Health and Wellbeing

* Is showing more confidence in new social situations

* Is increasingly independent in meeting his/her own care needs, e.g. brushing teeth, using the toilet, washing and drying his/her hands thoroughly 

* Is able to make healthy choices about food, drink, activity and tooth-brushing

Relationships

* Is becoming more outgoing with unfamiliar people, in the safe context of his/her setting

* Plays with one or more other children, extending and elaborating play ideas

* Is beginning to understand how others might be feeling

* Observation checkpoint: Around the age of 3, can the child sometimes manage to share or take turns with others, with adult guidance and understanding 'yours' and 'mine'?

* Observation checkpoint: Around the age of 4, does the child play alongside others or do they always want to play alone? 

* Observation checkpoint: Takes part in pretend play (e.g. being 'mummy' or 'daddy')

* Observation checkpoint: Takes part in pretend play with different roles - being the Gruffalo, for example. He/she generally negotiates solutions to conflicts in his/her play

Living in the Wider World

* Selects and uses activities and resources, with help when needed. This helps him/her to achieve a goal he/she has chosen, or one which is suggested to him/her

* Is developing his/her sense of responsibility and membership of a community

* Helps to find solutions to conflicts and rivalries, e.g. accepting that not everyone can be Spider-Man in the game, and suggesting other ideas

* Increasingly follows rules, understanding why they are important

* Does not always need an adult to remind him/her of a rule

* Is developing appropriate ways of being assertive

* Talks with others to solve conflicts

* Talks about his/her feelings using words like 'happy', 'sad', 'angry' or 'worried'

* Observation checkpoint: Can settle to some activities for a while