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75 Everyday Activities For 3 Year Olds

August 6, 2013 | 75 Comments

What are your favorite activities for 3 year olds? These simple activities aren’t just for 3 year olds, they are great activities and preschool learning games for older kids too! Don’t miss my new book Everyday Preschool, it’s the best book for parents who want to make sure their child is learning every day.

Finding the right activities for 3 year olds should be easy… but it isn’t. This summer my daughter and I have had a lot of time to play. Extra time in fact because she decided when she turned 3 to give up naps. With her brother home from school for the summer, my attempts at forcing the issue have been met with refusal. I am going to try again in a month when her brother returns to school but in the meantime, she has quiet time, earlier bedtimes and lots of simple activities like these peppered throughout the day. For more specific games for 3 year olds check out our post here with our favorites!

If you have a younger child check out our similar list of 75 TV Free Activities For Toddlers. These 3 year old activities have been the bulk of what we’ve done this summer. Big projects are fun but day in and day out this is what we do.

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Fun Activities for 3 year olds

Playdough sculptures with dry spaghetti.
Fill a table with books and read, read, read.
Doodle with smelly markers on cardboard from your recycle bin.
Play doctor with dolls.
Take a walk and hunt for colors.
Play with puzzles.
Look at family photos together.
Create with peel and stick jewels.
Read through catalogs.
Build a fort.
Play eye spy with a favorite book.
Eat lunch outside.
Play in a box.
Paint with watercolors.
Play with stickers.
Play sports in the yard.
Play-Doh and sequins.
Play The Cupcake Game.
Play Simon Says.
Make a balance beam out of painter’s tape and walk it!
Play in a kiddie pool.
Color with Color Wonder markers and coloring sheets.
Water some plants
Play with Magic Nuudles.
Play with Play-Doh and Duplo together.
What are some easy things to do with a 3 year old? Keep reading!
Play with a light table ( easy DIY here ).
Play with cold cooked spaghetti.
Cook together.
Play with water, rice, beans, gravel, etc… in your water table .
Play with the hose.
Dress up some dolls.
Take silly pictures together.
Play hide and seek.
Cuddle.
Play with stamps.
Make some window clings .
Paint your toenails with kid-safe nail polish.
Run Through the sprinkler.
Write in a journal with markers, stamps, and crayons.
Go to the beach.
Learn about emotions with Mr. Potato Head.
Go to the library.
Read with a sibling.
Call Grandma ( or Aunty, Uncle… you get the picture. )
Help clean.
Play dentist with dolls.
Finger paint.
Draw with chalk on black construction paper.
Go to a local elementary school and play at the playground.
What are the best activities for 3 year old ?
Play dress-up.
Take markers and paint onto the porch for art outside.
Duplo
Play School
Mix sidewalk chalk and other toys for pretend play outside.
Bubbles.
Scrap paper collages. All you need is some paper and glue!
Hunt for magnets with a magnetic wand in a bowl of uncooked oatmeal or rice.
Jump in puddles. I don’t know of a better activity for a 3 year old than this one!
Build a tower out of recycling.
Wash the car.
Backyard nature hunt. Tape painter’s tape sticky side out on a window or wall and have your child stick what they find on it.
Take some pictures.
Have a tea party.
Practice cutting with playdough!
Make a ramp with cardboard and drive matchbox cars down it.
Read books outside.
Play-Doh with pipe cleaners.
Wash push cars, scooters, and bikes.
Go for a hike.
Play with Play-doh and egg molds.
Play airplane or train with your kitchen chairs.
Wash windows with water and vinegar.
Turn snack bars into shapes and practice using a knife at the same time.
Play alone. Yes, it’s more than OK, it’s awesome to let kids play alone. Let your 3 year old think up their own activities. We don’t need to entertain them 24/7 !

What is your family’s favorite everyday activity? Not listed? Add it in the comments and tell us why your kids love it!

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Children aged 3 to 4

Children from 3 to 4 years old

Child Development 3 to 4 years old. You are in the "Children from 3 to 4 years" section.

In this section, we will help you find out and determine the level of development of your child, namely, what your child should know and be able to do at the age of 3 to 4 years.
What a 3 year old should know and be able to do.

