Activities to do with four year olds

45 Fabulous Preschool Activities for 4-Year-Olds

The days of coloring books and potato stamps are long gone. It is time to get creative with kids and help them explore the world in new ways. At 4 years old, kids start to learn more about numbers and letters, some start to write their names, they know all about colors, and show tons of curiosity about everything around them.

Indulge them in activities that promote sensory play, get them to ask questions, and add literacy to their playtime in a fun and engaging way. Here are 45 preschool activities for 4-year-olds that will keep them busy and help them learn.

This simple activity has endless possibilities and is tons of fun with all the colors and textures in the bag. Add some sprinkles to a ziplock bag and use it as a tracking platform for little hands.

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Every toddler parent knows you need one amazing board game on hand. Hiss is an excellent investment and kids can play it for years to come. It teaches colors and directions and the game also helps to develop analytical skills in young children.

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This fun activity is part magic and part science and incredibly easy to set up. All you need is a smooth plat and dry-erase markers. Let the kids draw a fun picture on the plate and pour some water on the plate. See how the picture gets picked up by the water and floats around. Pure magic!

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Exercising their scissors skills is an important thing to practice but most activity ideas are resource heavy and messy. With this one, kids simply cut into slime for infinite ways to practice cutting.

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Throw out boring painting activity plans and roll out the big guns. Or the water guns in this case. Load up some water pistols with fun water paints and let the fun begin! Let kids squirt the guns at some blank papers and see what colorful creations they can come up with.

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This amazing activity is perfect for curious kiddos who want to play outside. Stick some contact paper to the fence (sticky side facing outward) and draw the outline of a turtle on it in sharpie. Kids then stick all kinds of green elements to the turtle to create a masterpiece.

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A sensory bag is a super fun and easy way to customize an activity. This ice cream version is ideal for counting and color recognition and can be made with things you probably already have around the house.

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When springtime rolls around, embrace the colors of the season with a cheery fine motor activity like this. Kids can arrange flowers in an upside-down colander, making beautiful floral creations.

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This fun game is another way to let kids practice cutting and develop their fine motor skills. Tape some plastic animals into a muffin tin and let the kids try to free them. You can also use string and have kids release the animals with their fingers through the complicated web.

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It seems like most indoor activities always leave a mess but this fun game only requires a piece of paper. Trace the outlines of some toys, blocks, or even kitchen utensils and let kids match the objects to the outline.

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Nothing promotes sensory skills quite like nature. All the colors smell and textures of the outside are valuable resources for kids. A simple leaf-rubbing activity puts them in touch with nature on another level, making this the ideal way to keep little hands busy if you are in a pinch.

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Explore this hands-on activity if you have a few stickers to spare. Draw different lines on a large piece of white paper and have your child place stickers all along the line. To make it a little more difficult, see if they can stick the colors in a pattern!

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Playdough stamping is an age-old kindergarten craft but have you ever thought about changing it into a counting activity? Write numbers on pieces of paper and let kids stamp the correct number of dots in the clay using building blocks.

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This activity for toddlers can be played again and again and works on color recognition and fine motor skills. Preschoolers use tweezers to place pom poms in a grid formation, guided by the template cards you provide.

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Try this easy activity to familiarise kids with alphabet letters. You can also limit it to the letters of their name or change it up using upper case and lower case letters.

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Here is another excellent example of how your garden can be one of your greatest resources. gather some leaves in autumn and have kids sort them by size, texture, color, or any other characteristics that you can think of.

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This easy game teaches kids about colors and arranging sizes. It is fun from the get-go as you get to look for stones, paint them, and stack them. A true triple-threat activity!

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Have your toddlers shown some interest in cutting their own hair? Let's avoid that at all costs. instead, create these adorable toilet roll faces and let kids give them funky haircuts to their heart's content.

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Another potentially messy activity can be reined in with a small adjustment. Instead of letting kids paint your or their own nails, give them these easy cardboard cutouts to decorate with nail polish.

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Paint brushes might be a bit difficult for kids to hold and finger painting gets a bit messy, so this method of painting is a happy medium.

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21. Name Hop

Any game that can burn off some energy is a winner in our books! Write letters on paper plates and scatter them around, letting kids hop from one to the other. They can make their way through the alphabet, spell their name, or even practice sight words if they are at that level.

