So I was wondering what should Abby know by age 3.

She already knows most colors eg Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Brown, Black and White. She won't always tell me what color something is but I think she knows them. She definitely knows red, blue, purple, pink, brown and black. She is constantly pointing to things and asking me what color they are. And when I tell her she goes "yeah, red".
She counts but not in the right order LOL She will go 1,2,3,6,7,4,5,8,9,10 LOL LOL She has the 1 2 3 part down. She learnt from a kids show on TV. She also has the 8 9 10 part down. She almost got it completely right once.
She tries to sing the ABC song with me. She knows some letters but can't recite the whole lot in order. She knows A B C D and as I'm singing the song she'll sing the tune and add in the letters she knows (where they go in the song) like G, P, Q, S, T, V, X, Z.
And of course she knows her name.

I'm hoping that by 3 she will be able to tell someone her full name. And sing the whole ABC song. And count from 1 to 10. And know all those colors above. I haven't introduced her to grey. But I have heaps of flash cards and color ones so I'm going to get those out tonight.

She has a huge vocabulary IMO and will ask me things in like 5 word sentences even though she's not always clear and I may be the only one who understands her LOL
I had to laugh at her last night. The cat was sitting on one of Pauls speakers and I told Abby to tell her to get off. So she goes over to the cat and waves her arm up and down and shouts "get off the speaker Cleo!" "get off!" LOL LOL The cat was like "you're not the boss of me" and just sat there looking at her with an evil look. :lol:

She loves Dr Seuss books... ABCs, The Cat in The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham. She loves reading.

She also has a great memory. She will remember where a piece of puzzle goes from just doing it one time. She knows where all the shapes go in the Tupperware ball and she has two animal puzzles that she has mastered just like that.

Ok so if you are still reading this... is she normal for her age (2 y 5 m) or ahead?

Sounds about right to me. :D I have really enjoying seeing your little scrapbook siggies. So cute! :wink:

Sounds like she's doing quite well.

I only have the one girl, she's considerably different than the boys, in all aspects LOL
She does some things more/better than the boys have at this age and other things, well, not on par with them.
Plus..add to that..she's #4, I've not done nearly as much with her as I did the boys. The first 1 or 2 anyway. Kids 3 and 4 have learned a lot 'on the fly'

I have never sat down and worked on the colors with my dd (she'll be 3 in Dec), yet, she knows them. Just by asking, or by me telling her a few things here and there, or from her brothers, in general conversation or by 'teaching' her. Numbers..sometimes she'll count well to 15, other times she's all over the map LOL If she has something to count she does better. She likes counting pennies :) So, she's beginning to quantify.
She's also a talker, and, like you said, mom is often the only one who can understand. She does speak rather clearly, but it's just 'babied' enough that those who aren't around her on a daily basis, cannot understand. But oh my goodness, she'll talk your ear off, in sentences.

Our girls sound head to head on that one for sure. (the bossy attitude as well hehehe I'm still cracking up picturing your dd telling the cat to get down, soooo sounds like something mine would do..actually, she does, just with an older brother LOL)

My dd doesn't know her letters, but then again, I don't teach the ABCs LOL As in the song. I teach the letters as sounds. She's picking up on some of those by listening in on elder brothers reading lesson. He then of course goes and teaches her all he's learned after our lessons. And they do the letter magnets together, reinforcing the sounds.

I've been very lazy with my kids since #3. Ds #1 could count to 20 and quantify, knew the ABC song and could identify each letter, could 'read'/identify certain words (Like he knew Mc Donald's, WalMart and Kroger..but not just the signs, we could write them on a piece of paper in normal handwriting and he would recognize them) all BY 2 And he was quite an artist by then as well.

But I had nothing else to do at that time, but him. By the time #3 came along I was more formally teaching #1, so 3 didn't get the same attention 1 did...and it just continues on down the line.

But anywho.....that's probably all more than you wanted to know LOL Bad case of the rambles again today...I need to get OUT.

Your dd sounds like she's doing very well. At least ON par for her age, if not a wee bit above, would be my guess. ;)

I agree, she has a long way to go before she's three. She sounds like she's doing great. Timmy will get things out of order too. He's older then her, and he can count really high, but he skips some of the numbers. He usually skips 15 or 16 and skips some 20's all 30's and ends with 40-10. lol. He knows the ABC song really good, but he occassionally forgets a letter or two. He also asks me for things by their color sometimes. And I'll have to ask him what he really wants. But he turned 3 in August, so I think Abby's doing great.

Sounds like she is doing great! My ds is 3 yrs and 5 months and he doesn't do a lot of any of that! They all progress at different times, so I don't think you have much to worry about!!

By the way your girls are beautiful!! :) Love that outfit baby Sophie is wearing!

Renee - if it comes to DD - what did she know at 3 - (she is 4 in a couple of months) EVERYTHING! Talk about 3 going on 15. DS is a little more sweet and innocent.

Anyway DD could count to 10 - reason being is she loved this primary school mathmatics programme called COUNT US IN and at the beginning they'd flash the numbers up on the screen and count to 10 (so like Abby she leant off TV).

Her vocabulary grew and continues to grow day by day (she came out last week with the word CELEBRATION :shock: )

They can also do small helpful tasks for you - DD & DS can manage to help me stack and unstack the dishwasher.

DD & DS also learnt to ride a small bike with training wheels.

Is that the kind of information you are after?

Believe you me - I think that age 3 is one of the BIGGEST periods where a toddie changes from toddie to kid. It's incredible how much they change between 3-4!

Oh also - is Abby dressing herself? Because I found I could say to the kids "Go get dressed" and they would choose clothes that don't go or are inappropriate generally (esp DD) but since we are at home it matters little and it takes yet another task of the day out of my hands!! I find now DS will get up and immediately get dressed and he's actually good at choosing sensible clothes.

They can also work the DVD/TV/VIDEO - which is awesome when I have my hands full with Matilda - I can just say "Go turn ABC kids on for a while" (I allow them access to ABC kids because it is an educational channel)

If she's not getting "helpful yet" you might find her wanting to help you A LOT - milk it while it lasts. I have even handed my kids the dust pan and broom and asked them to sweep up messes they have made or clean the kitchen table and wipe the dinner table and they do it really well and since they are at the eager to please age they comply happily.

It's a really great age! You start to see more and more the people they are if that makes sense?

Sounds good to me... DS who will be 3 in Dec can say his 123's and some of his ABC's. He knows the colors but like Abby cannot relate what color is what.

We work soooo hard with him. I have wondered if he is color blind... is this possible? He is very intelligent, but often wonder about the color thing.

There are so many people that try to pin point there children to a certain area. My brother took their son to his 3 yr. checkup.. which I never knew of & they asked him some things...

What is your Mommy & Daddy's names..
Where do you live...
What is your name....

I am not sure what the rest were, but DS has been taught all of those, including our last name.

Well, I find that kind of humorous that you're trying so hard to teach her all that.. DS knew the alphabet song at age 2, besides most numbers to 10 and all his colors by 18 months. It discouraged me a tiny bit because I didn't want him to be light-years ahead of his peers. :? Now he draws about half of the alphabet by himself and a few numbers & he'll pick them out everywhere we go, on signs, etc. I have done nothing to encourage him. I think most kids will learn what they need & everyone does it at different speeds. I realize that some kids probably need a little help, but from what you say, your dd is doing incredible for her age too. One of my friends' dd was 3 in may, she's always been about a year ahead of my son (but only 2 months older) in development (talking, pottytraining, playing, etc) but when it comes to reading & writing he's at least a year ahead of her!! So you never know...