I know that every child is different, I am just curious as to what the average 3 year old knows. Ideas?

Answer 1

My son can recite the Constitution and can sing "Stairway to Heaven".... Ok, for real, DO NOT WORRY about what other people's kids can do. If you think he has some sort of cognitive/physical disabaility, talk to a professional. Do not talk to people who want to brag about how much their kid has memorized. I have read morethan one study showing that there is no link between what a kid "knows" at a young age and general intelligence. My sister never knew her numbers, letters, shapes until she started pre-school at 3, and to my recollection, has not memorized Greek mythological figures. And imagine this, she ended up getting her PhD at Harvard! ALbert EInstein didn't even TALK until age 4! Please don't stress it, and have fun playing with your son and engaging him in both physically and mentally stimulating activities. Do NOT use what he knows at age 3 as an indicator of future success.....

Answer 2

Children are wildly different from one another. Our children were nursed on demand, which raises the iq, and not put in day care, which improves cognitive ability. We also read like crazy to them.

So, our three year old knew the major characters of greek myth and what the represented. Yes, he knew colors, numbers, too. He understood how the US revolution took place, who George Washington was. He could recite limericks. He knew the ingredients for pancakes, the rules for chess, and how to play clue. Our neighbor of the same age was far too busy developing his muscles and coordination to get into booky things, and he's an ace athelete now.

If you treat your child's brain with respect, and teach him everything you know, there's no limit to what most kids to absorb. the fundamental thing in learning for a child under 5 is a close relationship with a nearly always available mommy. then, every child will be their best self.

Answer 3

My daughter is two months away from turning 3. She knows where the cool whip is and which chair is best for climbing to the top of the pantry. How to turn on the light in the bathroom by crawling on the vanity. She knows how others are feeling by their facial expressions and she loves to shout out what it is. "He's angry." or "He's so sad." etc. She knows how to dress herself, including buckling her own belt. She knows all her primary and secondary colors, the alphabet, and can count to 20.

Answer 4

Mine has a good grasp of shapes, numbers and colours. Mostly he's emotionally and socially advanced, he's incredibly polite to his carers and very kind to the other kids. He can steer daddy's ute and knows that motorbikes get hot.

Really, I find it just wrong that people talk about how much they have taught their tiny little kids. I mean, good for you, but we're struggling just to get dinner ready here . . . It's great that you're clearly a child-raising genius, but don't inflict your greatness upon us lesser mortals, okay?

Answer 5

Ask the "average" 3 year old.

Answer 6

My oldest son will be 3 in December.

He knows his colors, can count to 40, and knows the alphabet and what sounds letters make.

Is that the kind of thing you're asking about? What he DOESN'T know is how to get along with his siblings... ::sigh::

Answer 7

My daughter new all her colors, letters, numbers, shapes,... could write her name, count to 30 (always skipping 19 lol), recognizes most animals, and certain countries on a map (we teach her that because she is a dual citizen), and draws much better than I can. She knows how to access basic programs on the computer, like word perfect to practice her letter recognition, word recognition....ect, and the MSpaint program to draw pictures. My son was similar in development. What they learn depends as much on what you teach them as it doesn't their natural ability to learn and what they're interests are. Seems like kids that age just suck up knowledge. But as you say.... all children are different.

Answer 8

Mine appears to know everything! My 3.5 year old daughter can count to 30, recite the alphabet and sing the Australian National Anthem. She isn't word perfect with any of these but does a very good job. She knows how to push my buttons and make me angry and then she knows how to make me forget how crappy she can be with a kiss or a smile. She is starting to learn about friends and relationships with her peers at kindy. (good and bad)
She is learning so much from everywhere, it is hard to keep up.

Answer 9

Shapes, colors, alphabet, the basics generally. It really depends on whether you work with them or not. My mom started teaching us how to read at that age and we could both read by the time we went to k-garten(my sister and I both started when we were 4).

Answer 10

go to babycenter.com then check out three year olds and check milestones