Two & Three Year Old Content Objectives

Number recognition from 1-5
Can count to 10, practice counting to 20
Matches colors, shapes, real objects to outlines
Understands "one" of an object and "two" of an object
Understands that by increasing quantity you are enlarging the size
Sorting simple shapes (square, circle, etc)
Orders objects by size
Informally identifies measurements (length, weight, speed etc) with vocabulary such as "short" or "tall", "heavy" or "light", "fast" or "slow"
Understands similar and different
Can sequence with nesting cups or stacking rings
Begins to demonstrate one to one correspondence
Begins to understand concepts of time
Uses positional words (behind, above, below, under, over, on, inside, outside)
Recognizes shapes: circle. square, triangle, rectangle, heart
Introduction to oval, rhombus, hexagon, crescent
Introduction to 3-d shapes: cube, cylinder, sphere
Introduction to simple one-two patterns (Ex. red, blue, red, blue; circle, triangle, circle, triangle)
Introduction to basic graphs

Describes self/actions in words. (I have brown hair, I can run fast)
Says first name
Communicates needs and wants.
Begins understanding and performing two step requests (Come to the carpet and sit down).
Begins to identify nouns (familiar places, routines, people or objects)
Engages in conversation with other children
Recites familiar phrases in nursery rhymes and/or songs & finger plays.
Participates in reading familiar parts of stories.
Uses 4 words in a sentence
Speech can be easily understood 75% of the time
Is familiar with A-B-C song and begins to sing it
Can isolate the first sound of a spoken word (d-d-dog)
Introduction to rhyming words
Recognizes name
Recognizes familiar environmental print (stop sign, HEB etc)
Looks at books and inspects pictures
Holds book right side up
Emerging recognition of letters in common nouns (Example: first letter in name)
Introduction to letter to word association (Example: “A is for apple”)
Begins to identify letters in environmental print (S in a stop sign)

Interacts with other children
Begins to demonstrate social skills such as sharing, taking turns or showing compassions to friends in need, hurt or angry (Example: hugging, comfort object, pat, etc)
Begins to label feelings (Example: “I’m sad” or “She’s scared”)
Imitates peers and/or caregivers
Identifies places (Example: bathroom, school, home, playground)
Emerging understanding of community helpers
Emerging understanding of respecting/properly handling materials, supplies and toys

Identifies colors
Identifies body parts/facial recognition
Begins to understand and gather information by using all five senses (smelling, tasting, hearing, touching and seeing)
Begins simple categorizing (Example: cats and dogs are animals)
Identifies simple plants and animals
Observes and discusses changes in weather
Experiments with new things to see how they work
Compares Earth materials (rocks, leaves, branches, soil, flowers, roots, water)

Can draw horizontal, vertical & diagonal lines
Can draw circles
Can hold crayon with thumb and fingers
Can physically cross midline (touch opposite side of the body with hand or foot)
Emerging understanding of writing formats such as “my name” or “a letter”
Emerging understanding of writing vs. drawing