• Plays with peers
• Enjoys conversation
  
• Requires some help with tasks
  
• Has preferred friends
  
• Short attention span
  
• Sex-role stereotyping in choice of activities
  
• Helps spontaneously
  
• Can argue with set rules

EMOTIONAL

• Demonstrates multiple emotions, including affection
  
• Identifies self in mirror
  
• Some tantrums
  
• Exhibits anger, pride, fear, empathy
  
• Egocentric ("It’s mine.")
  
• Knows gender identity
  
• Fears are common, especially at night

COGNITIVE

• Plays with others
  
• Matches and sorts
  
• Matches colors and letters
  
• Early comprehension of time
  
• Distractible
  
• Difficulty focusing on details
  
• Makes simplistic drawings of people
  
• Asks many questions ("why," "what," etc.)
  
• Some ability to take another’s point of view
  
• Uneven performance on tasks

LANGUAGE

• Over-generalization
  
• Self-correction
  
• Conversational
  
• Likes nursery rhymes
  
• Enjoys familiar stories
  
• Identifies common objects in book
  
• Sings simple songs
  
• Able to construct sentences of three words
  
• Speech mostly intelligible
  
• Most consonants mastered
  
• Understands 2000+ words
  
• Uses irregular plural forms

FINE MOTOR

• Scribbles
  
• Paints
  
• Interest in art
  
• Creates symbolic art
  
• Builds towers
  
• Unbuttons
  
• Toilets easily
  
• Strings large beads
  
• Manipulates clay
  
• Uses writing instruments

GROSS MOTOR

• Able to negotiate stairs
  
• Runs easily
  
• Hops
  
• Jumps
  
• Rides tricycle
  
• Somersaults
  
• Engages in rough and tumble play