This article is for your reference and gives approximate norms for the degree of formation of your child's mental processes at this age. You can check his potential in different areas of knowledge, find out in which areas of knowledge your child succeeds, and in which additional attention and time are required.

In this section "Children from 3 to 4 years old" we have collected all the material published on our website, which will help you and your child to study, prepare for the next, more in-depth stage of classes.

You can use materials for your studies at home, in kindergarten or in elementary grades.
Mathematics
A child aged 3 to 4 should be able to:

1. The child must be able to count to three and show the appropriate number of fingers on his hand.
2. The child must be able to master the concepts: one - many, large - small, high - low, etc.
3. The child must know the primary colors (red, yellow, green, blue, white, black).
4. The child must know the basic geometric shapes (circle, square, triangle).
5. The child must be able to compare objects by size, color, shape. Be able to compare the number of items.
6. The child must be able to match a pair to an object with a given attribute.

Study aids:
1. Educational cards for games with children
2. Multi-colored playhouses
3. Cards Teaching a child to count
4. Connect the numbers and color the picture
5. The game is learning geometric shapes
6. Video-Learning counting
7. Number cards for boys
8. Introducing the child to Geometric shapes
9. Cards with numbers from 0 to 10
10. How to teach a child to count in a playful way
11. A game for learning Geometric shapes
12. Number cards for girls
13. Puzzles-double geometric shapes
14. Puzzles-double Numbers and Counting
15. Geometric shapes. We develop fine motor skills
16. We study Geometric shapes
17. I learn to count. up to 10
22. Mathematics with Dice for Children

Logical thinking
- Development of Thinking, Memory, Attention
A child aged 3 to 4 must be able to:

1. The child should be able to put together a cut picture from 2-4 parts.
2. The child should be able to find and explain inconsistencies in the drawings.
3. The child must be able to find an extra object and explain why he made such a choice.
4. The child should be able to find similarities and differences between objects.
5. The child should be able to memorize 2-3 pictures.
6. A child should be able to memorize 3-4 words that an adult has repeated several times.
7. The child must be able to memorize and repeat the movements shown by an adult 1-2 times,
8. The child must be able to remember any detail or attribute of an object.
9. The child must be able to complete the task within 5 minutes without being distracted.
10. The child must find paired objects. Be able to choose the right one from a group of objects.
11. The child must be able to pay attention to the properties and characteristics of objects, to find similarities and differences between objects.

Practice aids:
1. Find a pair cards
2. Find the shadow of the picture
3. Develop logical thinking
4. Cards for activities
5. Puzzles
6. Pick up a patch
7. Add the missing object
8. Entertaining activities with the child
9. Playing in opposites
10. Orienting in space. Right and Left
11. Game - "What is What?"
12. Game Catch a fish
13. Association game: Find a pair
14. Game for the Development of Memory and Attention
15. Guess Whose Shadow

Speech development
A child aged 3 to 4 should be able to:

1. The child should be able not only to visually perceive images, but also to describe what he saw.
2. The child easily forms simple sentences, gradually moves to complex ones (from 5-6 words).
3. The child must be able to separate objects into groups: furniture, dishes, clothes, etc.
4. The child must be able to name one attribute of each object.
5. The child must know the names of the basic actions of people and animals (lie down, sit, run, etc.)
6. A child should be able to repeat rhymes and songs after an adult.
7. The child must know his first and last name.
8. The child must be able to control the power of the voice, speak loudly - quietly.

Study aids:
1. Letters of the Alphabet-Puzzles
2. Learning the letter A. What the beech A looks like. . Color Letters of the Alphabet
7. Lotto learning Letters
8. Cards with Letters and a Picture
9. Talking tongues
10. Musical game for the development of speech
11. Cards - What letter does the word begin with

The world around us
A child aged 3 to 4 years should be able to:

1. The child must know the names and be able to show domestic (cow, goat, horse, cat, dog, etc.) and wild (wolf, hare, fox, etc.) animals.
2. The child must know the names of 3-4 birds (sparrow, swallow, crow), 3-4 fish (whale, catfish, shark) and 3-4 insects (grasshopper, butterfly, bee).
3. The child should know the names of the main plants: 3-4 trees (birch, oak, apple) and 3-4 flowers (chamomile, tulip, rose).
4. The child should know what vegetables, fruits, berries, mushrooms are.
5. The child must have an idea about the materials from which the surrounding objects are made.
6. The child must know the parts of the day - morning, afternoon, evening, night.
7. The child should be able to name natural phenomena - rain, snow, wind.

