-5

• Identify new shapes

• Recognize tallest, same size, 1st and last,

• Identify coins,(penny, dime, nickel) but, size = value

• Time is still confusing, but understand yesterday, today, and tomorrow better