My youngest is now three. That means I have done this "having a three-year-old thing" three times already! (No wonder I'm tired!) Three seems to be a magic age, because it is when a child is ready to learn a lot of new things. As I look forward to teaching my baby, I find myself reflecting on what I have observed about threes over the years of teaching preschool and teaching my own children. Whether you are a preschool teacher, or a parent, I hope you find something helpful in these Things to Know About Three-Year-Olds. THEY CAN CUT I have found 3 to be a good age to start working on scissor use. These are the procedures I use for scissor use: Talk about safe scissor use. (Only cut paper with scissors. How to hold them when we are walking. Watch out for your fingers.) Demonstrate how to hold the scissors. (Thumb in the little hole, fingers in the big). Thumb points up to the ceiling. (If child is having a hard time with this, I put a smiley sticker on thumbnail