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You can turn nearly anything into art with some colorful paint and a little imagination. In this case, your stencils are simple kitchen utensils that leave fun patterns. See what kind of creative flowers your kids can come up with.

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Staying on the garden theme, this simple activity lets kids practice spelling out their names. Add this to their daily routine and let them practice laying the petals in the correct order when they wake up or just before bed.

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24. Number Search Sticker Activity

There is seemingly no end to the things you can do with some stickers and a sheet of paper. Write down some numbers and assign each a color. Kids then search for the numbers and put the right colored sticker on each. Once they are done, they can write the number on top of the stickers again for extra practice.

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It is important to practice writing but simply adding numbers and letters to a fine motor activity is an easy way to help kids with recognition too. With some glue and yarn, kids can have lots of fun while learning.

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It's natural for kids to count on their fingers but how about letting them count on someone (or something) else's fingers? Fill some gloves with beans or grain to make fun counters. With a roll of the dice, kids can count on their new favorite math resource.

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Even the simplest of activities can have great benefits in the development of kindergarteners. Let them thread different ribbons through an oven rack and see how it becomes a test of patience rather than skill.

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Making salt dough is a classic activity for kids but making fossils out of your dough balls is something you might not have thought of before. Imprint plastic dinos into the clay and let them dry. Kids can even dig them up in the garden later if you are feeling adventurous!

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Popsicle sticks should be a staple for anyone with kids around so setting up this game should be a breeze. Mark each stick with a number and let the little ones count out small rubber bands to add to the sticks.

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This is a fine motor skill activity that you can have ready for any time you feel like little hands need to be kept busy. Print out a few templates and have scissors in the box and let kids cut on the lines to improve their scissor skills.

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This is an innovative activity that will keep kids busy and teach them numbers and counting at the same time. Write a number on a lock and make dots on the keychain of the matching keys. Let kids match them up and unlock them. They can even count out some paper clips and add them to the lock to represent the numbers even further.

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A bubble art activity is fun for young and old and you get to create unique paintings every time. Don't limit yourself to flowers either. These bubbles can be clouds, balloons, or even hair!

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For generations, kids have been drawing with chalk on sidewalks. But did you know that the colors come alive when you soak the chalk in water? When kids draw with wet chalk their creations will be ultra-vibrant and impressive.

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This is a guaranteed boredom buster for hot summer days. Freeze some plastic toys into a big block of ice and let the kids excavate them. They can use water and kitchen utensils to try and melt and crush the ice to save the toys from their icy prison.

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Lawn bowling is fun but why not take it up a level by turning it into glow-in-the-dark bowling? Snap a few glow sticks and pop them into plastic bottles filled with water for an exciting night-time activity that works on gross motor skills like hand-eye coordination.

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Never forget about this classic activity for preschoolers! Rock painting can be adapted to any theme or can just be a creative outlet to create some fun garden accessories.

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Yarn is another fun paintbrush alternative and yarn painting has stunning outcomes. Dip pieces of yarn in paint and lay them down on paper. Then drag the yard to make abstract patterns on the canvas. Eat your heart out Picasso!

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This activity is great because it maximizes creativity while simultaneously being light on resources. A clear plastic lid and a dry-erase marker serve up tons of fun!

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Tactile exploration is a key part of development at a young age and this mystery box is the perfect way to explore that sense. Add anything from fruit to toys, utensils, or foam letters to keep them guessing.

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Wrap up a few toys with rubber bands or string for effortless fine motor activity. If you can get your hands on some ocean creatures, you can tie it in with a lesson on pollution and saving whales and sharks!

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This kindergarten activity takes a little preparation but it is a fun addition to animal lessons or an extension to an animal book reading session. Draw some legs and tails on clothes pins and let kids match them to the body cutouts.

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Create this fun animal movement cube to get kids moving at any time of the day. This gross motor activity for 4-year-olds will have them jumping, crawling, and hopping all over the place, getting rid of some excess energy.

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Magnet fishing is a classic kindergarten activity but making these pipe-cleaner fish and catching them with a hook is a fresh take on the game. Let kids sort them into colored paper rolls to up the difficulty level a little.

