Many boys are not completely toilet trained--not to worry

Bed wetting is common and may continue through age five or six

Eye-hand coordination makes great gains during this year.

Eating what is in the meal or when a meal is served may be resisted.

Thumb sucking and need to cuddle a blanket are still common needs for many.

Walking, running with hands swinging, stair walking are likely to be accomplished.

Tricycle riding may be a passionate interest.

Postural control is more skillful and "unthought".

This is an excellent time for expansive activities and giving opportunities for creative play.

Since the child has an expansive sense of self risking if natural.

The child's blossoming nature shows itself in "more" of the extremes in the original personality traits. Examples:

There is still no real ability to intentionally hurt others.

The child, while expansive, still needs and responds well to routing, structure and consistency.

The child does not have a ready or logical response to "why did you do that?"

There is still very little true sense of self, so lying and cheating are rare and not premeditated, or for that matter understood as wrong.

Child begins to receive and attend to messages from age mates, not just the adults.

Friend becomes a word with meaning for the child.

A social sense of humor emerges...giggles, etc.

Dad or mom may become a "best" friend with envy obvious if parent kiss or show intimacy

Social play ability shows an increase, though seeing the others' needs is limited.

Verbal refusal usually replaces aggressive "no's".

Boy play tends to be more aggressive than girl play.

Vocabulary increases rapidly - spoken and receptive.

Words describing the past, now and future become diverse, with a more active use of time as a concept.

Direction words are common - up, on, under, around, and generally apropos.

Eye-hand coordination improves markedly and adaptive maneuvers become common.

Much more ease with visual tasks

Small object play increases