Child development in 3.5 years: physical, mental, features, and a half

Physical development in three and a half years

At 3.5 years old, the baby is actively growing upwards. He is no longer a chubby toddler, but a slender boy or girl.The development of a child at 3.5 years is active Photo: Getty At this age, children experience the following changes in the body:

the musculoskeletal system is actively developing;
the nervous system is being developed;
increases the pressure on the vessels, on all internal organs, including the heart.

The average height of a child by age 4 is usually100 cm, weight - 14-20 kg. Parents need to pay attention to the size of the head, as it should increase significantly over the last year. The condition of the chest and hips can tell you if the muscles are normal.

Mental and intellectual development

Early development of children is fashionable now. At 3.5 years old, children are already actively taught to count and write. However, such a rush is not always useful for the baby. At this age, it is important for him to have other skills:

I knew how to find similarities and differences in pictures;
could combine 2 items on one feature;
knew 10 colors and all the basic geometric shapes;
distinguished between the concepts of "many-little", "big-small", "far-close", etc.
he was able to divide objects into groups on a common basis;

Help your child develop through games, through drawing, through movement.

Features of speech development and communication skills

At this age, the child will no longer take awayhysterically a toy from another child. He learns to ask, exchange toys and even cheat to get the desired thing. The attacks of selfishness increasingly disappear. A child of 3.5 years is already more interested in playing with a peer than with his mother. Children's games increasingly take place without the participation of adults. However, this does not mean that you can no longer not look after the child during walks. Children in whose families there is harmony and mutual understanding quickly learn to get out of conflict situations without quarrels. A child's speech at 3.5 years already consists of full-fledged understandable sentences that are interconnected in meaning. This allows the child to become more independent. The number of speech defects gradually decreases. You need to observe the child, help him develop, and, if necessary, seek help from specialists. The healthy and harmonious development of the child is in your hands.