Here’s what your child should be doing without your help by the time he turns three!
Gone are the days when your child used to communicate through tears or stumble with every step she took. She’s now a three-year-old and the conversations are flowing. She’s making her own decisions and you can be sure that she will let you know when she’s unhappy about something. But have you ever stopped to wonder if she’s on the right track when it comes to her physical development? By now changes to her physical development mainly involves your child’s gross and fine motor skills.
Gross motor skills, such as walking and running, are movements controlled by the larger muscle groups, while fine motor skills refer to smaller movements like picking objects up and drawing. At three years old, your child’s gross motor skills should enable her to alternate her feet as she walks up and down the stairs, stand on one foot for one second or more, walk on her tip-toes, and ride a tricycle. But there’s more.
1 Ride a Tricycle
Not long after your little one begins to walk will she discover that her legs are the ones that will take her places. Get her a ride-on toy and move on to a balance bike when she’s more confident about moving around on her own set of wheels. Pretty soon, she’ll be ready for her very own tricycle and by age three, she should be able to pedal confidently about. A tricycle will further improve your child’s coordination and muscle strength and she’ll be off in no time.
2 Build Small Towers
This story is from the February 2017 edition of Motherhood Magazine.
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