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This might seem like a cheap cheat to get kids to clean their toys, but this is actually a great way to practice fine motor skills. Kids need to get into all the nooks and crannies of their toy animals with a toothbrush, cloth, or even cotton buds to clean off all the mud.

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Puffy paint art is fun but squeezing the paint out of the ziplock bag is a great exercise for little hands. You can draw the outline of a picture and they can follow along with the paint or they can unleash their creativity and draw their own from scratch.

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15 activities for 4-year-olds to educate and entertain

Here are several fun things to do with curious 4-year-olds who always want to try something new.

If you’re the parent or nanny of a 4-year old, it’s no surprise children this age have a short attention span and always seem to be in search of something to do. They’re also curious to discover new things and constantly learning. Here are several activity ideas for 4-year-olds that can both entertain and engage them.

Outdoor play

1. Sidewalk chalk

Using the sidewalk as a canvas inspires them to think big. Sidewalk chalk can also be used for hopscotch, tic-tac-toe, tracing out a roadway for toy cars or even making life-size game boards, which is the perfect combination of creativity and physical play.

2. Nature walk

A great way to make fresh air educational is a nature walk. Collecting leaves, interesting rocks or acorns can be a great way for kids to learn about their environment. Be sure to supervise that what they’re touching is not something harmful like poison ivy.

3. Sandbox

Adding a few plastic dinosaurs to your child’s sandbox for a dinosaur dig or even coins for a treasure hunt can make sand really exciting and ignite a hunger for exploration and discovery. Sand can also be one of the best activities for 4-year-olds who love building and construction.

Independent play

4. Book exploration

Letting your 4-year-old explore books is an important activity as she develops the skills necessary to read. Looking at pictures, imagining their own stories and reading aloud are all invaluable.

5. Dry erase boards

Your child can practice new writing skills or draw a picture from his imagination. Without a lot of different materials to confuse or overwhelm him, this simple activity is perfect to entertain.

6. Stickers

Letting your child play with stickers is a great way for her to manipulate materials, develop fine motor skills and control the progress of the activity.

Creative play

7. Dough

Manipulating clay or modeling compound is an open-ended way for kids to create and express their imagination with the benefit of developing their fine motor skills.

8. Dramatic play

A few costumes or props are all that your 4-year-old needs to act out different roles such as pretending to be mommy or daddy, a chef, farmer, ice princess or whatever his growing imagination thinks of. This type of play helps him to learn about other people in the community and is a great way to introduce new vocabulary words.

9. Art

Paint, crayons, markers, pipe cleaners, tissue paper — the supplies and possibilities are endless. Providing an opportunity for your children to express themselves, their ideas and their emotions helps them develop valuable communication skills that they will use for sharing with others their entire lives.

Water play

10. Laboratory

Use a few bottles of colored water to allow your children to mix and create new colors. You can also let them add dish soap or mud so they can experiment with materials and their results when added to water.

11. Washing

Let your child wash things with a bin of water, some soap and a rag or scrub brush, or even let her wash a few dishes. Although this cleaning activity could get messy, she will take great pride in the chore.

12. Ice dig

Plan ahead and freeze a few small plastic toys in water, and then let your kids dig and chip the toys out. Ice is an exciting substance to discover, and because it melts, the fun lasts for a long time.

Physical play

13. Playground

Visiting the playground in your community is a great way for your 4-year-old to socialize with other kids as well as get a little exercise to burn off some of that extra energy he has.

14. Obstacle course

For more substantial physical activity, try creating an obstacle course with a variety of different activities like balancing, hopping and running throughout your yard or local park.

15. Sports

Whatever your 4-year-old’s favorite sport might be, sports equipment is a great way for her to be more involved in the activities that she loves. Sports can also be a way to teach sportsmanship, gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Children aged 4 to 5

Children from 4 to 5 years old

Development of Children from 4 to 5 years old. You are in the section "Children from 4 to 5 years old".

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 4 to 5 years.
What a 4 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 4 to 5 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.

