Months 34-36
Mental Development
- Start to remember past events
- Start to understand the concept of opposites
- Be able to be understood by a stranger when they are speaking
- Use the pronouns “I,” “me,” and “you”
- Be excited to listen to a story
- Like to hear favourite stories repeated again and again
- Ask questions constantly
- Recognise their name in written form and know two or more letters
- Sort objects according to shape
- Listen to and answer questions
- Speak in three-word sentences
Visual Development
- Closely watch pages while turning them
- Match items of the same colour
- Easily follow a moving object
Growth
34 Months
- Weigh about 13.5 kg if she’s a girl or about 14.0 kg if he’s a boy
- Be about 93.6 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 94.8 cm tall if he’s a boy
35 Months
- Weigh about 13.7 kg if she’s a girl or about 14.2 kg if he’s a boy
- Be about 94.4 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 95.4 cm tall if he’s a boy
36 Months
- Weigh about 13.9 kg if she’s a girl or about 14.3 kg if he’s a boy
- Be about 95.1 cm tall is she’s a girl or about 96.1 cm tall if he’s a boy
Motor Development
- Be able to pedal a tricycle
- Bend over easily without falling
- Turn book pages one at a time
- Make vertical, horizontal, and circular strokes with a pencil or crayon
- Build complex structures with blocks
- Be able to cut with scissors and paste with glue
- Have become more skillful in dressing and undressing themselves
- Be more agile in use of playground equipment
- Be able to stand for a short time on one foot
- Throw and kick balls reasonably well
- Thread large beads
- Hold a pencil between thumb and first two fingers
- Paint with a large brush
- Cut with child safety scissors
Social and Emotional Development
- Start to play more with other children
- Be bossy sometimes when they play with others
- Start to have empathy for the feelings of others
- Be less demanding of their parents because they can do so many things on their own
- Entertain themselves with a variety of activities
- Be more orderly and organised
- Still be impatient at times, but more willing to wait at this age
- Tell lies or fibs sometimes
- Be less likely to have tantrums
- Be more agreeable to following instructions
- Have one or two special friends
