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The following expected range of child development is an indication only.
Expected range of development - 3 years   Developmental delay - 3 years
  • Able to walk up on stairs with alternate legs but can't alternate legs whilst going down.
  • Able to stand up straightaway.
  • Enthusiastically climbs up on big toys, furniture or playground equipment.
  • Able to go around any obstacles even when running.
  • Able to steer and ride a tricycle.
  • Able to stand on one leg and jump on two legs.
  • Able to a copy circle, lines and letters.
  • Draws a person with a head and some other parts of the body.
  • Paints with thick brush and uses scissors, with guidance
  • Vocabulary has increased a lot, but there are still some infantile elements.
  • Uses plurals, pronouns, prepositions and simple past tense.
  • Asks lots of questions eg. Who, where, what does it do?
  • Knows some rhymes and songs.
  • Can carry on a conversation of 2-3 sentences.
  • Eats with fork and spoon.
  • Washes hands but drying needs some help.
  • Able to dress and undress pulls a zip up and down but needs help with buttons and putting the zip together.
  • Starts to love role-plays.
  • More kind and loveable towards family and other people.
  • Loves to play on the floor with blocks and build tower with 9 blocks.
  • Starting to play with other children.
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  • Unbalanced when walking and falling often
  • Weight bearing on tiptoe or on flat feet.
  • Unable to run, jump with both legs. Having problems stepping up a kerb and stairs.
  • Asymmetrical posture and poor use of one hand.
  • Has problems using a pencil.
  • Unable to thread beads.
  • Hands are clumsy.
  • Language skills are poor.
  • Social skill is not improving.

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