Practice aids:
1. Flashcards Parts of the human body
2. Transport cards
3. Fruit cards
4. Vegetable cards
5. Learn Color cards
6. Furniture cards
7. Animals and what they eat cards
8. Clothes and Shoes cards
9. Cards Animals and Birds
10. Fruits and berries. Learning and coloring
11. Vegetables. Learning and coloring
12. Fruits and Berries (coloring cards)
13. Vegetables (coloring cards)
14. Unique books - Seasons
15. Insects cards
16. Dishes and Cutlery
17. Cards Game "What for What"
18. Cards Insects 2.
19. Educational Games with Clothespins

Household Skills
:

1. The child must be able to put on things independently (without fasteners).
2. The child must be able to cut paper with scissors.
3. The child must be able to use pencils, markers, pens, etc. Be able to draw circles, dots, lines.
4. The child should be able to trace and color pictures.
5. The child must know the basic rules of hygiene.

Practice aids:
1. Stencils for drawing
2. Paper fruits
3. Paper toys
4. Christmas tree applique
5. Juice box crafts
6. Hand flowers applique
making applications
8. DIY space machine
9. Cars with eyes
10. Book My House
11. Bus for little ponies
12. Palm frame - for babies
13. Plasticine and beads
14. Button applications
15. DIY Christmas tree from Cones
16. Cheerful Chupa-Chups

Read also the article for Development of the Child.

Find out what a child should know and be able to do by age. Take advantage of the training aids offered by our website.

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Child 2 to 3 years old
Child 4 to 5 years old
Child 5 to 7 years old

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Educational ☝️ activities for children aged 3-4, interesting activities and ✍️ development activities for a child at home ☀

Content

What features of this age group should be taken into account
What is interesting for kids aged 3-4 years
What kinds of activities can be used at home
What to do with a baby outside the home
What to do with a baby in the country
What to do with a baby in the park
How to play with a baby in a winter park
What to do with a child 3-4 years old on the road
Tips for parents on organizing classes
What parents of a 3-4 year old baby should know
Speech development
Motor skills development
Mathematics
Music lessons
Development of logical thinking
Drawing

A child at the age of 3-4 becomes very active. Many mothers are tormented by the question: “What to do with your child?”. After all, the kid should spend time with benefit. At this age, children need to develop, instill in them communication skills.

Of course, children are all different in character and temperament. Someone aged can play with one toy all day, while someone needs variety in activities.

Please note! When taking a child of 3-4 years old to do something at home, be sure to be there. Babies at this age should not be left unattended. Be nearby, organize your affairs so that there is a small distance between you and the child.

So, let's take a look at which developmental activities for children aged 3 and 4 are most suitable.

What features of this age group should be taken into account

3-4 years is the period when the baby begins to realize himself. He has a more perfect system of coordination of movements, he begins to move more smoothly.

Children show musical talent, they like to dance and sing.

Toddlers can already play in company, keep themselves busy with games, they show interest in construction, vocabulary is growing rapidly. The child begins to use the words that he heard from adults, turns of speech become more difficult, he begins to express his opinion.

Children at the age of 3-4 are already playing with their peers

During this period, relationships with peers and adults are formed. He becomes a participant in joint games, begins to perceive the rules of behavior in games.

Children at this age have many questions, they gain life experience. The information that a child can absorb during this period is simply colossal in its volume.

And, of course, the task of parents and teachers is to choose such educational games that would help the formation of the personality and skills of the child, both in a children's institution and at home.

Things to do for toddlers aged 3-4

Ages 3-4 are a great time to develop children's creativity. You can sculpt from plasticine or salt dough. For a child aged 3-4 years, drawing classes are interesting. Young artists with the same pleasure draw with pencils and paint with paints, they like felt-tip pens and colored crayons.

Games for the development of hand motor skills and fantasy

Pay attention! Children at this age cannot draw on their own, but they can color to their liking and within their strength. There are special coloring books on sale, you can print coloring pages from the Internet.