Materials for your activities you can use at home, in kindergarten or in elementary grades.
Mathematics
A child aged 4 to 5 should be able to:

1. The child should be able to determine the location of objects: on the right, on the left, in the middle, above, below, behind, in front.
2. The child must know the basic geometric shapes (circle, oval, square, triangle and rectangle)
3. The child must know all the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Count items within ten, correlate the number of items with the desired number.
4. The child must be able to arrange the numbers from 1 to 5 in the correct sequence and in reverse order.
5. The child must be able to compare the number of objects, understand the meaning: more - less, equally. Make Unequal Item Groups Equal: Add one item to a group with fewer items.
6. The child gets acquainted with the graphic image of the number, learns to write numbers correctly.

Study aids:
1. Cards Teaching the child to count
2. Connect the numbers and color the picture
3. The game is learning geometric shapes
4. Introducing the child to Geometric shapes
5. Cards with numbers from 0 to 70 6 . Cards "which number is superfluous"
7. Game for learning Geometric shapes
8. Copy Numbers
9. Write numbers
10. Cards with numbers-coloring
11. Puzzles-triple geometric shapes
12. Puzzles-triple numbers and Counting
13. Geometric shapes. Developing memory
14. Geometric shapes. Developing Fine Motor Skills
15. Learning Geometric Shapes
16. Math Copybook
17. Learning to Count. Developing memory with Geometric shapes
22. Correlate the number with the number
23. Entertaining tasks in mathematics
24. Orientation in space. Before and After
25. Cards with Numbers
26. Puzzle Score from 1 to 10
27. Math with Dice
28. Didactic Math Games
29. Puzzle Count from 1 to 10
30. Math for Kids with Dice

Logical thinking
- Development of Thinking, Memory, Attention
A child aged 4 to 5 years should be able to:

1. The child should be able to find differences and similarities between two pictures (or between two toys).
2. The child must be able to fold according to the model of the building from the designer.
3. The child should be able to put together a cut picture from 2-4 parts.
4. The child must be able to complete the task within 5 minutes without being distracted.
5. The child must be able to fold the pyramid (cups, putting them into each other) without assistance.
6. The child must be able to put the missing fragments of pictures into the holes.
7. The child should be able to name a group of objects with a generalizing word (cow, horse, goat - domestic animals; winter, summer, spring - seasons). Find the extra item in each group. Find a match for each item.
8. The child should be able to answer questions such as: Is it possible to go sledding in summer? Why? Why wear warm jackets in winter? What are windows and doors for in a house? Etc.
9. The child should be able to choose opposite words: a full glass - an empty glass, a high tree - a low tree, go slowly - go quickly, a narrow belt - a wide belt, a hungry child - a child full, cold tea - hot tea, etc.
10. A child should be able to memorize pairs of words after being read by an adult: glass-water, girl-boy, dog-cat, etc.
11. The child should be able to see incorrectly depicted objects in the picture, explain what is wrong and why.

Study aids:
1. Find the extra object cards
2. Find the extra object cards. Part 2
3. Cards from the series find a pair
4. Find a shadow in the picture
5. Develop logical thinking
6. Big-small cards
7. Puzzles
8. Krasnoukhov's puzzle
9. Logic coloring
10. Development of Attention
11. Development of Thinking
12. Development of Memory
13. Development of Memory. 15. Add the missing item
16. Game in opposites (Antonyms)
17. Entertaining activities with the child
18. Orientation in space. Right and Left
19. Game - "What is What?"
20. Game Catch a fish
21. Association Game: Find a Pair
22. Game for the Development of Memory and Attention
23. Coloring Book for Children about Horses
24. Guess Whose Shadow

Development of Speech
Child aged 4 to 5 years must be able to:

1. The child must use a thousand words, build phrases from 6-8 words. Even strangers, and not just parents, should understand the child.
2. The child must understand how the structure of a person differs from the structure of animals, name their parts of the body (hands - paws, nails - claws, hair - wool).
3. The child must be able to correctly put nouns in the plural form (flower - flowers, girl - girls).
4. The child must be able to find an object according to the description (apple - round, sweet, yellow). Be able to independently write a description of the subject.
5. The child must understand the meaning of prepositions (in, on, under, behind, between, in front of, about, etc.).
6. The child must know what professions are, what people in these professions do.
7. The child must be able to maintain a conversation: be able to answer questions and ask them correctly.
8. The child should be able to retell the content of the heard fairy tale, story. Tell by heart a few poems, nursery rhymes.
9. The child must give his name, surname, how old he is, name the city in which he lives.
10. The child should be able to answer questions about recent events: Where were you today? Who did you meet along the way? What did mom buy at the store? What were you wearing?

