Uses language in imaginative play

Engages in detailed conversations

Plays with other children, makes up games

Remembers recent events and recalls important past events

Improves with the game of memory

Attends to an activity for at least 4 minutes

Child may stutter*

Understands concepts hard/soft, rough/smooth, front/back

Answers question forms, "What do you do when you're hungry? Sleepy?"

Asks many who, what, where, why questions

Uses four- to five-word sentences most of the time

Imitates whispering

Relates two events in correct sequential order

Completes simple verbal opposites

Uses verb forms is, am, are

Uses possessives ("mommy's car")

Begins using "because" as an explanation

Manipulates a wind up toy

Cuts along a straight line

Draws a cross and a square

Traces simple lines and designs

Begins to cut out circles

Removes clothes completely

Puts on own socks and shoes

Washes and dries hands with little help

Rides a tricycle 10 feet

Stands on one foot for 5 seconds

Jumps forward 30 inches

Hops five times

Holds a crayon with a tripod grasp (first two fingers and thumb)

Talks about time concepts such as “That happened yesterday”

Can identify environmental noises (i.e “I hear a helicopter!”