Parents of artists need to be careful, because at the age of 3-4 years, children like to draw not only on paper. They like walls and doors. Drawing boards can be an interesting option. It is convenient to install such a board at home - it takes up little space.

A great idea - a mosaic - a game for creativity

At this age, children can be occupied with constructors. For 3-4 years, constructors made of plastic parts are suitable. Children are especially interested in towers and houses, which they build with pleasure. At home, you can allow children to create houses from improvised materials - pillows, chairs, blankets.

When a child reaches 3-4 years of age, parents begin to think about additional developmental education.

Moms and dads choose developing activities, circles or sections for their crumbs. Children are taken to swimming, gymnastics. If you start studying a foreign language, the result will be very good.

But you can also work with children outside the home. A child of 3-4 years old is useful to stay in the air.

All children love playing in the sandbox

Outdoor activities are varied. Children of this age are attracted to the sandbox, where they play and build with pleasure. A playground is a place where a child can play and relax in comfort.

Fine motor skills: 3-4 year olds enjoy laying out mosaic patterns and looking at pictures in books. They are interested in moving toys.

Activities you can use at home

Here are some educational activities for 3 and 4 year olds you can do at home:

Three and four year olds love to draw on paper the world around them. Prepare pencils or felt-tip pens for drawing with your child. Discuss what he wants to draw, ask what color the objects in his drawing will be. Give him large sheets of paper or even a piece of unwanted wallpaper. The scale will capture your baby, and he will be busy for a long time.
Before you give pencils, offer him to work with a sharpener - then he will draw more enthusiastically.
You can keep your child busy with the hole punch. Show how a hole puncher works, let him make confetti from old magazines for the New Year holidays.
Fun for kids and cutting with scissors. By the age of four, children can cut out simple figures. Make stencils of geometric shapes. Let it cut. And then build an application with it. This is a great activity for a child of 3 years old at home - developing.
Developing board can keep a child busy for a long time
You can give your child stencils of various objects (available on sale, you can make your own from cardboard) or letters. The kid circles the stencil, and then paints.
It is difficult to force children to sculpt from plasticine alone. Roll up a lot of sausages for him - let him cut into pieces, and then lay out the pattern on a sheet of cardboard.
Pull the rope, give clothespins and let him hang his things, and then collect them.
Children are fascinated by working with carbon paper. Show him the technology. Be sure - your child will be engaged in work with interest.
Kinetic sand will help out parents, children like this activity.
You can buy stickers for children and give them an album - the child will stick until he uses all the stickers.
Children can also be occupied with drawing by dots. Download these pictures from the Internet.
Children may be interested in the magnifying glass. Give him small pictures - let him look through a magnifying glass.
There is an interesting invention - puzzles. Pick up your baby sets according to age and interests. It will take a very long time, rest assured.
Wooden puzzles for children 3-4 years old

Almost all the proposed options are educational: kids are not only busy with exciting and useful activities.

If the mother is making something out of dough, give the child a piece so that he can contribute.

There is another interesting activity: take large beans, pasta and some peas, move them around and let your child sort them into three containers. Play as needed help around the house. Be sure to praise.

In general, the kitchen attracts both girls and boys - fantasize, and your little helper will be happy to complete tasks.

Children in the kitchen will be happy to help

What to do with the baby outside the home

Often, being away from home, kids are tormented by the fact that they do not know what to do. Here are some options for developing activities for children 4 years old and 3 years old.

In the summer, children aged 3-4 are attracted to the sandbox. All sand games are educational. Building different figures, breaking through the grooves, the baby learns shapes and volumes through the hands. Exposure through the hands has a beneficial effect on speech activity. It is interesting and very convenient to play on the sand:

Wet sand can be molded into many figures using molds. For example, invite your child to create a sand park or make pies for a puppet dinner;
on a flat surface, you can "draw" a picture of the sand.

Place plastic skittles or bottles in the clearing and let the child learn to "dribble" the ball between them.

A great idea for a cottage - homemade tracks

There is a mini-ring on the playgrounds, give the ball and offer to throw it into the basket, moreover, from different distances.

Give your child crayons to draw on the pavement. Show how to draw cells - the kid will be happy to jump on them.