Study aids:
1. Letters of the Alphabet-Puzzle
2. Studying the letter A. What the beech A looks like.
3. Learning vowels
4. Alphabet in the form of cards
5. How to teach a child to read by syllables
6. Learning to Read. Part 1
7. Learning to Read. Part 2
8. Learning to Read. Part 3
9. Colored Letters of the Alphabet
10. Unique Alphabet by Letters
11. Lotto learning Letters
12. Cards with Letters and a Picture
13. Pure words
14. Rhymes and Counts 1090 16. Reading 07 and 15. Playing Slogs Collect the Word from the Picture and Letters
17. Cards - What Letter does the Word Begin with
18. Collect the Word from the Picture and Letters. Didactic Game

World around
A child aged 4 to 5 should be able to:

1. The child should be able to distinguish between vegetables, fruits and berries, to know what they are when they ripen.
2. The child must know the names of insects, be able to talk about how they move (a butterfly flies, a snail crawls, a grasshopper jumps)
3. The child must know all domestic animals and their cubs.
4. The child should be able to guess the seasons from the pictures. Know the signs of each of them.

Study aids:
1. Body parts cards
2. Vehicle cards
3. Fruit cards
4. Vegetable cards
5. Color learning cards
6. Furniture cards 9007 animals and what they eat"
8. "Clothes and Shoes" cards
9. Animals and Birds cards
10. Profession cards
11. Tree and Leaves structure
12. Autumn season
13. Winter season
14. Spring season
15. Summer season
16. Cards learning Colors
17. Winter month - December
18. Winter month - January
19. Winter month - February
20. Lessons on the theme of Winter
21. Fruits and berries. Learning and coloring
22. Vegetables. Learning and coloring
23. Fruits and Berries (coloring cards)
24. Vegetables (cards - coloring)
25. Spring month - March

26. Spring month - April

A child aged 4 to 5 should be able to:

1. The child already perfectly fastens buttons, zippers and unties shoelaces, a spoon and a fork obey him well.
2. The child must be able to string large buttons or beads onto a thread.
3. The child must be able to accurately draw lines without lifting the pencil from the paper.
4. The child should be able to shade figures with even straight lines, without going beyond the contours of the picture.
5. The child should be able to trace and color pictures without leaving the edges.
6. The child must be able to draw lines in the middle of the track without going beyond its edges.
7. The child must distinguish between the right and left hand.

Practice aids:
1. Stencils for drawing
2. How to teach a child to tie shoelaces
3. Outline and color
4. Tic-tac-toe game in a new way
5. Signs and Properties of objects
6. Flowers
7. Getting to know the concepts: Right, left, top, bottom
8. Learning the Clock
9. Book My House
10. Parts of the Human Body
11. Recipe for Lefties
12. Game Catch a Fish
13. Bus for Little Ponies
14. Game - all Professions
15. My House. Components of a house.
16. Plasticine and beads
17. Board game Tell me about your city
18. Children's Rhymes
19. Colored Cardboard Caterpillar
20. Learning Colors with Ice Cream
21. DIY Button Applications
22. Christmas Tree Cones0007 23. Cheerful Chupa-Chups
24. Learning the Days of the Week
25. How to teach a child to jump rope
26. How to teach a child to clean his room

English
9002 A child aged 4 to 5 can be introduced to English.
Use parent and teacher guides designed to teach English to children aged 4 to 5 in class.

Study aids:
1. English Letter Puzzle
2. Cards with Letters of the English Alphabet
3. Card Numbers in English
4. Cards Fruits and Berries
5. Cards with English words. Part 1
6. Cards with English words. Part 2
7. Furniture cards in English
8. Household appliances cards
9. Clothing cards
10. Vegetable cards in English
11. Months cards in English
12. Transportation cards in English
13. Large puzzles and Small letters of the English alphabet

Read also the article for Parents What you need to know about Child Development.

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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Children 3 to 4 years old

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 the 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. Applications from Buttons
15. Christmas tree from Cones with your own hands
16. Cheerful Chupa-Chups

Read also the article for Development of the Child.

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Child 5 to 7 years old

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