At this age children express intense feelings. Teachers encourage children to express their needs verbally. Children learn to use words to express needs more clearly and vocabulary increases steadily as does the use of simple sentences of 3-4 words. Words to songs that repeat phrases are learned and the children are able to follow simple requests. Children learn about stories through picture books.
Children can jump, ride tricycles, kick a ball, thread beads.
Children are able to pour liquids and hold markers with hands, not fists. Children have the ability to walk without watching their feet, climb stairs with alternating feet and stand unsteadily on one foot. They continue to learn how to act appropriately around both friends and animals. They also learn how they are different from one another in their physical characteristics and how they are alike. Children learn to negotiate, and their ability to share increases.