What to do with your baby in the country

It is easy to keep your baby busy in the summer:

What to do in the park

In the autumn park, offer your child to collect a collection of autumn leaves. Before the walk, prepare a bag or box where he will put his treasures.

Another variant of an outdoor game is to offer the kid jogging, for example, to a green bench, to a large stone, to a mountain ash, etc.

How to play with your baby in the winter park

Here are a few options:

Draw a circle in the snow, mark the center and arrange a competition to hit the target with snowballs.
Play as a cunning fox that covers its tracks with its tail. Together with the child, find a branch. The kid will walk in the snow and cover his tracks with a twig.
There is also an interesting game "Who walks how" - the kid depicts the gait of different animals, jumps like a hare, runs like a wolf or a bear.
Draw patterns or bird tracks in the snow.
You can run along the paths of the park and look for trees that look like different animals.
At this age, kids begin to learn letters - trample them on fresh snow.
Winter activities - snowballs, sledges, snow removal

How to captivate a child of 3-4 years old on the road

It happens that a family with a child of this age must go on a trip. It is difficult for restless kids to sit still in transport. What can distract him?

In the car, you can play like this: who will be the first to see the car, for example, red or blue roof.
You can simply ask to name the objects that he sees.
Invite your child to observe the clouds - what they look like, how they change.
Prepare a box of small toys for him to sort and play with. Ask to talk about each.
Play yes-no. For example, does the kitten bark? The child answers "no".
Read poems on the way, remember songs for children.

Travel games can be bought as a set

You can safely take felt-tip pens and albums on the train – let the child draw what he sees through the window or depict the train. Give your child a wet wipe to wipe the table and doors.

On the plane let the child look around. It is better to choose places for children near the aisle. So there will be room to stand up if needed. Show him the pillow, the straps, the porthole, the folding table.

You can keep your baby busy with magnetic puzzles - they are designed specifically for trips - they will not crumble. Look in children's stores for games on the road - these are cards and special tasks.

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Tips for Parents on Organizing Classes

Here are some good tips for parents:

Your baby should be interested.

Tasks must be formulated in a simple and accessible form for his age.

Developmental elements should be added to game plots.

Before engaging your baby in any activity, make sure that he is full and does not want to sleep.

A child at this age concentrates on one type of activity for 15 minutes, then you need to set him a new task.

The place where the child plays or studies should be comfortable.

Do not get angry if the child does not cope with the task - it is better to help and do everything together.

The place to play should be comfortable

What parents of a 3-4 year old baby should know

This is:

For a baby at this age, peace is an opportunity to move, be active.
Of course, classes and tasks should be gradually made more difficult, but still, we should also return to simple-type exercises. For example, if a child is sick, he feels unwell, then there is no need to come up with difficult tasks for him.
Please note that the child in this period of life endows inanimate objects with consciousness.
The understanding of the world is being formed in the child, so try to ensure that the fundamental concepts are formed correctly.
Do not rush the baby - he will gradually understand and learn everything.

Games with cereals develop imagination

Speech development

At the age of 3-4, children develop intensive speech - it becomes more complex and expanded, its vocabulary changes. The sentences are getting longer and more complicated. Speech development classes are necessary to expand vocabulary, improve conversational skills, develop the ability to formulate and coherently express one's thoughts. Children learn to build grammatically correct sentences, including complex ones, use prepositions and decline words. At 3-4 years old, many children know and use polite words in speech - “thank you”, “please”, “hello”, etc.

Exercises for the development of speech of younger preschoolers:

compiling a short story based on a plot picture;
description of the subject from the picture;
grouping items by feature;
games using prepositions - moving an object on the table, under the table, etc. ;
study of the characteristics, signs and properties of objects from pictures;
grouping of objects by purpose;
retelling of a short fairy tale.

Also, the speech development program for children 3-4 years old should include games that introduce the child to the forms of words in the plural, develop skills in the correct use of forms of verbs, pronouns and prepositions. Assignments should be interesting and appropriate for the age of the child.

At the age of 3-4, children may experience problems in the pronunciation of some sounds, so articulatory gymnastics will be very useful. You can study at home, with the help of special literature.

