Jim, a 3-year-old boy, gets a box of colorful blocks as a birthday gift from his uncle. He is excited to see the gift and demands to play with the blocks immediately. In the context of physical and cognitive development in early childhood, when playing with the blocks, Jim is most likely to
A) place each block on top of the other with intense concentration.
B) stack each block on top of the other in a completely straight line.
C) find it impossible to pick up the blocks.
D) juggle all the blocks perfectly.

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At the age of 3, children are developing their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, which allows them to grasp and manipulate objects like blocks. However, their cognitive ability and attention span are still developing, so Jim is most likely to place each block on top of the other with intense concentration as he learns to stack them in different ways. He may not yet have the dexterity to stack them in a completely straight line or juggle them, and finding it impossible to pick up the blocks would be unlikely.

Jim, a 3-Year-Old Boy, Gets a Box of Colorful Blocks