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Language Development
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Coos | Birth to 6 months |
| vocalizes pleasure and displeasure sounds (laughs, giggles, cries, fusses) | Birth to 6 months |
| makes noise when talked to | Birth to 6 months |
| understands no-no | 6-12 months |
| babbles | 6-12 months |
| says ma-ma or da-da without meaning | 6-12 months |
| tries to communicate by actions or gestures | 6-12 months |
| tries to repeat your sounds | 6-12 months |
| says first word | 6-12 months |
| answers simple questions nonverbally | 12-18 months |
| says two to three words to label a person or object | 12-18 months |
| tries to imitate simple words | 12-18 months |
| vocabulary of four to six words | 12-18 months |
| correctly pronounces most vowels and n, m, p, h, especially in the beginning of syllables and short words - also begins to use other speech sounds | 18-24 months |
| vocabulary of 50 words, pronunciation is often unclear | 18-24 months |
| asks for common foods by name | 18-24 months |
| makes animal sounds such as "moo" | 18-24 months |
| starting to combine words such as "more milk" | 18-24 months |
| begins to use pronouns such as "mine" | 18-24 months |
| uses two-word phrases | 18-24 months |
| knows some spatial concepts such as "in," "on" | 2-3 years |
| knows pronouns such as "you" "me" "her" | 2-3 years |
| knows descriptive words such as "big" "happy" | 2-3 years |
| vocabulary of 250 to 900 words | 2-3 years |
| uses three word sentences | 2-3 years |
| speech is becoming more accurate but may still leave off ending sounds - strangers may not be able to understand much of what is said | 2-3 years |
| answer simple questions | 2-3 years |
| begins to use more pronouns such as "you" "I" | 2-3 years |
| uses question inflection to ask for something such as "my ball?" | 2-3 years |
| begins to use plurals such as "shoes" or "socks" and regular past tense verbs such as "jumped" | 2-3 years |
| groups objects such as foods, clothes, etc. | 3-4 years |
| identifies colors | 3-4 years |
| uses most speech sounds but may distort some of the more difficult sounds such as l, r, s, sh, ch, y, v, z, th - these sounds may not be fully mastered until age 7 or 8 | 3-4 years |
| uses consonants in the beginning, middle, and end of words - some of the more difficult consonants may be distorted, but attempts to say them | 3-4 years |
| strangers are able to understand much of what is said | 3-4 years |
| able to describe the use of objects such as "fork" "car" etc. | 3-4 years |
| has fun with language - enjoys poems and recognizes language absurdities such as, "is that an elephant on your head?" | 3-4 years |
| expresses ideas and feelings rather than just talking about the world around him/her | 3-4 years |
| uses verbs that end in "ing" such as walking and talking | 3-4 years |
| answers simple questions such as "What do you do when you are hungry?" | 3-4 years |
| repeats sentences | 3-4 years |
| understands spatial concepts such as "behind" "next to" | 4-5 years |
| understands complex questions | 4-5 years |
| speech is understandable but makes mistakes pronouncing long, difficult, or complex words such as hippopotamus | 4-5 years |
| vocabulary of about 1200 words | 4-5 years |
| uses some irregular past tense verbs such as "ran" and "fell" | 4-5 years |
| describes how to do things such as painting a picture | 4-5 years |
| defines words | 4-5 years |
| lists items that belong in a category such as animals, vehicles, etc. | 4-5 years |
| answers "why" questions | 4-5 years |
| understands more than 2000 words | 5 years |
| understands time sequences (first, second, third) | 5 years |
| carries out a series of three directions | 5 years |
| understands rhyming | 5 years |
| engages in conversation | 5 years |
| sentences can be eight or more words in length | 5 years |
| uses compound and complex sentences | 5 years |
| describes objects | 5 years |
| uses imagination to create stories | 5 years |
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