Classes for speech development:

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Motorial development
It is desirable to start developing fine motor skills from an early age, as it has a significant impact on the development of speech, which in turn is one of the most powerful factors in the overall development of children. Moreover, fine motor skills are closely related to such mental processes as attention, thinking, coordination, imagination and memory. Exercises for the development of fine motor skills in children aged 3-4 years are very important, since in the future accurate, well-coordinated actions of the fingers and hands will be necessary to master the skill of writing, drawing, household needs (dressing, combing, etc. ).

Exercises for the development of motor skills of preschoolers:

finger gymnastics;

modeling;

applications;

drawing;

various graphic tasks - hatching, stroke;

lacing games.

Children aged 3-4 usually pay attention to bright objects and pictures, so it is advisable to use interesting didactic material in the process of working with children both in preschool institutions and at home.

Motor activity in pictures

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Mathematics
At 3-4 years old, most children can count to 5, understand the concepts of “big”, “small”, “top”, “bottom”, they know simple geometric figures.

Exercises:

count the number of certain objects in the picture and find the corresponding graphic representation of the number;

selectively count only apples or only pencils;

show the smallest and largest item in the picture;

indicate shapes in the picture - a circle, a square and a triangle.

Tasks that require perseverance and concentration of attention from children should be alternated with active, outdoor games in order to avoid overworking the child and maintain interest in classes. At 3-4 years old, it is difficult for children to keep their attention in one lesson. It is necessary to take this feature into account and develop a training program in accordance with it. At home, you can teach a young child elementary mathematical operations by doing everyday things and using improvised materials.

Activities for developing math skills.

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Music lessons
Music lessons are very important for the full and comprehensive development of children 3-4 years old. They develop auditory attention, the ability to feel the rhythm and navigate in space. Children learn to express the character and mood of music through movements and facial expressions. The musculoskeletal system, plasticity, and coordination of movements develop.

While dancing, children not only master various movements, but also create a certain artistic image, taking into account the nature and mood of the piece of music. Dance is an excellent means of early aesthetic and artistic development of a child. Rhythm classes are recommended to be included in the training program for 3-4 year old children with intellectual disabilities and speech problems. Classes include:

simple speech and movement exercises;

songs, poems;

finger and articulatory gymnastics;

dances with a well-defined rhythm;

the study of musical instruments and their sound;

outdoor games.

Dancing and simple dance exercises are effective methods for training the child's body. They help relieve emotional stress, relax, develop a sense of rhythm, contribute to the formation of good posture and gait, dexterity and smoothness of movement. Almost all children love to dance from an early age, so classes bring them a lot of positive emotions and cheer up.

Tasks:

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The development of logical thinking
logical thinking develops. At 3-4 years old, children, as a rule, are able to assemble puzzles or cut pictures from 3-4 parts, identify an extra object in a group or find a pair for an object, know some professions, types of transport, navigate the time of day.

Exercises for the development of logical thinking:

find differences in two similar pictures;

identify items in the pictures that belong to the same group - dishes, clothes or toys;

compare objects by size, color and shape;

assemble a simple picture from 3-4 parts;

identify the similarities and differences between two subjects.

Logic games teach a child to compare objects, analyze their properties, establish cause-and-effect relationships and make their own conclusions about various phenomena. During the game, the child learns to calculate the course of events and draw conclusions.

Tasks:

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Drawing
Drawing activities are good for developing motor skills, imagination, creativity, fantasy and imagination. In the process of drawing, the child gets acquainted with different colors, experiments with lines and shapes, and studies the properties of materials. For children aged 3-4, this is especially important, since it is at this age that children learn the simplest mathematical concepts, get acquainted with the shape, size and color of objects.

Exercises:

draw in dots;

color according to the pattern;

fill in hatching.

Drawing is an exciting, interesting activity that develops artistic taste and enriches children's knowledge. It helps to prepare the child's hand for writing and introduce him to the basic geometric shapes.

Classes with children of 3-4 years old, both in a preschool institution and at home, should be held in a playful and friendly atmosphere. Assignments must be age appropriate. It is very important to encourage efforts and help the baby if some tasks cause him difficulties. It is necessary to form a positive attitude towards classes in the child in order to maintain cognitive activity. In view of the peculiarities of the development of children aged 3-4 years, it is recommended to alternate mental, creative and physical activities in order to prevent overwork of the child.
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