Three Years plus - More independent play, role play and understanding about the World

At this age children have developed posture and large movements such as walking alone upstairs using alternating feet, jumping with both feet together and riding a tricycle using pedals.

Also vision and fine motor skills have further developed so that your child can build larger towers, cut with a scissor and enjoys painting and drawing. The vocabulary has been further increased and her speech is understood also by strangers.

At play:

Child wants to know more about the world asking many questions starting with "Why?", "What?" or "Who?"
Listens eagerly to stories and demand the favourites to be read again and again
Joins in active make-believe play with other children
Imaginative dressing-up play

Yes! SuperBaby® Miracle Scarves™ which were worn by the parent in the first 3 years of their child's life can now be worn by the children themselves during role play under adult supervision. Never leave your child unattended. Dressing-up, playing Mum and Dad is so much fun now and children love to look after their own younger siblings or dolls playing parents, prince or princess. Now they attach their favourite toys or books to the Miracle Scarf™ and Band™ and use the internal scarf pocket for their secret possessions which nobody else is allowed to see!

For further reading on child development we recommend:

“125 Brain Games for Babies – Simple games to promote early brain development” - by J Silberg, Gryphon House
“365 Games Babies Play – Playing, Growing and Exploring with Babies from Birth to 15 Months” - by S Ellison and S Ferdinandi, Sourcebooks Inc
“How Babies Think” - by Gopnik, Meltzoff and Kuhl, published in 2001 by Orion Books Ltd
What to Expect the first year by H Murkoff, A Eisenberg and S Hathaway, Simon & Schuster, 2004
What to Expect the toddler years by H Murkoff, A Eisenberg and S Hathaway, Simon & Schuster, 2007
Why Love Matters, How Affection Shapes a baby’s Brain by Sue Gerhardt, Routledge, 2008