Is My 3 Year Old Normal?
My son will be 3 in a little over a month. My wife’s friends and my friends don’t have any children anywhere near his age (they’re all much older or infants).
Anyways my son now counts beyond 100. He knows all his colors, shapes, 3 dimensional object (like the difference between a square and a cube), he speaks in complete sentences, uses his pronouns correctly. He sings songs (anywhere from twinkle twinkle little star to humming along with beethoven and mozart pieces). He can identify guitar, bass, piano, and drums when listening to a song. He identifies things like UPS truck versus a FedEx truck. He reads (or memorized) the names of more than a dozen stores (for example, cvs, best buy, kroger, meijer etc). He knows most of his fruits and some of his vegetables. He also knows what store to go to for specific items. For example he knows we go to the hardware store (Lowes) to get light bulbs, but he knows we go to the Randazzo’s (fruit/veg market) to get apples, onions, cucumbers etc, and he know that we go to the grocery store (kroger’s) to get milk, cereal etc.
He knows some of the ingredients to make certain foods, like what we put in and what steps are needed to make an omlette, or to make spaghetti sauce.
He can identify the difference between a front loader, an excavator and a dump truck.
He’s known is ABCs for a long time now. He also knows what sound or sounds each letter makes. He can read a bit (maybe it’s memorized). He’s memorized books (that can’t be normal).
Of course there are things he doesn’t get yet. The word "yesterday" can be anywhere from before his last nap to 2 months ago. He still has temper tantrums, he can’t share. Some might call him shy, but he’s really quite anti-social (he’s gotten better in the past year).
So my question is …. is he normal? I don’t think he is, but I have nothing to compare him to. Let me know what you think. I do think he’s pretty intelligent, but do other 3 years old do things similar to him. Remember he’s actually got about 5 weeks before he turns 3.
Thank you.
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What ever you are doing with keep doing.. kids at that age learn by involvement .. its sounds like you always talk with him and explain things to him and that’s normal .. continue feeding him information .. all kids have the capabilities to do these things at this age but if the parents don’t foster it no one ever knows.. so he’s just doing what you have taught him and the interaction that you have with him… so keep up the good work and encourage your friends around you to do the same with their kids so the kids of America can compete in the world. Thumbs up to YOU !!!
He sound very itelligent and has a great memory. When I was little I memorized books lol and tricked my parents into thinking I was reading them.
Be very proud!!
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I think that your son is pretty normal. BUT, you can’t forget that people grow at different rates. Your son seems to be one of those who grows faster than other kids. It’s nothing to worry about.
It’s just like how some kids can already read chapter books in early ages, such as 6 year old, while other kids only start reading chapter book later in they’re life, for example 8 years old maybe.
Your son is very intelligent, and that’s probably one gift that he got already. As long as your son isn’t doing anything peculiar, like maybe reading an advanced book at such an early age, he’s normal and you can take your worries off this problem.
P.S. Hope your son grows well and become very intelligent! : )
He sounds very intelligent! I wouldn’t say he is abnormal, just above average. Is he in a preschool program? If not you might want to consider one, that way he can continue to learn and grow.
if you are really concerned ask your doctor or maybe ask a preschool teacher.if you are super worried you could take him to a child psychologist but that’s only if your super worried. he just seems very smart for his age. i have a cousin that’s about 2 1/2 so pretty close and he is still learning his vocabulary. hes defiantly not as smart as your son. i also no a 3-4 year old at my church and she cant read yet but maybe can figure out her blocks but still isn’t as smart as your son.
i would be very proud of him because he had to learn this all from someone so good job on teaching him. hes going to turn into one of those geniuses when he grows up.
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That is apsolutely wonderful that your child is able to do all that. Kids learn at different paces. Working with them and promoting growth in them area’s is great. So it means you are doing something right definetely. Be proud of him. Keep promoting this growth with him. Is definetely nothing wrong.