• Learns to play side by side with a child and eventually with other children

• Seeks assistance from adults when they need help

• Begins to use words instead of crying only

• Can self soothe without the aid of an electronic device

• Begins to recite and sing letters of the alphabet

• Learns to grip their pencil and draw/scribble

• Can sit and listen in circle time for at least 10 minutes(even if on the lap of a teacher)

• Can sing or hum parts simple songs

• Counts 10 or more objects

• Recognizes primary shapes (can point to a circle, triangle, square, )

• Recognizes basic colors (can point to red, green, orange, blue, brown, yellow)

• Knows their name

• Can sit still for 15 minutes to eat at a table (without getting up)

• Is using utensils to eat

• At age 30 months (2 ½ years) has begun toilet training

• Learns to hold scissors

• Can speak names of family members

• Is active for an hour or more every day (running, playing with a ball, etc.)

• Can jump, log roll and clap

• Gets at least 8 -10 hours of sleep every night

• Operates on a normal morning, afternoon, night time schedule (child up by 8am, naps at least 1 hour and to bed by 8pm)

• Eats healthy food (like fruits and vegetables) and drinks water every day

• Goes to regular doctor appointments and is up-to-date on immunizations

• Has been to a dentist and brushes teeth every day