Developmental Milestones Chart Page 6

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Preschool
Physical
Cognitive
Social
Physically active
Ego-centric, illogical, magical
Play:
thinking
 Cooperative,
Rule of Three: 3 yrs,
imaginative, may
3 ft, 33 lbs.
Explosion of vocabulary;
involve fantasy
learning syntax, grammar;
and imaginary
Weight gain: 4-5 lbs
understood by 75% of
friends, takes turns
per year
people by age 3
in games
Growth: 3-4 inches
Poor understanding of time,
 Develops gross
per year
value, sequence of events
and fine motor
skills; social skills;
Physically active,
Vivid imaginations; some
experiment with
can’t sit still for
difficulty separating fantasy
social roles;
long
from reality
reduces fears
Clumsy throwing
Accurate memory, but more
Wants to please
balls
suggestible than older
adults
children
Refines complex
Development of
skills: hopping,
Primitive drawing, can’t
conscience:
jumping,
represent themselves in
incorporates
climbing,
drawing till age 4
parental
running, ride “big
prohibitions; feels
wheels” and
Don’t realize others have
guilty when
tricycles
different perspective
disobedient;
simplistic idea of
Improving fine
Leave out important facts
“good and bad”
motor skills and
behavior
eye-hand
May misinterpret visual cues of
coordination: cut
emotions
Curious about his and
with scissors,
other’s bodies, may
draw shapes
Receptive language better
masturbate
than expressive till age 4
3– 3 ½ yr: most
No sense of privacy
toilet trained
Primitive, stereotypic
understanding of
gender roles

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