At age three, your child....
- can match primary colors, and name one color.
- knows night and day.
- understands "yesterday," "summer," "lunchtime," "tonight," and "little-big."
- begins to obey prepositional phrases like, "put the block under the chair."
- uses words to relate observations, concepts, ideas, and relationships.
- frequently practices by talking to himself.
- knows his or her last name, sex, name of street on which he/she lives and several nursery rhymes.
- can tell a story or relay an idea to someone.
- has a sentence length of 3-4 words.
- has a vocabulary of nearly 1,000 words.
- can produce consistently m, n, ng, p, f, h, and w.
- may repeat sounds, words or phrases, which is perfectly normal at this age.
- can draw a circle and vertical line.
- can sing songs.
- expresses fatigue verbally.
- can stay with one activity 8 or 9 minutes.
- asks "what" questions frequently.
You can stimulate your three-year-olds speech and language by...
- continuing to extend his conversation.
- using words he has trouble with frequently in your speech.
- teaching your child relationships of words, objects, and ideas.
- talking about similarities or differences between things.
- encouraging your child to tell stories using books and pictures.
- letting your child play with other children.
- reading longer stories to your child.
- paying attention to your child when he's talking - remembering that repeating words and sounds is normal during this period of growth.
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