Assignment+2+Brainstorming+Ideas

//To collaborate information including ideas and presentation styles for the upcoming assignment.//


 * Research on the stage of being 3 years old. **
 * // Finger and hand movements are also more precise. She will begin to grasp a crayon more like an adult -- with the thumb on one side and fingers on the other. By the time she turns 4, she will probably be able to trace a square or circle, draw a person with two to four body parts, and control a pair of scissors with relative accuracy. //

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 * Meanwhile, you can help him by slowing down the rate at which you and other household members speak

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 * Although preschool gives children the opportunity to try out new skills such as pasting, cutting and counting, the main objective is socialization. Many parents make the mistake of treating this as the beginning of a child's scholastic career and thus push too hard. The best way for your 3-year-old to learn is through play, observation and conversation. Hold off on flash cards and worksheets. A child forced into academics too early may later develop an aversion to school.

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 * **A three year old**
 * can now understand that her mind is separate from those of her parents, and that they cannot read her mind
 * still does not really understand about things like height and size. She will think that a tall thin glass holds more than a short fat one - so there can be mistakes with pouring
 * shows some understanding of time and understand that night follows day
 * understands the meaning of tall, short, big and little
 * can say whether they are boys and girls and can tell you whether other children are boys or girls, but they don't yet understand that their sex is permanent
 * can tell you how old she is
 * by the time she is four she may be able to draw a person. Her person will probably have a big round head, with eyes and maybe a mouth and straight out of the head will poke the legs
 * a four year old can copy a cross and a square and can build a bridge with three bricks.


 * At **3½ to 4** they sometimes lose co-ordination and confidence for a time.
 * They love to splash and play with water. Some threes are afraid of the pool or sea and others delight in swimming with an adult. (Always supervise children around water.)
 * Since balance is better, a 3 year old can walk along a plank.
 * 3 year olds can use pedals on a tricycle.
 * 3 year olds can roll and bounce a ball but catching it is still quite difficult.
 * They can throw a ball using shoulders and elbow.
 * By 4 years a child can hold a pencil correctly.
 * They can button clothes.
 * Between 3 - 4 years old children learn to cut with scissors.
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 * 3 year olds get across what they want to say in most situations.
 * Some 3 year olds speak very clearly, while others still use some 'baby talk'.
 * Some may stumble over some words but this will probably clear up by itself within the year.
 * The average 3 ½ year old knows more than 1200 words.
 * 3 year olds can usually understand "place" words such as - under, on, beside, back, over.
 * 3 year olds ask questions beginning with "What" "Who" "Where" and "Why"?
 * They can talk about what happened yesterday and about tomorrow.


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 * Allow them as much time as you can to 'get things right' or do it for themselves.
 * Allow plenty of physical freedom, eg riding a tricycle, ball games, learning to swim. However 3 and 4 year olds are too young for team or competitive games
 * Give them plenty of warning before they have to finish any activity and pack up their toys, or get ready to leave the house.
 * Provide simple games with turns and rules so that your child can begin to learn cooperative games.
 * Children of this age enjoy rhythm and you can encourage this by providing music, songs and rhymes, allowing them to bang on lids and singing simple songs with them.
 * They love to paint and draw. Provide big pieces of paper, textas or paints. Talk about the story that their drawing tells.
 * Provide picture books and story books that can be followed in the pictures and ask questions about the pictures.
 * Children may enjoy appropriate TV programs and also enjoy videos that do not go too fast and that can be repeated over and over.
 * Provide lots of love, fun, approval and encouragement and begin to set limits that you can and are prepared to enforce.

//**MAIN POINTS**//
 * climb ladders and trees
 * stand, walk and run on tiptoes
 * ride a tricycle skilfully, turning safely
 * stand on one foot for several seconds
 * show improving skills in ball games.
 * eat well with a spoon and fork
 * be reliable with toileting, though they may still have 'accidents' when stressed, tired or if they 'forget' to go to the toilet (they may have been too busy). Many will still wet the bed
 * enjoy helping adults with daily activities.
 * talk in complex sentences that are largely grammatically correct
 * have speech that is clear enough for most people to understand most of what the child is saying - although there are often sounds which the child cannot yet manage such as s, r, z, th, v, f
 * enjoy stories
 * ask lots of questions
 * enjoy jokes.

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Examples of Dora the Explorer games that show how a child aged 3-4 learns different skills. On this site i will look at the way they present each skill, how they teach -ways of teaching it and how it is interactive and grabs the child's attention- and how they get the children to learn it after they show them the skill -get them to try it out themselves?-. [ [] ] >