This document summarizes the growth and development of a 3-year-old preschooler. It describes their physical measurements including weight gain, height increase, and vital signs. It outlines the child's gross and fine motor skills as well as self-care abilities like dressing, toileting, and grooming. It also discusses the child's psychosocial, psychosexual, spiritual, intellectual, language, and play development, noting characteristics common at this age such as egocentrism, animism, use of 4-word sentences, preference for books about familiar topics, and enjoyment of toys that move and make noise.

1. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THREE YEARS PRE -
SCHOOLER
Company name
Mrs. D. Melba Sahaya Sweety
M.Sc Nursing
Pediatric Speciality
GIMSAR

2. Weight :- Approximately 12.5 – 16.5 kg has
gained 2.27 kg during third year
Height :- Approximately 90.5 – 101.5 cm
gained 8 cm in third year
Pulse :- 105 + or – 15 (average 95 be/ mt)
Respiration :- 25 + or – 5 be/ mt
Blood Pressure :- 100/67 + or – 24/25
PHYSICAL OR BIOLOGIC
DEVELOPMENT

3. GROSS MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Walks a straight
line
Walk backward

4. GROSS MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Walks on tip toes Runs without
looking at feet

5. GROSS MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Catches ball with
extended arm
Kicks a ball

6. GROSS MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
•Jumps from a
height of several
inches
•Rides tricycle using
pedals, turn wide corner

7. FINE MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Build a tower of 9 –
10 blocks
Copies a circle

8. FINE MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Uses blunt scissors
with one hand to
cut
Shows preference for
handedness

9. FINE MOTOR
DEVELOPMENT
Puts beads on string
Can help with simple
house hold tasks
(dusting, etc..)

10. SELF CARE
Dressing Skills
• Can put an coat
without
assistance
• Can undress self
in most instance

11. SELF CARE
Toileting and Grooming Skills
• Can pull pants
up and down
• Can go to toilet
alone
• Brushes teeth
with help

12. SENSORY
DEVELOPMENT
Visual acuity 20/20

13. PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Sense of Initiative Vs
Guilt

14. PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
•Egocentric in thought
and behaviour
•Able to share but
expresses idea of mine

15. PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Fears the Dark May have dreams
and nightmares

16. PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Knows own sex
Less dependent on
parents but needs
reassurance and help

17. PSYCHO SEXUAL
DEVELOPMENT
Phallic Stage

18. SPIRITUAL
DEVELOPMENT
Intuitive – Projective
Faith

19. INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT
Preoperational
Thoughts
Substage I and II

20. INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT
Tries to please
and conforms to
request
Characteristics of
thought include
animism and realism

21. INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT
Able to follow directional
Commands
Has a beginning
understanding of
time

22. MORAL
DEVELOPMENT
Preconventional
Morality
Stage I

23. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE
Can obey two
prepositional
commands
(on, under)

24. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
Uses 4 word sentence –
asks, Why, uses Plurals
Names figures in a picture
Has vocabulary of 800 –
1000 words
Child should be
intelligible 90% of time

25. PLAY STIMULATION
Likes things that
squish , move , talk,
make noise
Books about Known
Things

26. PLAY STIMULATION
Crayons , paints
Transporation toys ,
tricycle, agons,
dump trucks, doll
carriage

27. PLAY STIMULATION
Play telephone,
Busy-box, Music
record players
Single puzzles,
toydishes,soap bubbles

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