My little boy is a three-year-old toddler who is very active and playful. My husband and I have been observing his milestones while he is growing up. We do our best to be good parents and to be supportive in his first learning. I still can remember the first day when I sung Lullaby on his first night at home when he is a baby and now he can sing back different songs to me.
- Cute Filipino Toddler with cowboy hat
In my old post, I have shared about “What to expect of your two-year-old toddler’s feeling?“, now let me share about “The Three-year-old toddler learning”. My motherhood experience gets tougher while my little boy is growing up and learning fast. I have learned that as a mom you should be creative, wonderful, patient, wise, smart and most importantly you should be loving and caring.
The Three-year-old toddler learning
(What to expect from your three-year-old toddler?)
- Should be able to say 500-900 words
- Speech can be understood by others
- Speaks in two or three word-sentences and progresses to four or five-word sentences.
- Can remember simple rhymes and lyrics.
- Refers to self by using own name.
- Names colors.
- Attempts to solve problems.
- Remembers certain events.
- Can point to the correct picture when asked simple questions about it.
At this age, toddler spend most of his time watching, observing, and imitating the things around him. What I observed from my toddler is that he is learning so fast and can really imitate what he sees and hear. I am so thankful that I have no problem with what to expect from my three-year-old toddler. I just have to deal with his behavior pattern and mood.
Three-year-old toddler behavior patterns:
- Seeks attention and approval of adults – my toddler always ask or request things or food that he wanted
- Sometimes shows preference for one parent (usually of the opposite gender) – my little boy mostly wanted me to be beside him but he chooses his father when he wants to play games with him
- Enjoys helping with simple household tasks – he loves to watch me prepare the foods for cooking and excited to see how I cook
- Can make simple choices between two things – He can decide which better toys to choose
- Enjoys making other laugh and being silly – Sometimes he is naughty that he love to play laughing and making silly games with other children
- Enjoys playing alone but near children – He can play alone and use his imagination while playing even he only see the kids through the window
- Enjoys hearing stories about self- enjoys playing “house” – There are times that we play using the blanket as the tent and he loves to imagine
- Enjoys imitating other children and adults – He imitates the super heroes from the movies Spiderman and Batman. He already memorize the rap song of his elder cousin
Source: S.P. Shelov,R.E. Hannemann ,The American Academy Pediatrics caring for your baby and young child
napa wow ako dito ha..
Should be able to say 500-900 words
di ko expect ko sa age na 3yrs old.
ang bilis niya ha..
fast learner..
Reading this made me reminisce about my daughter when she was 3, full of life and enthusiasm and very eager to learn new things 🙂
well said sis 🙂 patience, parents needs to have a lot of more patience for the toddler stage is also the stage of too much curiosity with a lot of Why? questions 🙂
I, myself is a mother of a 3-year old boy and everything you said in this post is very true especially:
“Refers to self by using own name.”
I have to be more patient and understanding not because I am his mother but because… attitudes and behaviors of children of today should be well comprehended.
I remember my kids at this stage too but my youngest had the difficulty of choosing which from the 3 languages we use at home to choose and ended up, until now, speaking with words from 3 languages in one sentence. :/
Kudos to your son, well-raised by mom!
Thanks for this info. My niece is having a hard time remembering things. She grew up with his father, but his father is always away for work. When we got her, she is missing something. (Guidance). Now, we are doing our best to educate her.
wow kids nowadays surprise me..compared to kids before..
reading this i’m happy that my kids grew normally as they should. thanks for these tips!
this is very helpful especially to mommies. i think this is the stage where kids are super kulit na.
bagsak si Ren sa “Speech can be understood by others”, ako lang nakakaintindi e hahaha 🙂 anyway, he has a speech therapist naman so I hope mag improve na
Cute cowboy. Thanks for setting my expectation. Lol. I’m not a mom yet but this is really helpful.
been there! I so can relate, Jem!
Thank you for the post. I learned a lot about toddlers 🙂
They’re really smart at that age. We should let loose their discovery and creativity instincts at this stage 🙂
Agree! when my little boy turned 3 and began schooling as well I observed lots of developments in him. There’s only two of us at home but it seems full of our voices alone ‘coz he is so “madaldal” and can’t seem to stop talking when he’s awake.
Ive just only learn today that we need to count the words that our toddler can say
Hi Chrisair,
“Should be able to say 500-900 words” – it is based from The American Academy Pediatrics caring for your baby and young child. From what I understood, the number of words basically are the typical number of different words to expect from the three-year old toddler. We may not literally count the words what they have spoken but as a mom we can figure it out. For example, when a three-year old toddler knows the “Bahay Kubo” song that consist of more than 30 words + other nursery rhyme songs + the different fruits that he learn + the different toys he knew + different colors + different things he usually use and see + different actions words he use and many more other words that can be consider. Surely it will give you a total of 500-900 words or more than. 🙂
And no baby talks! That helps a lot!
wow, i love your tips as I can relate to this. I have a 3 year old too 🙂
We are now experiencing one parent preference with Sati.. she’s turning into a daddy’s girl! and there were nights that she would prefer to sleep with her daddy than with me.. sniff