Age 4

At age 4, your child might have completed these skills:

• Language skills. Use sentences with four or more words. Answer simple questions. Tell a personal story.
• Social skills. Cooperate with other children. Talk about likes and dislikes. Become more creative with make-believe play.
• Cognitive skills. Print some capital letters or part of their name. Draw a person with four or more parts. Understand the idea of counting. Start to understand time.
• Physical skills. Stand on one foot for a few seconds or hop on one foot two or more times. Catch a bounced ball most of the time. Use scissors with supervision. Able to learn to swim with instruction and supervision.